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  1. LaurenThompson

    Help! Getting pecked and pecking herself - BLEEDING

    Please help! Not sure what happened or how to fix it!! we have stop peck - but I’m worried it will burn her? She's very aggravated and "hyper" - I don't think it was a predator, because our coop/run is very, very secure
  2. LaurenThompson

    Coop Flooring

    Hello! I live in Southern Ontario - our winters get quite chilly. Currently, we have sand on our coop floor, but I want to add a layer of something else and was wondering what the best choice might be. We like to maintain our coop by scooping up the droppings every few days and that's why we...
  3. LaurenThompson

    Question Re: Hard Boiled Eggs

    I am just wondering what the best practice for eggs is when you want to hard boil them in a pressure cooker. In terms of the egg itself, I would assume because it’s in the shell it’s imperative to clean the egg first?
  4. LaurenThompson

    Hello!

    Hello! I have been wanting to have a small chicken flock for years - and then when Covid-19 depleted our local grocery stores of eggs, my husband jumped on board with the idea! We got our first 5 ready-to-lay hens a little over a week ago and have been loving every minute of them!! We have: 2...
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    Crushed Oyster Shells & Shellfish Allergy

    Hello! We have had our Ready-to-Lay ladies for a little over a week. We have been getting lots of blue eggs from our 2 blue layers, but our 3 brown ladies have yet to produce a brown egg that isn't soft. Is this normal for immature birds? To lay a few soft eggs before some hard ones? I've...
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    Cracked Egg

    Hello! We have had our small (5 hens) flock for not quite a week yet! We have been lucky enough to collect 5 blue eggs so far! We received our very first brown egg this morning, but unfortunately she laid it on the run ramp and it rolled down and got a small crack in it. I know it was not fit...
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