“Share Helpful Backyard Poultry TIPS” a Random Posting CONTEST Thread ~ Hosts, Mike & Sally

[mobius]

Does this increase the chance of chickens starting to eat their own eggs?

I have looked into this question myself, and apparently if the eggshells are crushed like @Gwynny7 says, it does not increase the chances at all. Seems like lots of folks feed their chickens scrambled eggs too as a treat! Also re: the eggshells, super important for laying hens to get that calcium....it seems to be a common practice...

 

[aart]

Quote: No, some folks don't even grind or break them up at all...
......but egg shell is not as good of a source of calcium as the larger chunks of oyster shell that stays in the gizzard longer for absorption.
I use both, crushed egg shell mixed in with the oyster shell in same container

 

[mlm Mike]

 

[copper2]

I wish I had pics but I once raised a chick that looked like a barred Plymouth Rock but instead of black it had blue in between the white! It's father was a blue splash maran and I believe it's mother was a barred Plymouth Rock

 

[Jessimom]

I'm feeling the panic way right now...

 

[Jessimom]

 

[mamahmendez]

Sleds ~ They have many uses!
I am not to lift up more than 30lbs after my surgeries, and for life I am told! yeah ok Doc,
like that is gonna happen right? Our Chicken feed bags are 100lb bags, I needed a way to do so myself as necessary.

I grabbed the kids snow sled, dropped a bag of feed right off the pile down onto the sled, and drug it out to the Metal trash cans I have at each chicken pen area.

Once I got to the can I had to figure out how to put the feed in without lifting it! As it works out, the long sled fit right into the trash can when I had it laid over, SLED AND FEED both! slid right into the can!

All I had to do was stand the can up and pull the sled out, put lid on trash can and done! I always do it this way now, along with bringing in our coal buckets after I fill them, wood and kindling, waterers to the coops and on and on. We even use them at the beach to lug our coolers and fishing stuff down so we dont have to try to carry it all!

Mind Blown! Searching Amazon now!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I may use this idea for chicken gallon waterers! tired of getting soaked!

 

[mamahmendez]

Here is the candler I made.

Materials:
Last years worn out pool noodles
Electrical tape I found in our junk drawer
Scissors

Flashlight

The foam part is great. The blue foam you see sticking up is a piece I inserted to "make the noodle bigger. I kept it sticking up because it helps to keep the egg stable so I, and my kids, are less likely to drop it. It acts as a ledge. My husband is letting me "borrow" one of his super bright flashlights from Costco so my foam part is removable. In a dark room I see plenty in my eggs to tell how they are developing. A brighter flashlight might be needed for darker eggs, but an experienced candler can probably tell.

 

[mamahmendez]

I shared this on another thread so I apologize if you are reading this 2 times.

DIY Brooder / Clinic / Isolation Cabinet Repurpose

Materials:
Old Base Cabinet
Old TV Cabinet
Hardware Cloth
Left over PVC
Chain and Eye Hooks
5 Gallon Paint Buckets, the ones you keep wishing you could take to the dump
Hardware and my Very Used, Very Loved Staple Gun

This cabinet is PERFECT for our family to use for brooding, isolation and care giving.
- Can be used for almost any poultry and even rabbits or rodents of some sort.
- It is side opening so our chicks are not as frightened.
- It is height adjustable! Right now it is low to the ground so our kids can take care of the chicks as part of their chores. But, we have put on saw horses to make it adult height.
- It is easy to clean and disinfect. Can be used for many purposes.
- The TV cabinet on the LEFT side is a clinic. There is space for sick chicks and chickens and all the medical supplies one needs. Extra lamps, droppers, gloves, purple stuff for wounds, electrolytes, marbles and more more more. The cabinet brooder also works for sick chicks or if you need to separate some from your flock.
- The "clinic" and "cabinet brooder" are put together so chicks can see and interact with each other safely through hardware cloth. This makes it super easy to integrate different age chicks, new birds, separate a rooster or just have it so some chickens get then To Know Each Other.
- The Light Bar is adjustable height and I can put TONS of lights on it. I have maxed as 3 heat lamps so far.
- Can be divided easily with cardboard or hardware cloth
- IT WAS CHEAP and easy to make. It was $42 plus the cost of hardware cloth (I didn't have any laying around the house)