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    chicken flinging twigs etc

    thanks HEchicken - can I nip this in the bud? I don't want her trying to hatch any eggs. Puck Puck
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    chicken flinging twigs etc

    yesterday I observed one of my chickens (the dominant one) walking about and flinging twigs and bits of straw etc. over her shoulders in a seemingly obsessive manner - she kept it up for many minutes. what is she trying to do? thanks for any feedback
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    holes in eggs

    Thank you all for responding. Here is more information: the hole is always small and jagged and the shell bit is like poked into the egg. There is only one egg that is 'holed' and it's always at the pointy end - and it happened again this morning: 3 eggs of which the pointy end of 1 is poked...
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    holes in eggs

    Quite often one of the 5 eggs the girls lay has a small hole in it. No egg substance is exposed - seems like its just into the air bubble. What is happening here? Is it from the egg dropping on the plywood in the nesting box, or should I worry about egg-eating by one of the chickens? Any...
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    What are some safe hanging plants for over my chicken run?

    Thank you all so much for your helpful replies. I think I will try the scarlet runners, the climbing nasturtium, and a passion fruit vine. maclady ... I am intrigued by your chicken forage mix, what was it called? Gerhard _________________________ owned by Irma Prunesquallor (a naked...
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    What are some safe hanging plants for over my chicken run?

    I wish to plant some climbing plants on one side of my 40' by 20' chicken run to provide some shade in summer. But I am nervous about selecting the plants. Possibles include clematis, passion flower, wisteria, etc. Are any of these (leaves or fruits) poisonous to chickens? Any advice...
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    new member from vancouver island bc canada

    a colleague once convinced me that it was ok for vegetarians to eat chickens because the latter ranked a step below the routabaga on the scale of evolution [in his defense, he once had to work on a chicken farm and his experience with those poor creatures was not a happy one] ... but then a...
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