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BlueBaby said:
Hello, and welcome! Glad that you joined! You need to catch your egg eater quick, because the other's could be taught by that one to do it also. Good luck with your flock!
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Yeah, we've already figured that out :barnie just when we thought we had finally got the last egg eater, another appeared... in fact we probably should just get rid of all of them and start over in the spring.... but thanks!
 
Vineyiea said:
Hey! I'm a new member to this site, although I've read through some posts to help with issues in the past.

My family got chickens around 3 or 4 years ago-currently we have 14 barred rock hens (although that number will decrease when we figure out who is eating the eggs :( Plus we will probably be ordering some ready to lay hens in the spring to bump our number back up to 16 to 20.

I'm REALLY hoping to get a trio of geese this year-already named so we better get them, Romeo, Juliet, and Daphne... I really like the idea of raising goose meat instead of chicken meat, especially since they need a lot less work since the parents do a lot of the raising lol. Although we won't ever get rid of the laying hens!

My favorite aspect of raising chickens (and hopefully geese) is seeing them wander around and find food in the summer (although the eggs are pretty nice too). It's always hilarious to watch them run everywhere.

I also breed meat rabbits, although I'm cutting down to only one male and one female since we don't need that much meat and tend not to sell it.

I love to garden and grow plants, read, and be with all my animals. We have 2 cats (Gypsy and Jasper), a border collie (Heidi), 3 rabbits (Blackjack, Abby, and Pippen), 14 chickens who don't have names... except for the trio we call the three musketeers since they are always together and always the first to brave crossing the yard, etc... and hopefully three American Buff geese!

I'm 21 and currently at Queen's University studying Engineering Chemistry, however, my health is quite bad (an autoimmune disease) and I have a hard time attending school and going about my normal day. I do, however, highly enjoy sitting outside with whichever animal that chooses to stay with me at that time.
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Hi! :frow Welcome to BYC! So sorry to hear about your poor health! :hugs Sounds like a great little farm with lots of birds and animals to hang with when you aren't feeling well!!! Hope you enjoy the site! We're happy to have you here!
 
Vineyiea said:
Yeah, we've already figured that out :barnie just when we thought we had finally got the last egg eater, another appeared... in fact we probably should just get rid of all of them and start over in the spring.... but thanks!
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I had a bunch of egg eaters in my flock. I put up curtains over the front of the nest boxes so hens wouldn't cruise for eggs on the outside. Hens slip in through the middle slot of the curtains. The dark boxes stops the hen that laid them from eating them as well. Keep fake eggs in the boxes at all times so they think eggs are impenetrable. My flock stopped with the egg eating!
 
TwoCrows said:
I had a bunch of egg eaters in my flock. I put up curtains over the front of the nest boxes so hens wouldn't cruise for eggs on the outside. Hens slip in through the middle slot of the curtains. The dark boxes stops the hen that laid them from eating them as well. Keep fake eggs in the boxes at all times so they think eggs are impenetrable. My flock stopped with the egg eating!
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Oh! I'll definitely be trying the curtain idea!
 
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