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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterYou will eliminate the probblem the knife and pressure cooker they will do a good soup enjoy it
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterPerfect timing to resurrect this thread! I have 3 white hens about 5yo that were given to me. One lays eggs that have a 1/2" band of softer...- Lynnski
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterI have one of those roll away nest boxes and I found a hen trying to stretch her head down to the eggs. She could reach but unless a lot of eggs...
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Reasons To Grow A Chicken GardenI've read that the leaves of solanacea plant family are not good for chickens. ie. tomato, potato, peppers, so I would research before planting these.- SmotherHen
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Broody Management - From the First Turkey Strut to Weaning the ChicksI currently have a broody! She’s on Day 17 and this article has been so helpful. I have a Roo and I’ve been worried he might hurt the chicks, but...- Jasfarm
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterVery good article. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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A Viewpoint on Handling Roosters: How to Deal with AggressionThe most useful and sensitive article on reading a rooster that I’ve come across yet. Thank you! It will help me realistically assess my own...
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Building a Chicken Run with Recycled Materials: A Sustainable Approach to Poultry FarmingLove the ideas on items that are good to use. I built my coop from scrap materials. Some came from a local thrift store. I paid $4 for several...- Clementine2022
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Common egg quality problems
- sumi
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Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs have some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities. So the... -
Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
- madwomn
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Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
- azygous
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My early brooders Six years ago when I got my second batch of day-old baby chicks, I thought I had arrived at the ultimate solution for a... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
- BaaKaaawk
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Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
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Preface If you need immediate instructions on how to assist a hatch, you may skip this section and go to the next one, where the instructions... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
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Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days does an egg take to... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
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CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.
- Shadrach
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In the normal course of events, free-range chickens move around their territory as a group. The focal point of these groups is the senior rooster... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
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Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all birds do it including chickens... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
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This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures. The egg I am using is a silver... -
Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
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CHICKEN TREATS This is a list of almost everything you can feed a chicken. However, everybody's chickens have their own tiny brains full of... -
How Much Room Do Chickens Need?
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I don’t believe in magic numbers for chickens. We keep them in so many different conditions, in different climates, with different flock make-ups... -
Who is Laying.....and Who is Not? Butt Check!
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I've typed this out many times in the past few days, so decided to put it in an article so I can link it in responses. Got pullets newly laying... -
How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with
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Diagnosing the crop disorder A hen is behaving lethargically, not eating much, if at all, but she has a full crop. This is the first sign... -
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day
- Mountain Peeps
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Let’s be honest: In the summer, when it’s hot and humid, it can sometimes discourage us from spending as much time with our flock as we normally... -
Do ducks like boats?
- WVduckchick
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So, this story starts with my neighbors wanting to get rid of an old dilapidated boat. She just wanted it out of their yard. It had a good motor... -
How To Raise Chickens
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Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens. Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop & more! -
How To Raise Mealworms
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How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but...