I had a few free range chickens, no coop, laying eggs in the barn where ever. Easter egg hunt every day! One day I looked in a upright trash can and saw a hen sitting on eggs. I checked on them one day and there was 7 or 8 hatched out. At that point I made a pen to put the hen and chicks in...
Can anyone settle this for me and my wife. We had this argument b.c.(before chickens). My wife says to add vinegar to the water when boiling eggs to make them easier to peel. I say the eggs need to be older eggs, they cant be fresh eggs. Any input.
I have had chickens for 1 1/2 years and just now got a coop built. They have been free range and roosting in a tree, then laying eggs where ever, mostly in the barn. Right now I let them out if I come home for lunch or the kids do after school. If I would open their door when I leave at 7 or...