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It is supposed to be better if your eggs contain Omega 3, so how do we get Omega 3 into our eggs or know if they already contain it? Thanks, Nancy graphicgranny

Do any of you have chickens that want to be outside in the snow? My Wyandottes do!

Great idea! Last year I was forever changieing the water because of the poop. I'm going to try this!

Thanks to everyone for answering my question! I have the heat lamp and all of that because I got my Wyandotte girls last spring and had them in a brooder. I don't want to use the same building I did last year because my son makes burl wood clocks in that area and it needs to stay dust and...

I am planning on getting 15 new chicks in a month and already have 4 beautiful Wyandotte girls. My question is could I build a cage in the chicken coop to put the new babies in so they could maybe get aquainted early? Would this help to acclaimate the big girls to the little girls when it is...

I am planning on getting about 15 chicks in a month or so and would like to know if I can build a cage in the unheated chicken coop with a red light for their heat. I only have 4 full sized Wyandottes and was hoping this method would let them be better aquainted when it is time to let them out...

Thanks a bunch....PDZ is the product!

Hey everybody, I read somewhere on here about a product, actually for horse stalls, that is a white substance to help keep down the smell in the coop. I bought some and my chickens liked it after a few days. Now the old brain is in that overoad and I can't remember the name. It was only 3...

Thanks loads!Removing the membrane has been a chore!

Hi everyone, I have been washing out the eggs shells and removing the membrane for our chickens like I read on here we should do. My question is why does the membrane have to be removed? Rather tedious sometimes! Nancy

I receved a catalog for chicken supplies and in it they suggest you add DE to your chicken's feed as well as sprinkling it in the hen house. Has any one done this? Is it necessary? Would it really be benefical to add it to the feed? My chickens are very healthy and we already give them crushed...

Wow, she is beautiful. What breed is she?

Great looking eggs! My Wyandottes lay brown eggs too but they would be considered more of a medium brown.

Great plans! I am interested in seeing the two next box plans too!