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    Pullet removing eggs from nesting boxes

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    Pullet removing eggs from nesting boxes

    Oh, heatherlaw, I don't think I wanted to know that!! The kids have already proposed she will enlist the help of our 2nd in command and together do a chopstick manuever with their beaks in order to lift eggs over any addition we put in place to raise the front of the nesting boxes. I'd much...
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    Pullet removing eggs from nesting boxes

    Thanks for your replies. @heatherlaw, "Unless she starts doing that with real eggs i wouldnt worry."….......That's the main concern. She is removing eggs every day now. :barnie We are going to try to figure out a way to raise the height of the nest box fronts without things getting too tight...
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    Pullet removing eggs from nesting boxes

    We added a few ready to lay pullets of the sane age as our other girls recently. One of the new girls has been laying for about 9 days and suddenly the last two days her egg is in the brooding box. The golf balls hqve been randomly moved out but we thought it was curious investigators. Today...
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    Started pullets vs. baby chicks pros & cons?

    I learned the hard way that ready to lay pullets from a hatcherry may have been de-beaked. I didn't know to check and didn't notice until I unboxed them at home. I'm not sure the beak will ever grow back on the one sweetie. She is the smallest and I am beginning to worry she may never lay...
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