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    Is Mr. Fluffy an Araucana?

    This guy is the first "free exotic chick with every order" we have ever had survive...and of course Murray McMurray hatchery doesn't tell you what the free exotic breed is. We are guessing from the rose comb, green legs, and lack of any discernible rump as a chick that this guy is an araucana...
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    I boiled the brown right off my eggs!!!

    Really! So the inside of the shell is blue as well? I guess the blue is a result of something at the very heart of shell formation in those hens then.
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    I boiled the brown right off my eggs!!!

    Yes it did make them easier to peel. We have had good luck just adding salt to the water. Then we cool them not just in cold water, but in an ice water bath. Doing those two things made our fresh eggs peel almost as good as store bought eggs. When we shared that tip with a friend, they said...
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    I boiled the brown right off my eggs!!!

    Today we hard boiled some FRESH eggs from our chickens - fresh as in laid today. In the past peeling hard boiled fresh eggs has been a pain so we looked up some tricks to make them easier to peel. We saw a lot of comments about two solutions - adding vinegar to the water, and adding salt to...
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