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I belive I heard somewhere that fresh eggs will do that but older eggs won't (like a week old). I hard boil our eggs that have been here the longest and usually don't have too much trouble with the white sticking to the shell. I also started making hard boiled eggs by putting the eggs in the pan...

Well this morning I haven't let them out to roam - I moved the run (PVC and chicken wire - so easy to move to attach/remove) back to the end of the coop and so they can go in the coop or in the little run. I am going to leave them in there until this afternoon and see if we get any eggs. One...

Well guess what I found today. Was feeding this morning and Miss Princess was way at the top of the hay stack and just making a rukus. Made me think that I have heard that a few times this week. Got out the ladder a little later and low and behold Miss Princess has turned broody and was sitting...

THanks I will try and get some pictures today.

We have been checking our nesting boxes and hoping to find eggs - but no such luck yet. We got our chicks around the 3rd week of May and have Isa Browns, Black Stars, a spotted sussex and one rooster. I had thought I read that it would be around 5 or 6 months before we started getting eggs. Our...

Thanks to all of you who replied. I tried to take pictures on my phone but they just didn't come out good. I did put the band-aids back on for over a day and was hoping it would work. The chick died yesterday - she was a tough little bird and I thought maybe she would make it but those legs...

Thanks so much for the response. I took the bandage off last night because I didn't think it was working. I will get a picture today and post it - I will also go put the bandage back on.

We have had a new batch of chicks since Thursday. They all looked great when we went to bed and the next morning one wa unable to get up. I figured she was sick but has not shown any signs of being sick. She is still eating good and drinking and wanting to be by the other chicks. I looked in a...