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another single egg day ho hum. (we're gonna get more chicks soon i think, hooray!)

I guess there's a bit of buzz going around because you could technically incubate and hatch these guys. I dunno that you'd want to necessarily and there's no guarantee they're fertile, they're usually just "in contact" with a rooster at some point. They're refrigerated as soon as they're laid so...

Thanks Igor. We really don't have too many issues with predators but every once in a while they do come around. I would say once a year or less. There are rats outside but they don't seem to ever bother the hens. We did have a hawk get a chick once that was very unfortunate. But really the...

I'm thinking I'm coming in somewhere in the middle here. Maybe $8-9 per dozen. My hens are a little older now though so they don't lay quite as frequently as they used to. I'm thinking with the cost of bedding and food for chicks you have kind of a steep initial cost to overcome. With that...

@Icemaiden you're right that's probably a bit of a conservative estimate hahaha

Oh and thanks so much for being a supporter!!

Hello and welcome to the group! Congrats on the new additions to your family!

Just one today 😭

I can't believe we don't already have a thread exactly like this going. My answer for today: 2

It's such a bummer. They're wonderful pets

I'm very interested to read what everyone's experiences have been with this. I feel like the big industrial chicken farms would've found a way by now if they could've

Our local pet food shop stopped carrying chicken feed and the last bag i got was definitely spoiled. I don't blame them. It's a hard game but these days I have to travel a bit further to the locally owned feed shop. They always have the best stuff from local mills.

I'm wrecked. At 4am a raccoon broke into the coop and killed two of our five hens. One of our tortoises has been interested in the coop lately and I think he made enough of a hole in the chicken wire that the raccoon got in. I guess I have to let the dog sleep out back for a couple weeks now...

What a tough decision but it does sound like the right one. Especially with little ones running around. You dont want them to grow up afraid of the birds @Sundheimer

Hey @Sundheimer thanks for joining and welcome! I haven't personally had any aggressive roosters like that but I have heard of folks having to dispatch roosters with poor temperament. I don't necessarily agree with that practice so I'd like to think there's other solutions but maybe someone else...

This super old flier just came across my feed. I thought you all would enjoy as much as I did. We need more campaigns like this today! Grow your own food!

@Hellochuck i had file size limits set to 50mb but now increased to 100mb

Any update for us? Were you able to successfully isolate them? @BabyBantam

yes you should be able to upload videos. if you are unable to, please post a screenshot of the error

I just found a bunch more eggs in the bushes. Stubborn ol' ladies