I live in northern Vermont and when it came to my eggs over the last month if there was a crack in just the shell but not the membrane I used those eggs that day. However if the membrane had a tear in them I didn't keep the eggs. I have 24 birds so there were days when I'd get three or four...
My wife and I recently picked up a second hand coop for a couple that no longer hand chickens and wants to see their coop get put to good use. We had to break down the coop for transport and have yet to being the reassembling process. The area we've designated for the coop is 18' X 24' and the...