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Book said:
Thank you all! We cut the grass yesterday and left a few patches of long grass and this morning on my way out to let the chickens and ducks out I noticed at least 100 bumble bees in the tall grass pollinating the grass seeds. I never thought of the tall grass as things the bees had interest in but it makes sense. We have been trying to teach the kids the importance of pollinators and still have a lot to learn ourselves. I wouldn't want to be zapping them! Sounds like a timer on the zapper would be a great option!

Our landlord has a huge dead inground pool (side walls crumbling) in the back, we fenced the sucker off to keep the kids safe from it but land lord refuses to let us drain it, insists we keep it half full (of green swamp water!) and I am sure it is breeding mosquitos.
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I would suggest using mosquito dunks. They keep the larva from developing into full grown mosquitoes. I do love my zapper too. I have it on photo cell so it turns on at dusk and turns off a dawn.
 
Good morning all!! There was another egg in the coop this morning. This one is bigger, but a different shade of brown and has a bumpy rim/ring around the middle. Do you think this is a different chicken or just another practice egg from the chicken that laid yesterday. No one was in the coop this morning, so I don't know who laid it.

left egg was our first egg(yesterday). Right egg was this morning.




on the egg laid today(right) you can kinda seem the rim. I can get another pick if you need a better pic.
 
LingaB said:
Good morning all!! There was another egg in the coop this morning. This one is bigger, but a different shade of brown and has a bumpy rim/ring around the middle. Do you think this is a different chicken or just another practice egg from the chicken that laid yesterday. No one was in the coop this morning, so I don't know who laid it.

left egg was our first egg(yesterday). Right egg was this morning.




on the egg laid today(right) you can kinda seem the rim. I can get another pick if you need a better pic.
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I had a similar situation last week. The bigger egg turned out to be a double yolker. As far as different chicken I couldn't tell. I have gotten consistent sizes on all but that one.
 
I really am thinking that the rooster some how hurt the polish hen yesterday and caused her death. No blood or anything but he was screwing her dead body, that is how nuts he is with the hens..... seriously I started asking around about how much others would charge me to possibly process him. Can't get the image out of my head..... disturbing.
 
Lost another hen today... That is 3 hens in about a week and a half! First...copperhead, second... Hawk, third... My own dog!!!!!!
It was our fault, husband did not follow protocol and lock the corral gate behind him. Dog ran through the electric fence. We went from having 4 slw's to only 1. Strange how it was always a slw that died, no other breed. Why couldn't it have been a rooster!!??!! We have 3 and only need 1. Tough week!!
 
Thank you, I will probably go back to the local lady in Marietta, she has a bunch. However, i would love an excuse to meet some of you in the future :). For now, im not adding anymore. Feeling a bit beat and need time to just be. We are at 10 birds, fingers crossed no more casualties for a while.
 

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