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    Poo on eggs.... Do I wash them?

    I just wet a portion of a paper towel and rub the poo off.
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    will decorative fencing keep them out of the flower beds?

    My chickens squeeze themselves through Sheep fencing, so I think they could squeeze through the openings near the bottom of your fencing.
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    How long will eggs last if refrigerated?

    Unwashed, refrigerated eggs is the key to long term storage. Search for the Mother Earth News article from 1977?? about this experiment. It's a great article. Washing eggs removes the bloom which allows air into the egg and starts the deterioration process. Leave the bloom and...
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    Red Stars and Speckled Eggs

    I just embrace the speckles because I think they are pretty darn cool looking. Natural eggs are not always perfect, that's why I like them. If I wanted perfect eggs, then I'd go to the store for the product they call "eggs".
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    Cell Phone+egg=mss

    This same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago. Fortunately, I had the exact phone duplicate laying around the office because of Verizons BOGO, so I didn't have to use my insurance plan.
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    I see people post about being self sufficient...

    It's a process to learn to be self-sufficient. Learn one skill or provide one food then move on to the next.
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    Genetically Modified Chickens!

    Unfortunately the US is owned by these large corporations who push their frankensteins upon the people. First GMO corn, soy, canola, then salmon and now chickens. This is ridiculous. We need to learn to work with nature not against it. I just read an article yesterday about superweeds...
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    Hard Boiling Eggs

    My wife says that she has problems with our eggs when she hard boils them. She says when she peels them it destroys the egg because it sticks to the shell and the egg meat gets removed. Her parents used to raise eggs and she had the same problem with her parents fresh eggs. Is this a fresh...
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    What is SOP??

    I see this abbreviation and not sure what it means??
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    Boss

    when I first used it my ladies didn't go bonkers over it. However, Iwould just throw it in the coop or put it over their feed. I just recently added a 2 sided feeder to the side of the inside coop and put Boss in one side and Oyster shell in the other. They absolutely tear it up now. I can't...
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    Boss

    TSC sells it in the bird food area.
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    Delaware Meaties

    I will be purchasing mine through Whitemore Farm. They are only a tad over an hour away from me so I'll save shipping and I like they breeed for size.
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    Delaware Meaties

    I'm not too concerned about the 4-5 month waiting period. I'm more concerned about finding a meatie that I can raise self-sufficiently. Its more important for me to know where my meat came from and know that I raised it in a healthy, caring environment and that I raised it not some commercial...
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    Delaware Meaties

    Do any of you out there raise delawares strictly for meat. My understanding is they were the original commercial broiler back in the 40's. I don't really want to go the Cornish X route and would like to have a flock of meaties that I can raise self-sufficiently. Do they pasture well?
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    just leaned against the kitchen counter with a pocket full of eggs...

    Last week I gathered the eggs and put them in my carhart coat pocket. I also had my Android Cell phone (only 2 months old) with me and took a phone call. After the call, I quickly put the phone in the same pocket as the eggs, not thinking about it. After doing the farm chores, I was walking...
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