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Quote: How long would I have to throw out the eggs if I did those two things? Both say they are not for egg laying birds. Thanks!

Okay...so long story....Yesterday my neighbor's dog killed 2/3 of my flock. Very sad. He was very nice about it, helped clean up and got me new hens. I'm worried now that getting new hens is going to do more harm than good. He got 10 hens from 2 different sources. I don't have a place to...

I know this question has been asked before, but..... Does feeding the egg shells to the chickens encourage egg eating? I have two ages of birds in my flock, one set were born last spring, the others from this spring. One of the newer ones was caught pecking an egg (we've been noticing some...

Hi, We've had chickens for about a year. Today we put our new babies (about 4-6 weeks old) in with the older ones, and the babies are all huddled up in one corner. I also saw a couple older ones chase a little one and one pecked at her. I read the suggestion about separating them so they can...