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    Help! Found a clutch of eggs outside the coop!

    Thanks for your quick response! We brought the eggs in and did the 'water test'. They all seem to be fresh. We cracked one open and it did appear to be fertilized. Thanks again!
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    Help! Found a clutch of eggs outside the coop!

    I couldn't find Emily our boys favorite (and youngest) hen this morning. We let the hens out of the coop during the day to free range, but tuck them back in at night. We have a lot of coyotes out here and try to keep a careful watch on the girls. We also have one rooster, Pepper. Anyway, I...
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    Giant Egg

    She's very young, about 8 months old. She's been laying for about a month now. Most of her eggs are normal and relatively small. We've gotten about 4 of these weird ones so far. Poor baby! I just keep thinking how it must hurt to lay them! The outside egg shell is usually slightly cracked - I...
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    Giant Egg

    One of our girls is laying giant eggs... the biggest one was approx eight inches around! When we crack them open, in addition to the usual yolk and white is another entire egg, shell and all! Has anyone seen this before?
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    Hello from San Diego, CA!

    Hi Everyone, After several trips to the children's museum where the kiddos refused to leave the chicken pen we decided to set up our own chicken coop. We were going to start small, but, well, one thing let to another and we now have 8 chickens! We are foster parents and our boys are very proud...
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