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    freezing eggs???

    Here's my two cents on the best way to freeze eggs: Get freezer jars (usually made of plastic) in your favorite store's canning/preserving section. Crack as many eggs as will fit, use a hand blender to make them scrambled, screw on the lid, and store in the freezer. The jars are designed to...
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    Stepped On Chicken Injury

    The other hens are not bothering her, so I decided to leave her in the main coop and not risk the social anxiety of moving her to "solitary confinement." She was able to get up into a nesting box yesterday, but I'm not sure how. I don't want to handle her too much, and I can't really tell if...
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    Stepped On Chicken Injury

    Injury update: I was able to carefully move the poor little hen from her hiding place into the safety and comfort of the coop. She struggled to get on a makeshift roost, which was basically sitting on the ground. She survived the night (-10 degrees outside, probably +10 inside the coop). My...
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    Stepped On Chicken Injury

    Hey Folks. I was cleaning out my coop this morning and as I backed up, I stepped on one of my hens, who had snuck in behind me. As I was falling backward, I couldn't get my foot off her back/left leg. She was able to flop away and now is "in hiding" behind some boards in the barn. It's very...
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    Pics of your most colorful eggs!!

    I'm often getting 10 eggs from my 12 assorted hens...in February...in Northern Michigan. I must be doing something right.
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    Plymouth Rock Pictures

    Here in "Barter Country", I got these two Plymouth Rocks for sawing 10 logs into lumber for a friend. They were about 3 months old at the time, and unfortunately, one of them died just a few weeks later. Wouldn't come out of the coop all day, and stood in the corner. When I went to close...
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    Will my chickens ever lay?

    My coop is fully-enclosed and dark for the winter with the shutters closed to keep some of the cold out. I let my 14 chickens out every day, but I have two 6.5-watt LED light bulbs in the coop. They are on 12 hours each day (7a-7p) run by a cheap Christmas light timer. Works like a champ...
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