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    Destructive Chickens

    Thank for you your reply! I’m so sorry I didn’t get back quicker! The nest are up with perches but that makes a lot of sense. I think you’re right on them knocking the eggs a little from what I’ve observed.
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    Destructive Chickens

    Thanks, this link is very helpful.
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    Destructive Chickens

    Thanks. I thought the corn had a little more protein in it then it apparently does. Besides bag feed from he store, any recommendations on what I could add in the mix for the protein? I'll get some oyster shells also. Thanks again!
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    New chick questions

    I'm somewhat new, on my second flock. When we got the second round in we kept them separated from our original chickens. We did this because the quantity we brought in, their small size and needs. They were a mix of a few breads, but most were the same size. They seemed to do well together for...
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    Destructive Chickens

    Thanks everyone! Right now their feed is primarily ground corn but also get sunflowers/seed, wheat seed and kitchen scraps. Most shells are not thin at all but there's a few that are. A few chickens do like to peck at the eggs I collect in the basket while I'm in there. At first I thought they...
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    Destructive Chickens

    Hi, I have some destructive chickens! My problems started about two months ago and I'm not sure how to "fix" it. I'm a city girl with her first flock of chickens! We've had this group for 10 months and it's gone smooth until recently... 1) I use straw in my laying boxes but as of lately I can't...
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    How to clean eggs for sell

    It sounds safer to mark that option off the list! Thanks for your reply!
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    How to clean eggs for sell

    Thank you for sharing! I will make sure I am always using warmer water.
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    How to clean eggs for sell

    Thank you for your insight! I do think washing with water would be ok and that's a really good point with the bleach solution, I hadn't thought of that. There's not a requirement on date (since we have less than 249 hens), which I thought there would be. But I can't reuse cartons unless we...
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    How to clean eggs for sell

    Hi! I'm newer at this chicken thing and could use a little help! I'm not even sure if this is the section I need to be in :-)... I have several hens and I'm getting quite a bit of eggs now that they're laying, like 40 a day!! I'd like to sell them in town or at a farmers market. I live in Kansas...
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    First time, not sure what went wrong

    It's a still air, one of the cheap styrofoam ones. I'm working on getting the humidity down and temp bumped up a hair. I've cleared out all the eggs that didn't hatch and going to continue with the ones I have in there since they're already started. I candles them last night and all but one are...
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    First time, not sure what went wrong

    Thanks so much for your thoughts!! I read on several different sites before I put the eggs in and they all said to keep the temp around 99.3-99.6 and the humidity between 50-65% and was noted that 60% is ideal, so that's where I've kept my bator at the whole process... I didn't know it's best...
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    First time, not sure what went wrong

    Any advice would be great... This is my first time incubating eggs. My first chick hatch exactly at 21 days!! But no others hatch, today is day 26. I have read that it is not uncommon for some to not hatch on day 26 given the temp, humidity or the age of the egg. This little fella is one of 16...
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