Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[Grammy60]

Great breakfast
You missed to include something

Spoiler: Joe

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Awww, so sweet bet they tasted as good as they looked!!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Buffy finally laid her first egg!


I knew she was working on it last night because she was in the nest box and squatting. But it still took her awhile.
I have two nest boxes, and while Blanche always puts hers in the one by the wall, Buffy chose the second one.
CONGRATULATIONS, BUFFY!!!

 

[Grammy60]

Buffy finally laid her first egg!
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I knew she was working on it last night because she was in the nest box and squatting. But it still took her awhile.
I have two nest boxes, and while Blanche always puts hers in the one by the wall, Buffy chose the second one.
CONGRATULATIONS, BUFFY!!!

That's great !! Good job Buffy

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

That's great !! Good job Buffy

I get so excited over this whole egg business! I texted pictures of Buffy and Blanche’s eggs to everyone I know! Ha!

 

[BY Bob]

Buffy finally laid her first egg!
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I knew she was working on it last night because she was in the nest box and squatting. But it still took her awhile.
I have two nest boxes, and while Blanche always puts hers in the one by the wall, Buffy chose the second one.
CONGRATULATIONS, BUFFY!!!

That's good you don't want them all preferring the same box.

Way to go Buffy! Congratulations to you both!

 

[BY Bob]

How about a gratuitous Phyllis photo?

 

[Ribh]

well done, girls! The egg count is going up!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

How about a gratuitous Phyllis photo?

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She is so adorable!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

So today I was gone on errands all afternoon, and when I got home at around 4:00, I went out to the coop and found THIS:


Aghh!! I freaked out! It’s a shell-less egg. It has the membrane around it, although as you can see, it broke, but no shell.
Can’t know who did it, either. I asked them, but of course, no one admitted to knowing anything about it.

 

[cavemanrich]

In the beginning, the chickens are not in full gear, so some shell-less ones do happen. Try to feed back all the egg shells from your eggs, as well as those you may have from store. I also do have Oyster shells, free-choice. I have not seen a shell-less egg in many moons.
Many peeps, dry their shell, and some even bake them dry. I have only took them out to the hens, and stepped on them to make small pieces. NEVER PROCESSED THEM ANY.