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Glad you found the criminals! Good luck on them

I actually like cleaning eggs. It reminds me of my Grandma and how 55+ years ago we would gather eggs and then sit and sand them for hours. When she got a couple cases we went to town and sold them to the store. A simpler easier time when anyone could sell eggs to the store. Now we would...

good idea, I never thought of them! I should make some to keep the eggs cleaner!

I know many on here use no heat at all. I had a barred rock that moved back to her old coop last week when we had 15 below (f) for a few nights and did fine. I use no heat in my coop. My guineas and turkeys stay out most the time, ( the turkeys refuse to go in, except for 2). If you put...

Cool.. either way below zero is cold! Interesting problem. Any idea which hen breaks the egg? How many chickens do you have? Is it feasible to pull a hen out and sent her to isolation for a day or two and see if the problem ends? A chicky Jail! lol

I think you need to feed oyster shells at the least. Maybe a good layer feed would help supplement the wheat. I would be worried about using an old pump house, the ones I know of are very air tight. BTW when I say below Zero temps I mean F not C.

Can you let them out of the coop? The frigid temps really do not bother the chickens. I let mine out everyday at between 9-10 am. They love it and are waiting for me to open their door. It has been below zero here for the last 3 weeks. They just like being outdoors.