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We got our first egg yesterday, yeah!! I didn't eat it because it was ODD, Huge egg, 3"X2" when I cracked the egg into the pan, egg white and another small whole egg in shell came out. then I cracked the smaller egg inside that was normal.....Have you ever heard of this? No egg yet today...

We have 3 chickens, 6 mo old, they sneak upon my Rottweiler Magnum when he is in the back yard eating a bone or anything and try to get him to share. Sometimes it works other times he looks at them as they get closer and closer like "seriously? " when he does that they scatter and run away. He...

Thanks for tips, we did block the nest box last night, then my husband checked on them later using a flash light since it was dark out, he put a window in their chicken coop when he built it, they were laying on the floor in the pine shavings in front of the blocked off box, sigh, maybe soon...

Hello, we live in Gainesville. We have 3 chickens, no roosters because of the noise ordinance. Our hens are 8 weeks old. We are new to keeping chickens and loving it so far. My husband built our chicken coop and the ladies moved in last weekend. I am suprised so far by how many people enjoy...

How old are chickens before they start sitting on the roost bar in the coop at night? Ours are 8 weeks old and seem to prefer to sleep in the egg laying box instead of getting on the roost? Is this normal or should I block off the egg laying box until they are older? My husband and I are new...