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Chicken Behavior: All the Eggs in One Nesting Box

June 8, 2017

Have you ever seen this? Do your chickens seem to lay all their eggs in one nesting box? Well, my chickens certainly do. My flock has this strange habit but it turns out that I am not alone. Other chicken keeper’s chickens do this as well.Read more

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Chickens Eggs Health Issues

All About Double Yolk Eggs from Chickens

May 29, 2017

I knew about these eggs with double yolks. I had seen plenty of chicken keepers sharing double yolk eggs with their audiences. It has been seven years since starting out keeping chickens and we still were waiting for one. Then this past week, one of the chickens laid a huge egg. It was about the…

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Chickens Coop Care Eggs

7 Secrets to Clean Chicken Eggs

July 11, 2016

People often ask me how I have clean chicken eggs when I harvest them. Today I’m sharing my secrets to picking clean eggs from the nesting boxes. As the egg is laid, the hen puts a protective clear wet coating on the egg called a bloom. The bloom seals the outer shell of the egg…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

New Hens First Eggs

December 31, 2015

The new girls that we got in the spring finally started to lay their first eggs this week, first was Olive followed by Petula. It seems that this flurry of new eggs even whipped the old girls into shape. Today even Fluffy- our Easter Egger- gifted us with one of her beautiful green orbs.Read more

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Chickens Crafts Easter Eggs

DIY Heirloom Egg Topiary

April 9, 2014

I was on assignment this week from HGTV Gardens. My job was to create an egg topiary showcasing how beautiful chicken eggs can be in their natural state. Of course, I wanted to include many natural elements from the gardens. So I added a base made from a birch tree, moss, grapevines and burlap ribbon.…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

Harvest What You Love

February 13, 2014

Sow kindness, plant generosity, till tenderness, then harvest what you love. Photo Credit and original quote: Tilly’s Nest

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

Eggs In Your Pockets

January 6, 2014

There is something about the moment of discovering an egg that you forgot in your pocket. Innocently, you reach inside to find a sweet little orb of goodness greeting your fingertips. So many feelings flood in from excitement, happiness, and elation that it didn’t break. They are sweet surprises that I usually discover when I…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

More than Eggs

December 23, 2013

This spring the flock turns four with the exception of Fifi. She is three. They are now considered old chickens. During their last molt, the girls stopped laying all together. It has now been about three months since the molting began and I can count on one hand how many eggs the flock has laid.…

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Chickens Eggs Health Issues

Soft or Shelless Eggs in Backyard Chickens

November 1, 2013

Our flock is now almost four years old. This is the first year when their egg laying has completely ceased during their annual fall molt. Telling you that we miss their eggs is a huge understatement! We are down to our last dozen. However, a few days ago, as I lifted the nesting box lid,…

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Chickens DIY Projects Eggs

In The Name of Science

September 27, 2013

Earlier this week my son came home very excited from school. As he hopped in the car, I could hear the excitement in his voice! In school, his class has been learning about formulating hypotheses and conducting various science experiments. Last week, they had to theorize what would happen to gummy bears placed in water…

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Chicken Behavior: All the Eggs in One Nesting Box

All About Double Yolk Eggs from Chickens

7 Secrets to Clean Chicken Eggs

New Hens First Eggs

DIY Heirloom Egg Topiary

Harvest What You Love

Eggs In Your Pockets

More than Eggs

Soft or Shelless Eggs in Backyard Chickens

In The Name of Science

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