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  1. chickenprison

    Blood on Egg Shell

    I did a search on this forum for previous post and see that blood ON the egg shell can be normal. My chickens have been laying since August. Just this week we have started getting one egg every day with blood on the shell. So is it still "normal"?
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    Our first Snake Incident

    Well, we discovered today that our "ChickenPrison" is not totally Predator proof. We were just beginning to get 11 eggs a day. Only 5 today. Found 6' long black snake with at least two whole eggs inside it on top of nesting box. We had a foot and a half high of "wood pecker" wire wrapped...
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    Best way to crack hard shells?

    I am a newbie. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum...... My chickens are laying eggs and the shells are harder than the store bought ones. I am having to strike the egg twice. This is causing some dusty shell particles in my eggs. Is it the feed we are giving the chickens? Will I eventually...
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    We are New!

    Visited my grandparents farm every Sunday when I was little. Spent a lot of time playing in the chicken pen and getting eggs. Many years later decided that we needed and wanted chickens. Thats when we first found BYC. We could find answers to every question we had. We (my husband) decided he...
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