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    Chicken Leg in my egg?!

    Thanks for that link Imp, although you're right there isn't much more info. I wish I knew more about it, at least now I have a name. As far as identifying which bird, well that's not going to happen. They've all been crazy on the laying cycle because of so much molting going on. I've also...
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    Chicken Leg in my egg?!

    It must have hurt, it was definitely a big egg. I didn't cut it open, didn't think to (which disappoints me now), but it was hard like a bone. The outside felt like flesh, maybe skin? I don't know for sure. Besides this "thing" the egg had a yolk and a white too.
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    Chicken Leg in my egg?!

    When I first saw this: I Thought I was going to get a 3 yolk egg. When I opened it up I got this: I thought I was going to crack this egg open and have a big fat omelette, not a buffalo wing. Has anyone come across this? Does anyone have an explanation? I mean I've had meat spots...
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    Chicken-proof your garden?

    Not sure what kind of chickens you have, but mine don't jump too high for food, it's funny to watch em try though .
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    Chicken-proof your garden?

    I scold them every time they get into something, chase them out, walk away. Ten minutes later I'm scolding them again. Eventually it'll be 2 hours, or 4 maybe, but who really has the patience? If you don't now you will soon enough. Fencing works great, but there are benefits to having your...
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    My name is Damien and I live in Salt Lake City, UT. I've been raising chickens since May 2010 and I'd have to say they are the best pets I've had. I love them so much I often tell them a bedtime story - Are You My Mother by: P.D. Eastman. My family thinks I'm weird because I hug and kiss my...
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    thinking of buying a grinder...

    You shouldn't need to grind it, their gizzard will do that. I've read it's easier to digest when it is cracked but unless you are supplying all of their food I wouldn't worry about it. Mixing in a few pounds of home grown whole corn would be fine. Now if you're talking about an acre of corn...
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    Letting chickens forage ONLY?

    Quote: From what I've read in The Omnivore's Dilemma, it's more because we feed ruminants and other animals, who aren't designed to eat grain, too much grain. Grains have a higher Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio than greens. Once this becomes an imbalance in diets of the animals we eat, and...
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    Letting chickens forage ONLY?

    I'd shoot for the most varied and pasture based diet I could supply, while still maintaining 16% protein and plenty of energy to keep up weight and production with whole grains. Basically everything you get from a standard layer feed, without the feed.
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    PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

    This may already be in the thread somewhere, but there's a lot of pages so I'll ask anyway. How much of the whey product can I give my chickens. I currently have 12 hens and they'll go through a bowl (2cups?) in no time flat. I usually have about that much every other day. Is it ok to give...
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    Got my meal worms ready to make my farm--questions

    Very cool pics of the beetle hatching. Here's where my little colony is at after about 5 weeks.
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    What are differences between buying from a hatchery versus a breeder?

    Quote: What breed are you looking for? we are happy to help I guess I really don't know. I'm mostly concerned with the short production life of my hatchery birds. Instead I want a bird that will put a decent number eggs on the table (less is ok) for many years. I don't like the idea of...
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