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Also, is it common for worms to show up inside the egg? I thought they were passed through feces.

No, she didn't fish it out. I believe it went right into the trash and the breakfast menu was changed to oatmeal. I live on an island and don't have access to any stores today, however, I have to go to the mainland tomorrow so will visit the Tractor Supply store and see what they have. Thanks.

My daughter-in-law sent me this picture today. The egg is from my flock - the while powder is flour for pancakes. That sure loos like a worm in the egg to me. I didn't know that chickens could pass worms in their eggs. I cracked t10 more eggs this morning all from the last 24 hours and...

I started using the deep litter system this year after reading about it here. My coop is 4 x 8 and elevated about a foot off of the ground. Picture attached. I have 8 chickens. I add an inch or so of fresh shavings every week or so and leave the maintenance to the birds. I do clean out the...

The owner of the market in my town saves all kinds of scraps that she gives me for my chickens - mostly veggies but sometimes a slice or two of pizza. The girls eat it all except for the celery - been doing this for years and hasn't killed any chickens yet. They do get a regular diet of...

Good for you and your fellow chicken owners! I was about to write a post suggesting just the thing you did when I saw this. We had a similar incident where I live when and aquaculture business put a small light on the raft of mussel farm to alert boats at night that it was there. The 'new guy...

This is what I have covering my chicken run (10' x 20'). It is light weight plastic and comes in dark green or black. It's held on by wire ties. As I sit here looking out the window at the run, I can hardly tell that anything is covering it. The only problem I have ever had with it is that is...

Do Auracaunas stop laying blue eggs? I have two Auracauna hens that I know were laying blue eggs. One was given to me to foster when her home coop was attacked by a mink. Within a day I was getting small blue eggs. Several weeks later I bought another adult Auracauna from a man at a feed...

It looks as if one of the hens has been attacked by something - maybe an owl. Found her hunkered down under a bush in the yard. She was having trouble standing and had a cut near one eye. No other obvious wounds. I took her inside and checked her over - she kept falling over when she stood up...

It looks as if one of the hens has been attacked by something - maybe an owl. Found her hunkered down under a bush in the yard. She was having trouble standing and had a cut near one eye. No other obvious wounds. I took her inside and checked her over - she kept falling over when she stood up...