I think I am seeing the result of getting Faverolle pullets from a hatchery. I lucked out that all my chickens have the Faverolle beards and muffs, but Faverolles are supposed to lay slightly tinted pink eggs. These are brown eggs. I compared them to pictures from the Faverolles Chicken Club, and mine are definitely darker, especially the one in the lower right of the picture. That said, these are also from the girls who are laying three months earlier than I expected. I guess we’ll see what coloration we get as the others start laying! The eggs definitely taste fine, and we now sometimes get three a day.

Navi update: Navi has been released from a week of isolation (so she only had access to copper sulfate water and food). Her crop is no longer squishy and has reduced dramatically in size. There is still something in her crop in the morning, but she is eating well and her droppings have returned to normal, so I figured she could use some exercise. What she really wanted was a good dust bath. On another update, the tire dust bath has now been accepted by the flock. Hurray!