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    Eating chickens with a Lash

    Thank you! how much copper sulfite to a gallon of water? I regularly add ACV to their water and use ACV to clean their dishes and the coop as well. I think I will cull the last few chickens that are 2 and a half... keep the rest and watch carefully! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
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    Eating chickens with a Lash

    Thank you so much! Definitely looked like a lash egg. My next question then is should I destroy the entire flock and start over? Is it unhealthy to eat the eggs assuming my other hens might be infected as well? These hens I found the lashes in were over two years old, I have hens that are...
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    New to BackYard Chickens

    Would like to eat them ourselves if it is safe! lol.
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    New to BackYard Chickens

    I have been raising chickens for about two and half years. After culling several hens in our flock today, I am down to 20 birds. I have a variety of chickens including Black Astralorps, Rhode Island Reds, Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Sussex and what we thought were Easter Eggers...
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    Eating chickens with a Lash

    I have 24 hens in my flock and only get about 4 to 6 eggs a day. 10 of the birds joined our flock this spring and summer. We decided to cull the two 1/2 year old Rhode Island Reds and Black Astralopes. One of each of the birds had these fatty like globs inside that I believe are Lashes...and...
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