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    Help! Hens eating their eggs!

    Hi I have 5 laying hens. I have had them for two years with no problem. Now this year they are breaking and eating their eggs. They are not eating the shell, just the insides. If I do not get to the coop right as they lay them, they will be broken. I tried changing food because I thought maybe...
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    Extreme Cold (below zero) winter poultry care??

    I made a water heater by taking a cookie tin, drilling a hole in the side to insert electrical socket, wire and 40 watt bulb. Put lid on and set water on top. Works perfectly. It has been 3 degrees and it does not freeze. Amazing, you must try, it works. No more freezing water.
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    Chicken coop floor

    Onechicksdream here from Reading Ohio. Constructing a chicken coop and wanted to know if it is okay to use hardware cloth on the floor of the run for predator protection, or will this damage their feet
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