Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

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KnobbyOaks said:
I can tell you what happened to me today. I have two nest boxes, side by side with a divider between. I put a ceramic egg in each of the nest boxes and they have only laid in one box. They just keep adding to that box until they're all done. Today, I found both ceramic eggs in the box that they normally lay in along with their usual 7 eggs. Question, how did they get that ceramic egg from one box into the other?
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Awesome story...hilarious. I laugh and laugh at these silly chickens but they have their own ideas about how to do things. And I just went out and retrieved the dummy eggs...they will lay as they will.

I have a question...I know people feed their chickens eggs and eggshell but I don't know details. Today one of our eggs was cracked....not ruined, just cracked enough when I retrieved it that I didn't feel like we should keep it. I didn't want to throw it out so I baked it, chopped it shell and all very finely, and put it out for the hens. They devoured it in seconds. My question is....is there any way that eating eggs in this manner could lead to pecking/eating raw eggs in the nest?
 
If the egg is cooked they shouldn't peck their own eggs. You just should NEVER feed raw eggs cause they will go after their own. Same story with crushing their egg shells and feeding them back for calcium. Just make sure you crush them well so they don't put two and two together and decide that they want to peck their own eggs.
 
BroosterSpringsteen said:
Oh gosh, you guys are so sweet! Thanks for all the well wishes. Most of the chicks went to their new home today, with the sweetest girl. She promised to send me photos, as I'm still very curious to see how these EE chicks feather out. Only two chicks remain. One is healthy, and the other is hobbled with a slipped tendon...poor little guy! Here's Professor Neutron (my brother named him...he's a rocket scientist). He's modeling the latest in leg splints, foam tape shackles, and shoes made from a cheerios box...so stylish
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...but SO grumpy.



He's getting around amazingly well, eating, and drinking. So I'm hopeful, but we'll see. It's not an easy condition to correct.

Congrats to all the lovely new eggs! And for those of you still waiting...hang on! That white EE is gorgeous! My EEs all went nearly 40 weeks before the first egg, but those pretty eggs are so worth the wait!




Maybe you should name him Cheerio! LOL
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Well today was the first day in over a week that the temp was above 32 and the wind wasn't 20 MPH, and the sun finally came out late in the day. We haven't gotten any significant snow fall for quite a while but what we have been getting is cold temps, clouds, WIND and snow squalls, and the occasional monsoon rains. I know all to well what MB is talking about. I get the winter blues so bad but I know it will get better and I know MB it will get nicer for you soon. I too appreciate all the sharing everyone has done on this thread. I got to sit out in the yard tonight without being wind blown and frost bitten and actually got to enjoy my girls having a good time. It's funny how they'll go way out into the middle of the yard but then will make a bee line back to where ever I am, let me pat their backs and then off they go again. I've been watching the skies for hawks and we have bald eagles as well so I'm really nervous about leaving them unattended. Maybe MB you could just fence a smaller section of your 6 acres to keep your chickens in and maybe make it a little harder for those predators to get in. Hey, I also love those pics of the egg holders. Got to find me one of those. Oh, and my girls once in a while will lay in the same box but the other day, I caught Miss Bully Clemi picking at her egg. Now I know why her egg always has white speckles. I think she must peck it after she lays. I also find the occasional egg laid in the middle of the coop floor?? I think sometimes everyone tries to lay at once-- but only 3 boxes and 4 hens so someone may get left out. ??
 
xshoshin said:
So I found out what happens when you put a dummy egg in a nest to encourage the use of both nests.....they ALL lay their eggs in the one with the dummy egg! So I think I see the psychology here....whoever lays first chooses and the rest just look at it and say oh, that's where we're laying today...

Now I have to put dummy eggs in both to see what they do....
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