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    Do you let your children watch you butcher a chicken?

    My kids had no problem with it. They know where there food comes from. My Daughter Sarah actually in Kindergarten wrote a paper on how her Dad(me) after returning home from a Goose hunting trip dressed out the Goose. It made the teacher & other kids queasy, but she had no trouble expressing her...
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    How long does a hen stay broody?

    It's been a week since, she has been broody. I have been taking the eggs from her daily, & she's been sitting on nothing but a golf ball.
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    Michigan

    Another cool, wet day in Ypsilanti. A few days ago it was in the 80"s, sure was a short summer.
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    Flat screen tv for coop?

    I don't know about a TV, but I've got a radio that the girls listen to Country Music. I always tease the DJ when I call the request line, I'm calling from the only Chicken coop in the Township, that listens to W4 Country.
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    Is the weather messing up your hens laying pattern?

    They were on a roll, the past 2 weeks, but with snow & rain here in Michigan returning this week, I have gotten only 3 eggs yesterday. Prior to yesterday & the day before I was getting a dozen to dozen and a half. Does Weather mess them up?
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    Michigan

    I also recycle cartons, I just put a sticker over the store name. I was charging $2., but the folks my DW works with at U of M insist on paying $3. due to that is what they would have to pay at Hillers, or Whole Foods.
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    Steve, Norvell, MI

    Welcome from Ypsilanti, Michigan. If your daughters are like mine, they can sell eggs to their school teachers. My daughters Spanish teacher payed her $5. for a dozen. I told her that was too much, but the teacher insisted that what she pays at Whole Foods & Hillers for free range eggs. My Wife...
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    How many eggs is the most you've gotten in 1 day & how many in a week.

    Today my 30 hens set a new daily record of 19 eggs in a day. Their previous best was 17. They also set an all-time weekly record of 100 for the week. I got them last May. Their previous weekly record was 80. I have become a chicken nerd, with all my charts & notebook.
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    who has been getting less eggs in the past few weeks?

    My gals were slow, but with the recent weather warmup here in Southeast Michigan, they really kicked production into gear. It has cooled off & is raining right now & is supposed to be in the 30's through the weekend. Hoping they don't get confused & slow down again.
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    Newbie in Michigan

    Well, I'm not really new, I had to re-register. My computer wasn't working for a bit. So Hello from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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    How many Eggs did you Sell today?

    4 Dozen:cool:
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