Dec 17, 2010: DIY Jacuzzi

footfootfoot · 12-26-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

Maybe your chickens can, but mine never have. Nor did my mom's chickens when I was a kid. What kind of birds are you raising!?

How many were you raising?

I think the chances increase with the number of birds. Even my friends who have truly free range chickens, occasionally have this problem.

Glinda · 12-26-2010, 09:55 AM

I dunno.

I started out with 25 birds six years ago. Right now I'm kinda low, with only 15, but I've yet to find an egg that one of the birds broke (either accidentally or on purpose).

They won't even try to eat a shell-less egg. It just sits in the nesting box like a little jelly ball until I come to collect it.

I do give my birds oyster shell calcium and their shells are quite hard - maybe this is the reason the eggs are always intact, but I've never even seen them try to peck into an egg.

Perhaps their big mama just taught them well.

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12-26-2010, 09:55 AM	#2
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	I dunno. I started out with 25 birds six years ago. Right now I'm kinda low, with only 15, but I've yet to find an egg that one of the birds broke (either accidentally or on purpose). They won't even try to eat a shell-less egg. It just sits in the nesting box like a little jelly ball until I come to collect it. I do give my birds oyster shell calcium and their shells are quite hard - maybe this is the reason the eggs are always intact, but I've never even seen them try to peck into an egg. Perhaps their big mama just taught them well.

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