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I've seen that kicking thing before. I'd look at building a good egg retaining wall. Don't stress over making the nest box look like other people's or making it "pretty." Just make it large enough that a grumpy hen can lay her egg not on top of another's or more likely... work to fix it so they...

OMG that poor hen that laid that egg! Was going to bet it's was double yolked or had an egg inside an egg. Your girls deserve extra treats and calcium after that.

My very first flock I added a pair of very tame sister hens like this. One, Fluff was an egg eater from shortly after she started laying. I used every trick listed above and in other guides and discussions and a few I made up on the fly. Nothing worked. Fluff taught the rest of my little newbie...

Are RiR aggressive? Heck yes, they're chickens first and foremost. They were bred to be on the strong and active side for survival reasons and noted both historically and by testing as on the aggressive side of the slider. It's more noticeable with smaller, gentle hens, like Astrolorps. RiR's...

For those struggling with juggling weed control with keeping your beloved chickens safe may I recommend 31% vinegar and a little dish soap? While you will often find recipes using vinegar, salt and soap I found I can use the extra strong vinegar and soap and forgo the salt and not potentially...

Chickens know what's good for them to eat? NOPE!! I caught my hens eating Styrofoam peanuts once.... I've also seen them eat plastic and cardboard. They haven't got braincell in their heads when it comes to knowing what is and is not good for them. Every time I change their grazing area I...

I have to agree I love Orps. Barred Rocks as well. My Lady Domino, a Barred Rock, was the queen of my pet flock, very fat and very dignified. All the hens backed off around her and was in every way Queen of the flock. Most of my EE's have been pretty skittish but this one particular bird was...

My Orps did seem to go broody more than some other breeds. Later, when I didn't have a rooster I liked around I sometimes got eggs from a friend with good bloodlines in her flock and let my ladies brood them. My best pet hen was a mix, Easter egger and ? she laid green eggs and was without a...

I've had 1 exceptional rooster, 1 reasonably good rooster (the one in my avatar photo) and a whole lot of bleh roosters and one psychopath roo. I didn't raise the exceptional one, he was gifted to me by a good friend who knew I was trying rather desperately to find a decent one because I had a...

What adorable pictures! My very first broody hen hatch, decades ago, was a co-brooded nest. I was dumbfounded and green as grass. Had no clue what to do so I just trusted the hens and watched them carefully. The two hens were sisters from a group of feed store bought Orpingtons. They shared...

Thanks, this is very interesting if weird. As I don't really care about ads from Purina (I don't use their feed products and my chickens appreciate it) While It's kind of academic to me, it's still strange that either my router, security system or Malwarebytes has decided this is a bad link...

As a side note, I do have BYC white listed, But no clue if the router might block it. That is something I don't mess with. My IT guy sets that up and I don't mess with it.

Sure this I can send As you can see it appears actually be the usual BYC news That's the first thing I checked. Here's a snip of the actual email, the one that gives me fits is the Purina iconed one about egg laying. Normally I'd ignore it and just check the Cleaning and Storing Fresh eggs...

I have no clue why this particular ad gets blocked or why it was emailed to me. And this was in the regular email notification I get from BYC when ever a discussion I'm following has some activity. Thanks for checking the link. No idea why it's making my browser/security have hiccups. But having...

Here's the best I can do for a link. https://www.backyardchickens.com/news/l/dy1385KgzEEdraEh23iLcA/0P9kEztPz1WASDyndUgdTw/pbPVVjiL892REIHSKZpIgctg I do have an ad blocker. However this appears to be related to Malwarebytes deciding that This particular link is bad news. I absolutely won't...

Ad.doubleclick.net is giving my browser fits when I attempt to follow a link to an article sent to my notification email. Just thought someone on the site should be aware. I can go directly to backyard chickens but can't follow a link from the email without this popping up and Malwarebytes...

Good info, especially on how long an egg can sit in transport and store before you buy it. I rarely ever wash my eggs, when I was selling eggs my customers all requested unwashed eggs so they could store them outside the fridge. Washing an egg means shelf storage is quite unsafe since it can...

You can also do what I did with my flock, used natural cover. I built a grape arbor over top of my run and planted a grapevine. Just one... Within 2 years the grape (allowed to grow and not trimmed) covered the 8 ft tall, 10 x 20 ft arbor and made a natural roof over the run. After that the...

Excellent list and great reading! The only thing I'd add to this, from personal experience, is to watch what your hens are actually eating if you use mixed grains or mix your own feed. If your hens are leaving a particular grain or other bit in the feeder until the last bit and only eating it...