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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

A Momentary Pause of Henopause

May 4, 2015

Much to my surprise, I discovered our 5 plus year old hen, Oyster Cracker, sitting in a nesting box full of freshly laid eggs. I squatted down next to her and inquired about her role in the box. You see, she had not laid an egg in over 8 months! I thought she was in…

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Laying First Eggs

January 12, 2015

Finally, as if Mother Nature flipped a switch, all of the new girls purchased as chicks this past spring are laying their first eggs. Despite pullets being born on the same day, they all lay when their bodies are ready.Read more

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Tilly Considers an Egg

September 19, 2014

Patience. Love. Understanding. Encouragement. It all happened in under a 5 minute time period out in the coop yesterday morning between Tilly and Oyster Cracker. Yesterday morning, I opened up the coop door and let the vivacious young uns out along with the old ladies. I could hear everyone chattering up at storm out in…

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If at First You Don’t Succeed

October 11, 2011

Fifi is at the bottom of the pecking order. It is not such a bad thing in our flock. Some chickens in other flocks are terrorized in that position. Not in ours, Fifi is left alone for the most part until she needs to lay an egg. I am not sure if it is due…

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Mystery Solved

August 3, 2011

Well, thanks to rugosarosefarm the case of the mystery egg has been solved. Thanks to her investigative assistance, she quickly tracked down the guilty chicken. I am so very lucky to have such wonderful followers. Apparently, Dottie Speckles is the owner of the egg! Little did I know, that Silver Laced Wyandottes can start laying…

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Chickens DIY Projects Eggs

So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

March 20, 2011

Well the flock will be one year old in June. We have survived our first Northeast Winter and we just just hatched our own eggs. I think it is now time that I write the final chapter in my guide to raising chickens. I’ve touched upon these topics now and then with some of the…

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The Return of Dolly

January 23, 2011

Dolly our Lavender Silkie went broody on December 22, 2010. I let her broodiness take it’s course. Her broody period lasted until January 3, 2011. She was broody for about 2 weeks. She has not laid any eggs since she came out of her broody zombie-like state. My research told me that it takes about…

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Runny Egg

January 13, 2011

Late this morning when I went out to collect the eggs, I found 2 eggs in the nesting boxes. After collecting those two eggs, I looked out into the run to see all the chickens. In the middle of the run was the smallest little Silkie egg you ever have seen. It was being trampled…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

Our First Egg

November 28, 2010

Our first egg I went out to the coop this morning and this is what I found, a small Silkie Bantam egg! I think that Dolly laid it because I saw her sitting in the nesting box this morning. I am very excited! The egg is absolutely adorable and about half the size of a…

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Chickens Health Issues

Yogurt Mondays!

October 18, 2010

Did you know that chickens love yogurt?? It is such a fabulous food for them. I feed them plain organic yogurt with live and active cultures. ( It is important that they don’t get any extra sugar.) When they see me coming you should see the commotion. It is crazy! There is so much yogurt flinging…

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Laying First Eggs

Tilly Considers an Egg

If at First You Don’t Succeed

Mystery Solved

So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

The Return of Dolly

Runny Egg

Our First Egg

Yogurt Mondays!

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