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Just a quick update: I already have almost 2 dozen from them, they've been getting sand and treats and lots of time outside, it's been warm here lately, so all I need to do is fix up the roll away nests and I should be good to go. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. Oh I'm vegetarian so I...

oh oh. my gramma had a rooster that was really mean, one day i went down to the chickens to feed the chickens and this rooster lept off the top of the chicken coop, landed on my arm, and took a big chunk of out my hand! I still have the scar. when I told gramma his life was over. she butchered...

that's my problem, an instigating rooster who loves eating eggs.

Quote: Yeah, if you have good company cleaning eggs is not so bad. And I LOVE cleaning eggs with my Gramma!!!! I love home-grown eggs from my backyard flock so it's a very little price to pay, cleaning eggs. It is so sad that the egg laying industry has become so HUGE and industrial. From the...

yeah, my pet peeve is dirty eggs. I HATE cleaning eggs, espcially the really mucky ones.

Thanks! I'll try that. I'm getting new nest boxes so maybe that'll help.

okay. i'll think about it. kind of worried about my little roo, his comb is awful and i dont want it to get any worse. butthanks for letting me know!

yes, below zero either F or C is cold! I think my rooster is the instigator, he's the one who started eating eggs first. And then maybe my leghorn runt. I don't think my bantie hens are eating eggs, at least they weren't for a while. I have 5 Leghorns and 2 bantie hens, and one bantie roo. I...

okay, thanks. a friend of mine has chickens and she feeds oyster shells but her hens are devout egg eaters. she feeds barley, wheat, and peas but no layer feed. also the pump house the carpenter that built it installed vents and made it chicken-friendly :) that's fine, i don't really care if...

what do you think they should be eating? i've heard that they may need calcium.....

Hi aart, They are on whole wheat, nothing else. Sometimes they get some alfalfa pellets and sweet feed, but only occasionally. I'm not sure how big the chicken coop is but it used to be a pump house with a full sized pressure tank and pipes in it. When I open the door and close it late one of...

Thanks! I'll try those suggestions. I think they are bored, I've heard that's a big problem. So dark nest boxes will make a difference? I wasn't sure if that would do anything, but thanks for letting me know! I will pinpoint the culprit and move her, as well. Thanks!

My mixed flock of Leghorn and Old English Game banties are eating eggs. They just started laying 2 weeks ago and have eaten their eggs from the get-go. My roo also steps in and eggs them on (no pun intended) by eating along with them. I just moved them to a new facility and as of today they...