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    Can Chickens Taste their food?

    Mine go crazy over a treat of dried meal worms. I mean they attack them like they're starving and I know they're not starving. I agree that they can probably taste.
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    Dirty eggs and laying trough

    Great reply, thank you. I really don't know if they roost in the trough, they're never roosting when I see them. I think they probably do because I don't have any other roosting bars in the coop. I have straw in the trough. The top over the nest boxes is a great idea - I hadn't thought of...
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    Dirty eggs and laying trough

    I didn't want to hijack another person's thread on this topic so I'm starting a new one. I have 15 Isa brown laying hens - no roosters. I have a nesting "trough" that is 8 feet long and 12 inches wide. I did not separate the trough into separate laying boxes, it is just one long 12 inch...
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    Egg white. Kind of thin

    Thank you all so very much! I do not see anything unusual about the eggs shape or color. I do give them snacks; but snacks that are labeled for chickens. I'll cut that back. They are very healthy-acting birds and follow me all over the place. When It's snack time, they jump up on my lap...
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    Egg white. Kind of thin

    Hello, my ISA browns have been laying for about 6 weeks now. I think the egg whites are a little thin. I expected a firm, or stiff egg white from such fresh eggs, but they seem to spread out in the pan more than they should. They are pretty consistent and firm a couple of inches out from the...
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    Fire ants in the coop

    Sprinkle a generous amount of diatomaceous earth in and around the coop! It is harmless to the chickens (even good for them) and it will totally eliminate ants!
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