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[apryl29]

I'll come back later and check out everything I missed the past few days, but I wanted to share that I candled Loki's eggs Wed night and #1 has visible veining now! The other 3 still have no development. I know I probably need to take them out, but will she go bat-tater crazy if I take out 3/4 of her eggs? I don't want to upset her, but I don't want yucky eggs exploding. Is it something I really need to worry about, or is old wives tale?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Exploding eggs are not good ever.

I would pull them out.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Hope everyone has a great day

 

[Redhead Rae]

 

[CSAchook]

You can put a swing in it, look up chicken swing on Amazon. Other things would be toys for parrots, a little tykes toddler slide, or the toddler cube that has the slide with it. A small soccer or basket ball, a xylphone attached to the run or coop, other musical toys like drums, cow bells, a toy piano, anything that makes noise when pecked. Things that move when they peck it should also work. Basically, as long as they can't easily destroy it, anything that a child up to about 2 yrs old would play with that you think they would enjoy. You can even use old wind chimes, just fix it so they are lined up on a string or loosely nailed on a board so they can make noise when pecked.

I have a lot of ideas, it's just not all that easy to describe them all. Basically, look at things like a kid who wants to explore and touch everything. What would be fun, and then think of all the things that could be choking hazards, could it be dismantled/destroyed by a beak, and if so, will it cause damage to the bird, or can it be swallowed.

Great ideas! Thank you!!!

 

[CSAchook]

One thing mine really really liked were tree stumps.

I had a large very heavy stump they liked to dig around and hop on. When it rotted away U had 2 saw horses with a piece of plywood screwed to the top. They would laze about under it and sun on top.

A screw eye on a small rope works to hang an apple, cabbage or ear of corn. I only hang a treat occasionally but it's a hoot.

Perfect! We have several big stumps and log pieces in the yard that I could drag in

 

[Molpet]

compost pile and deep litter.. the spend the day moving the pile to become deep litter.
all the small yard waste ect goes in the run... big stuff, branches and trees, goes in the burn pile

 

[CapricornFarm]

Woot! My eggs arrived! 2 boxes!

 

[staceyj]

View attachment 1404103 Hope everyone has a great day

You too misty!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Why does it have to go from highs in the 70's to nearly 95 for the high????