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Does anyone have any quick ideas/answers to helping me solve my cracked egg problem? I have plenty of wood shavings in the coop and some nice foam rubber on the bottom of the nesting boxes but some of my eggs still seem to be cracking before I can collect them. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks

Being new to chickens I was wondering if you folks can tell me how often you have to check for pasty butt? I try to see if each one is pooping normally but, (haha) with eight I cant see be sure about them all! Thanks, Andy.

I just brang our eight new chicks home this afternoon............I went in on an order with some other folks. They all arrived healthy and happy. What a bunch of cute little ones! So funny to watch, sleeping and playing with each other. There is on White Barred Rock chick that is a riot...

I am brand new to the chicken world so please patient and bare with me! After reading quite a few threads on using incubators to hatch eggs can you tell me the very basic advantages to doing this instead of having live chicks shipped to you for example? I know if you don't have a rooster you...

Hi, being very new to everything chicken (except eggs and eatin' ) can you eggsperts tell me the difference between feeding chicks starter pellets and starter crumbles? A local feedstore employee told me some folks think that crumbles get wasted and not completely eaten. So, I am just...

Hi, I am buiding a sweet 4' x 8' coop for my eight girls that are coming in May. Some of the highlights of my construction are vinyl flooring throughout to include the nesting boxes and stainless steel doors and a stainless one piece roof as well. My question is what are the dimensions needed...

Hi, I am just curious if any of you eggsperts know the average timespan that a hen will lay eggs if her lifetime? Might be a silly question but there has to be some amount of time. Two years, three, four..........or what? If it is breed specific I am going to be getting four Australorps and...

Hi, I would like to get an opinion on which reflector lamp to use for raising four baby Australorp chicks that I will be receiving shortly. I have a standerd reflector lamp that uses a 100 watt bulb already. Do you folks think that would be sufficient to keep my new chicks warm or should I...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am totally new to chickens! We have friends that own a small farm that has about 75 plus chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We will be getting four Australorps chicks around the 3rd. week of May. (3) What...