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    Green Egg white, Do I get some ham?

    My husband was peeling our boiled eggs from our instant pot today, and got a green egg white. What causes this? Safe to eat or spoiled? I read in a few places it may be from high levels of riboflavin? Thanks for any help!
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    First eggs!

    We finally got our first eggs, today! We’re pretty sure the little green one is from our Easter Egger, Cleopatra. The large light brown one we are unsure of, could be from Charlotte the Barred Rock, Bindie the Australorp, or Cupcake the Buff Orpington. My son was over the moon to have found...
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    Books about Laying and hatching eggs

    I want to start by saying I love all the information in the threads on this site, and I am so grateful I found this group. But… I am looking for a book or a few books that will give me everything I need to know about signs a hen is fertilized, when to know if she will brood them, how to help...
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    New chickens, 1 unhealthy

    We have a young flock of chickens, and last night took in 5 RIRs (3 years old) that were about to be homeless, or dinner. We have them in their own coop, quarantining, but one of them looks VERY unhealthy, and I don’t know what it would be because her symptoms are all different. She has...
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    Olive Egger pullet…or not?

    My son picked out this little one from the local feed store 3 weeks ago, and it was already about 5 days old. They said that it is an olive egger pullet, but the past few days this bright red comb has popped up. In the picture it doesn’t look as red. Also, they didn’t seem to know beans about...
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    New chicken mom

    We have our first flock of chickens this year. Last year we helped my parents get their flock going, and this year we are finally in a place to start our own. We have 23 chickens of various breeds from 3 week Speckled Sussex to 8 week old “Americana” Cleopatra. We love the experience our...
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