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    No Eggs For 6 Days!?!?

    Help! I have all age hens and all have stopped laying 6 days ago. I was averaging a dozen a day and wham! Now, I’ve got none. No one is molting. Checked run & coop and all is secure. It’s as though a thief in the night has taken the eggs? I used to go out by 11-2 every day & collect the eggs. I...
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    Crunching The Numbers

    I raise hens for eggs. I sell them locally here in SWFL. My feed bill runs $35+ a week and right now I’m getting 8-9 dozen eggs per week. I always use new cartons to insure bio security/ safety from bacterial contamination. I sell my eggs for $5 per dozen. I’ve got a woman hounding me on the...
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    Pressure treated lumber or no?

    I have never used or will use pressure treated wood around birds. Nasty chemicals to the preserve wood.
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    Production Red Egg Size Question

    I have 7 month old large production red sex links. Big girls now. Started laying eggs about 1 month ago. 7 pullets. I'm averaging 3-4/day. Eggs are medium size. The egg size concerns me. Will the hens lay bigger eggs eventually? They are Rhode Island/New Hampshire crosses. Very friendly and...
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    Let's Pickle Some Quail Eggs....

    Where do you get your jars? Do you actually submerge your jars in 160 degree water to form a vacuum seal? I heard that the normal canning process disintegrates the eggs. Help?
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