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  1. J

    What's with the eggs?

    Thank you
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    What's with the eggs?

    One of my hens lays eggs with pretty thick shells and they're usually a litlle bit lumpy/uneven but it's getting worse over time. I know this is in the realm of "normal" but this seems to be progressing. Is anything to be concerned about? The eggs are perfectly fine otherwise. Thanks.
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    Is it a myth that water removes an egg's bloom?

    UPDATE for anyone who cares: my glassed eggs are still fine. Yolks are not intact. I just used them to make the muffins and the pumpkin bread. They are over a year old at this point. Happy Thanksgiving
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    Introducing new hens

    Yes I let the hens out of the run today but it did not make all the pullets come out of the coop - only one came out. I was down to 2 Rhode Island Reds (I had 6 and we gave one to a neighbor and recently a racoon killed 3) and we just bought 4 Barred Rocks (one young hen & 3 pullets). The...
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    Introducing new hens

    I need tips. How do I get my hens to get along with my new pullets? Do I just need to give it time? It's only been two days but my hens are not even letting the pullets come out of the coop.
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    Is it a myth that water removes an egg's bloom?

    UPDATE: my previously float-tested/wet eggs are perfectly preserved. I just fried two of them - they are from October and perhaps earlier as I did another no-no and glassed older eggs. Water does not wash off bloom at all is my conclusion.
  7. J

    I thought hens stopped laying in winter

    Thanks!
  8. J

    I thought hens stopped laying in winter

    My hens are still giving me an egg each per day or close to it. I'm not complaining, but why? They do not have supplemental light. The days are very short. They are young RI Reds that started laying in late Spring.
  9. J

    Is it a myth that water removes an egg's bloom?

    I just water glassed a bunch of eggs and I dunked them all in water immediately beforehand (float test). If anyone cares I'll let you know if my whole batch is ruined
  10. J

    Light eggs/weird bloom?

    Thank you!
  11. J

    Light eggs/weird bloom?

    Top 5 eggs are today's and the 6 eggs in middle/ bottom are yesterday's for comparison. Three eggs are considerably lighter and one looks like it's a thick light-bloom partially scratched off. My hens are young; about 27 weeks old. Is this normal? For context it has been very humid, it rained a...
  12. J

    Who else has a name for their flock?

    My husband named ours 'The Pecan Sandies' but to call them I just say "chickies"
  13. J

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I try to mostly cook on the firepit in summer (we have a schwenker) but mostly for keeping the house from getting hot. This past summer we didn't run the air conditioning at all to cut the electric use. I kept the kiddie pool on the deck for the kids and it was a tremendous help to have freezing...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Consider a french press. I got one after my 2nd coffee maker in 3 years broke and I was fed up. Has a built in mesh filter and makes even cheap crap coffee taste great. Cheaper than a coffee maker too. The mesh top filter can even be used to froth milk if you like fancy coffee sometimes...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    My biggest thing probably is using flour sack towels instead of paper towels. All purpose and I use some of them for cloth diaper inserts too. I do not cloth diaper most of the time because of the excessive laundry and because Aldi still has very cheap and good quality diapers, but I had to for...
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