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DigMyChicks said:
It sounds like we have significant snow moving in Tuesday night through Thursday morning. We could get anywhere between 12-19 inches.
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And then it comes here!
Probably not that range but could easily be half that.

janiedoe said:
I don't know if I'd have them again, if I didn't have these. I enjoy them, but they do take up a lot of my time, and limit my travels.
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I understand the travel limit thing but other than twice yearly cleaning out the coop bedding, I really don't spend much time on them at all. Morning - open the barn, feed and water them, check for eggs. Afternoon - feed and water them, check for eggs. Evening, make sure they are all in the coop, check for eggs and close up the barn.

Madhouse Pullet said:
They started eating their eggs last fall!
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Daisy started that last summer, I don't know why. She's now 3.5 years old. I hoped she would forget about that when everyone started their moult and stopped laying for a few months. But some of them uncharacteristically started up again mid last month. She was good for about a week then went back to snacking.

janiedoe said:
What did you do to stop them from eating their eggs?
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I put her in her own personal space. Doesn't stop her from eating her own eggs but at least she can't get to those laid by others. I tried filling a shell with mustard and putting it in with her, she tossed it out of the nest box after trying it and continued to eat her own eggs. I put her back in with the flock in the fall, hopeful as stated above.

I posted a healthy White rock hen on the Front Porch forum,. Oddly no one is interested in a free egg eating layer.
 
bruceha2000 said:
And then it comes here!
Probably not that range but could easily be half that.


I understand the travel limit thing but other than twice yearly cleaning out the coop bedding, I really don't spend much time on them at all. Morning - open the barn, feed and water them, check for eggs. Afternoon - feed and water them, check for eggs. Evening, make sure they are all in the coop, check for eggs and close up the barn.


Daisy started that last summer, I don't know why. She's now 3.5 years old. I hoped she would forget about that when everyone started their moult and stopped laying for a few months. But some of them uncharacteristically started up again mid last month. She was good for about a week then went back to snacking.


I put her in her own personal space. Doesn't stop her from eating her own eggs but at least she can't get to those laid by others. I tried filling a shell with mustard and putting it in with her, she tossed it out of the nest box after trying it and continued to eat her own eggs. I put her back in with the flock in the fall, hopeful as stated above.

I posted a healthy White rock hen on the Front Porch forum,. Oddly no one is interested in a free egg eating layer.
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Have you had a lot of snow this year? It’s already blowing and drifting on the roads. It’s 34* so it’s sticking to the highway too.
 

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