- May 24, 2011
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We bought our first 8 chickens in the spring of this year. A week later we bought 8 more. I love having them.
We got our first egg a few weeks ago and have recently we have gotten around 6 a day. Well, 7 were in the box but I noticed one egg had broken. I suspect it was a soft shell egg. I'm hoping it got stepped on or something and it just happened. This happened 3 times in less than a month. It looked like the egg had been eaten. I wasn't worried too much about having an egg eater because we have gotten eggs with no cracks or anything wrong with them. Do you think this could be a soft shell egg that happened to get stepped on? Or do you think I might have an egg eater?
Just before we started getting eggs I decided I was happy with the amount I have and didn't want anymore. I've changed my mind. I want a few more birds. I'm thinking Araucana, Barred Rock and to get a Buff roo. I would like to add them asap but worry about the quarantine and then putting them together. Our Red stars have strong personalities. I worry someone will get hurt. What do you think?
Thanks!
We got our first egg a few weeks ago and have recently we have gotten around 6 a day. Well, 7 were in the box but I noticed one egg had broken. I suspect it was a soft shell egg. I'm hoping it got stepped on or something and it just happened. This happened 3 times in less than a month. It looked like the egg had been eaten. I wasn't worried too much about having an egg eater because we have gotten eggs with no cracks or anything wrong with them. Do you think this could be a soft shell egg that happened to get stepped on? Or do you think I might have an egg eater?
Just before we started getting eggs I decided I was happy with the amount I have and didn't want anymore. I've changed my mind. I want a few more birds. I'm thinking Araucana, Barred Rock and to get a Buff roo. I would like to add them asap but worry about the quarantine and then putting them together. Our Red stars have strong personalities. I worry someone will get hurt. What do you think?
Thanks!