Posts by gale65

Do you have to put the eggs in a single layer, like for boiling, or can you stack them up? How long do you steam them for hard boiled?

Quote:Originally Posted by Egg Sald  As far as being stuck inside (or outside) because of a door failure, I still check on my chickens in the morning and at night.  I need to collect eggs and besides that, I enjoy them.  If the door...

This has come up again. I have another question. If we're adding light now (we never did last winter) do we need to do it gradually? If so, does it really need to be in 15 minute increments? The guy we talked to insisted it should be...

Someone on this board's child got salmonella poisoning and got pretty sick after handling the chicks. The mother said the child may have put her hands in her mouth and let's face it, baby chicks get poop on them. Also I guess I'm not...

Today my poopiest egg was in the box with no poo. So I guess making sure they don't roost in there won't help my poopy egg issues. Dang chickens.

I just went out there (it's just getting dark) and none were in the nest boxes-all were on the roost. So apparently it's not a nightly thing. I wonder if maybe just checking every night and kicking her out if she's in there (not...

I wonder if a ramp would help. Maybe someone is getting too fat to get up there? I tried watching them but they wouldn't go in when I was out there (apparently I'm too tempting since I toss in treats) and it was FREEZING cold.

She's only in there at night. If they're broody do they stay on a nest all day or just at night at first?

dh had to collect eggs after dark the other day and there was a chicken in one of the nest boxes. It was dark so he couldn't tell which one it was. So that explains why there's been so much poop in the nest boxes (and almost always at...

Quote:Originally Posted by gratch73a Mine peck the cob clean! It's a great treat and with all the corn fields around it's free 'til harvested! Anyway back to the subject i've found also that what is not at first eaten usually is...