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We do occasionally find eggs not laid in the boxes. They usually aren’t more than a few days old. I was wondering that perhaps those are getting contaminated somehow. Or maybe it’s because I collect eggs every other day instead of daily.

Every once in a while we get a “fresh” egg from our flock that wont pass the float test. We started testing because i had one several months ago that was clearly bad when i went to fry it. This only happens periodically. We had three today and the last time was over a m9nth ago. Any ideas what...

Thats what I was thinking.We were on the tail end of a brutal cold snap where we barely broke into the single digits during the day and - 10 at night. I am leaning towards that she is elderly and her age and the cold was too much for her.

I have a 5 year old Leghorn hen. Last week she started looking unwell by pulling her head into her shoulders, tail down and comb falling over. On Sunday I found her laying on her side in the snow. She does not appear to be injured. I brought her in the house and have been trying to hydrate and...

I have a 5 year old Leghorn hen. Last week she started looking unwell by pulling her head into her shoulders, tail down and comb falling over. On Sunday I found her laying on her side in the snow. She does not appear to be injured. I brought her in the house and have been trying to hydrate and...

Darn my inability to type and spell at the same time. Leghorn Roo....

Looking for some help. My friend called me to say that his Leghorn Roo has attacked his little girls in recent weeks and is looking to rehome him. I am aware that this is a very common problem... however, is any one in southeastern Wisconsin able to take a Roo for possibly a large, less...

The old temperature gauge tonight said - 22 F. Blek. I normally do NOT provide supplemental heat but before the deep freeze hit i nailed up another layer of plywood over the sides and put up 2 of the big brooder heat lamps. Outside -22, inside the coop 10 F. And its dry, thank god. My Speckled...

How inhospitable of us.... Welcome to BYC.

I agree.... less sun more protected. A shady coop is nice in the summer and it will help with drafts in the winter.

I dont know about "happily".. but my girls saw -6 this morning. I checked today when home from work. No frost bite. have been working hard on removing moisture from the coop and it seems to be working.

Way cool.

Just got the wood stove stoked and waiting for it to get get nice and hot because it is a balmy 1 F this morning. I resisted the urge to put the heat lamp in the coop. The girls appear to be OK.

We have all of our eggs in a basket on the kithcen counter for an average of 2 weeks. Do the float test but I am sure your OK.

I cant figure out the quote thing on BYC. Anyway....Alaskan, I have an old Regency non-catalytic wood stove. I have thought of upgrading but I have herd they are a bit fussy. I love mine because I can get it cranked up to 400 F and the top of the stove has a flat top for putting things... like...