One of my chickens drags egg shaped rocks into places shes wants to nest. I also notice these rocks are similar in color to her eggs. Maybe the plastic easter eggs are the wrong color or texture. Chickens see color much better then humans. A fun thing to do with the kids would be to paper mache...
I wouldn't recommend letting them near it. Preen is toxic and has been known to contaminate water. Chickens will eat anything that looks good to them! Recently I painted my toenails red and have been gardening in flip flops so my birds have been chasing my toes around trying to get a good...
Unwashed eggs are good unrefrigerated easily up to a month and longer provided its in dry cool place. Once they are washed (which is always recommended before consumption) they should be immediately refrigerated. Washing removes a protective layer from the egg which makes it necessary to...
My lovely chicken Kojiki just started laying her first eggs ever this month. Since the second shes already laid 4 eggs. Which would be about one egg ever other day. I thought that these types of chickens only lay about once a week.... any idea why she is laying so many?? I just thought it was...