On candling eggs: http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-candling.html
Best hatcheries in the USA:
http://cacklehatchery.com/
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
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If you like eggs then you really should be raising them yourself! It’s so healthy and fun for you and for the chickens.
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Scrambled? Over-easy? Omelet?
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thank you, …
thank you, jptravers!
She’s not high, …
She’s not high, just weird.
She could just be …
She could just be naturally high….. on marijuanna…
keep up the good …
keep up the good work
When my grandmother …
When my grandmother was a little girl there was a snake eating up eggs. It took her a while but she finally convinced her dad to carve a wooden egg. Some time later they found a dead snake around a fence pole with that wooden egg still in it’s belly.
Don’t know why that one wasn’t as lucky as your snake here, but worth a try as at very least a deterrent.
Great video!
This is a very …
This is a very helpful video, but i couldn’t help but notice how high you look, or maybe you just had sun in your eye. Hope i don’t offend you.
Now our chickens …
Now our chickens are enclosed in the coop with an attached sun yard. A multi-year drought has depleted all forage so the chickens are having to be contained and fed (grain and veggie scraps) while we hope that some bugs other than ants will breed and some grass will grow.
Mine would never let me lock them up part time!
Too funny about the …
Too funny about the snake puking up the golfball LOL
That said I have to ask where do the chickens live? I saw they roost in trees. They might last a week where I live if they did that. I had grand visions of free ranging my chickens but between owls, hawks, raccoons, possums, and more unfortunately EVERYTHING likes to eat chicken LOL
I know lock them up at night and let them out in the morning.
Did the eggs hatch?
Did the eggs hatch?
No, that does not …
No, that does not cause cannibalism! It is caused by when there becomes an open wound, and they pick at it out if curiosity, and also if there is a lack of some kind of mineral they need. Have a good one.
Forget about …
Forget about candling, Balut is a delicacy .
Thanks for the info …
Thanks for the info, peeps.
Some hens crack and eat raw eggs sometimes… but I guess as long as they don’t literally peck each others brains out they’re okay!
Spongiform …
Spongiform Encephalopathy comes from consuming same-specie proteins called prions which destroy nerve and brain cells. These are mostly found in the brain matter and spinal cord material. They are however not found in egg shells. I do not see how it can hurt and, besides, many birds consume egg shells for the calcium. You may go ahead and give the shells.
I’m just personally …
I’m just personally against and sort of cannibalism for livestock. There are infections transmitted through cannibalism (encephalopathy), though none discovered so far from eggs that I am aware, just spinal cord and brain. Still, its more of a safety issue for the chicken for me.
Please tell us why!
Please tell us why!
Contrary to the …
Contrary to the comment at the end. I would not recommend feeding the chickens their own egg shells
Hello there, I’m …
Hello there, I’m looking to raise a few chickens in the near future and just had a few questions. I’m not sure what the climate is like where you live, but in the winter, if it gets quite cold, are the chickens capable of staying warm on their own? What is a good ratio of hen(s) to rooster(s) to start out with? How much roaming space would a chicken need in order to be comfortable? Thanks, any information would be much appreciated, I really want to go about this the right way.
Spoken like someone …
Spoken like someone who’s seen a snake puke.
no, hes trying 2 …
no, hes trying 2 regurgitate it to be able to get away faster
nice now im jealous …
nice now im jealous you live in a rural non city place
I live in a rural …
I live in a rural non-city neighborhood where everyone does whatever they want. In most cities your neighbors can get you in trouble with “code compliance” if the chickens are loud before 6 am or whatever the laws are in that city. Some cities have bans on chickens, it just depends on where you live. Look into it.
do you live on a …
do you live on a farm? cause i live in the city and dont think there is enough room for chickens i want some though to raise
but what if the dog …
Haven’t seen one since.
but what if the dog gets it?! It’s not a bad snake. The last time we caught one we accidentally killed it, well it killed itself trying to get out of the cage pictured above.
well HAY
well HAY
Maybe they hate …
Maybe they hate each other. I have a couple of hens who will fight like crazy if enclosed together. I bet one of them is a jerk to the other but it’s hard to tell who starts it. Sorry you only have two chickies.