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    What would steal an egg AND a golf ball?

    Mine kicked out the wooden egg and would try and bury it on the coop floor when they first started laying. Now they leave it alone and lay with it.
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    Chicken herding

    BOSS works some of the time. I let them free range all day while I'm home but anytime I leave to go somewhere I lock them in the pen. If it's been awhile since they have been locked up they will readily chase after the BOSS i toss in their pen, but if they have been locked up more than 2 times...
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    Is it just me or are you crushed when you read an EGG post and

    Here is my monster egg that my Austrolorp laid a few weeks ago. Was a double yolker! I'm guessing shes an EE mix since she lays a green egg, and my EE lays brown. Go figure.
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    Crystals on the egg?

    Good to know, thanks for the info. She also happens to lay the largest eggs, and last week I got a HUGE double yolker. Just wanted to make sure she's ok
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    safe way to get rid of flies?

    I tried the vanilla trees and it did seem to work, but the scent doesn't last long so I had to replace them constantly. Plus it seems like you have to use quite a few, and the smell of chicken poo and vanilla is not very appealing. I just went with the little bag traps, which are extremely...
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    Crystals on the egg?

    I've noticed these hard bumpy crystal like things on one of my hens eggs. Always the same hen, and sometimes they are everywhere, other times not so much. Should I be worried that something is wrong with my girl or is this something that's normal?
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    Needed: a reason not to roast Barndevelder hens

    I have a Barndevelder hen in my flock of 5, she is extremely flighty, even as the rest of them have calmed down and even follow me around. I only have 2 hens that haven't started laying, her and the Cochin Banty. My other 3 girls have been laying since September (I got them all in May and they...
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    Pros & Cons of having a roo your input appreciated!!

    I had a rooster (by mistake) for a few weeks so I'm sure not as knowledgeable as others but the things I noticed, before I had to rehome him: Pros: Mine was the sweetest of all the birds (I guess I was lucky) Protective Help find food Fertile Eggs (I didn't want any) Very pretty Birds Cons...
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    to cull or not tto cull? Egg layer (or not)

    I'm still very new to chickens so I could be way off here but I havne't seen anyone ask if the hens could be sick? Is it possible there is something bothering them that is causing them to stop laying?
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    They keep flying the coop!

    Mine do that too, it's almost like they know it's fake and don't want it in there. I just keep putting it back every morning after they kick it out during the night.
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    They keep flying the coop!

    I had the same problem with 1-2 of my hens, it was always the same girl too, she would sit on the fence and then jump over. I clipped one side, and they could still jump up and over. Sometimes one or two of the girls would follow her over the fence, other times it was just her. I just kept...
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    so how do you like your pallet coop??

    I built my 4x4 coop from pallets, but I took them apart and just used the wood. I used the thinner wood as the walls/doors (made for a neat paneled look), and the thicker pieces for framing. was a lot of work to take them apart making sure to save all the pieces but I think it was worth it...
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    Disaster ready?

    I'm also used to the quakes, however when we bought this house (built in 1951 and not been updated) 6 years ago the back wall which is mason was severely cracked and broken from the northridge quake. Gas is automatically shut off with movement and we do know where the water is, but my biggest...
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    Disaster ready?

    I live in southern California, near the Northridge fault. Earthquakes have been felt here since we moved in but nothing too significant, however everyone says "the big one is coming" so we are planning. I saw a post about us being prepared for a disaster but what do I do w/ my chickens? I...
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    Red tail hawk swooped in

    I'm not sure who it was for mine, but it sounded like more than one...I have 3 black hens (maran, EE and australorp) and one of them was with the 2 (cochin banty, barnvelder) that were exposed, but now I'm not sure which one. I just took my rooster to a sanctuary on Monday since I can't have...
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