I have sex-links as well and I have also noted the eggs were a range of colors from dark brown to greyish but as they began to lay more regularly they all turned brown. Just an interesting occurance but nothing to worry about.
Isn't it cool?!
So besides poopie eggs is there any health reason to not let them sleep in the boxes? Mine sleep in the boxes and lay the eggs on the floor below it where it is clean. I was wondering about respiratory problems??
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YES! There's a commercial on TV right now about a lady that REALLY needs to go to the bathroom so she drops her grocery bags on sidewalk and runs inside. All I noticed was the broken eggs and I thought - those poor chickens did all the work and you DROPPED them??????
To continue the pooping conversation... (I think there should be a whole forum about poop )
We have 6 - 21 week Red Sexlinks and their outdoor pen has grass in it. In one week it is covered in poop. Uh - what to do???
I bought stable deodorizer and wondered if I could spred some in the...
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Just letting you know - my DH called a few weeks ago and there was no bylaw in effect to prohibit poultry in the City of Oshawa. The woman he talked to said: Nope - you're good to go.
We now have a very secure coop and 6 girls who are already on the job laying lovely eggs for us. Our...