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    egg eating by color

    Aw, thanks.There has to be basic training first. It's months of come, sit, down, stay and leave it. Slight correction with leash when they zero in on chickens. He is nine now. It just takes time and your attention. If something is wrong once, it always has to be wrong.
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    egg eating by color

    Thank you for that. They spent a lot of time locked in their coop because of sub zero weather, so there is no way an opossum could've gotten the eggs. It didn't go on for long, so possibly bored and the different color eggs caught their eye. I usually only have eggs eaten by the chickens if one...
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    egg eating by color

    He's a very good dog. 5 years ago, I had two fox get into the pen and kill 5chickens. I heard the ruckus & ran down with the dog. Dog cornered one, fought with it & got bit. That one got away, I got the other. Week later, my good dog caught another fox in the woods and killed it. This dog is my...
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    egg eating by color

    I have been getting eggs pretty regular, but not what I thought I should be getting. Last week, my dog nailed an opossum in the coop. It won't be doing that anymore. They usually don't leave a mess when eating eggs like chickens do. I went from 6-8 eggs daily to 18-19 a day.
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    egg eating by color

    I feel I jumped the gun with this question. I got a couple white eggs from the leghorns yesterday. All the other hens lay brown eggs, so I have no idea if one or a couple take a break as there's others laying similar colors. Thanks for the input, folks.
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    egg eating by color

    Mainly that they all three were laying and stopped. I rarely see signs that an egg has been broken in the nesting boxes. And I'm not seeing signs of opossums, IE tracks in the snow. They get 17% Kalmbach layer crumbles plus every 100 pounds of layer, I mix in 50 pounds of 18% unmedicated chick...
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    egg eating by color

    When they were locked up, I did see an australorp with yolk on her head.I've only had egg eating hens when eggs probably break in the box, not on the regular. I probably am over thinking this. The leghorns are nervous hens and tend to get harassed by some others. Thanks for the reply
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    egg eating by color

    Hey, folks. Live in southern Michigan, USA. Flock of 22 mixed breed hens. They picked up laying again a month ago. Normal. About the last to start was my 3 brown leghorns. Then we had some very cold weather and I closed them up in the coop for a few days. 14'x8' coop. Food, water, couple of...
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    Review by 'Zulu Mama' in article 'Cleaning and storing fresh eggs'

    Thanks for the informative article. Especially the point about water temp for washing. My friend sold commercially and she told me they state of Illinois said the hottest water possible for the shortest possible time. Thank you for the science on why not to use cold.
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    Bloody, bent spur

    I kept him inside for a few days, then we watched a few videos on removing spurs. It did not go well here. His injured spur bled like holy blazes and he was showing signs of real pain, so we stopped. Kept him in overnight until it was well clotted and let him back out with his wimmins. He never...
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    Bloody, bent spur

    Good morning. Last night, I saw my 3 year old rooster, Bob, has a spur injury. His spur isangled down towards his foot, not up like it was. loys of blood. I brought him inside and we trimmed his spurs. I had previously trimmed a couple inches off as he had an injury, same leg, earlier this...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I did not realize there was a Michigan thread! I am near Kalamazoo. I've had chickens forever, it seems.
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    New member

    I have a mixed flock of 27 chickens. Bob, my buff orpington roo + his wimmins. Buffs, brown leghorn, austarlorp, jersey giants, saphire gems, amberlinks, black sexlinks. I keep it under 30 birds. They have a decent size coop, but we get snow and very cold weather at times. The chickens need...
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    New member

    I'm a life long fan of Buff Orpintrons. Mixed flock right now of buffs, australorp, saphire gems, amberlinks, jersey giants, brown leghorns and black sexlinks. Total of 27 chickens. Bob, mt buff rooster is in a vrate in my garage right now. He has a broken foot, it seems. slightly swollen &...
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    New member

    I'm introducing myself. I have had chickens for decades. I found myself coming to this forum looking for health related answers for my flock for over 2 years now. Finally joined. Pleased to be here. Looking forward to learning more and sharing some. Zulu Mama
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