Vent Gleet
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rick
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Sanitising is a great idea. They had a change of Auboise last time but if I can think of a way a good scrub down would be best.
I have milligram scales so can dose small amounts very accurately. I think last time they had a bowl of mash and shredded wheat for a treat just a couple of evenings but it was dosed too.
Just before I left this morning she had flicked half her ration on the floor but it's all she's getting so will have to pick it up again, silly girl.
I have milligram scales so can dose small amounts very accurately. I think last time they had a bowl of mash and shredded wheat for a treat just a couple of evenings but it was dosed too.
Just before I left this morning she had flicked half her ration on the floor but it's all she's getting so will have to pick it up again, silly girl.
rick
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Cheers. That sounds ideal.
rick
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Blaze has laid a fairly decent egg with a full shell and no wrinkles. Its a big relief!
I am quite possibly over thinking this but...
it was laid pointy end first. I know this because I've got straw in the nest box and the base is a bit too hard - it landed with a clunk and cracked at the pointy end slightly. I must fix that but I thought the chicken rotated the egg to be laid blunt end first.
Not expecting any great insights from this odd observation (but I must replace the straw with something harder to displace, though they do like moving it around and putting it on their backs while they are in there.)
I am quite possibly over thinking this but...
it was laid pointy end first. I know this because I've got straw in the nest box and the base is a bit too hard - it landed with a clunk and cracked at the pointy end slightly. I must fix that but I thought the chicken rotated the egg to be laid blunt end first.
Not expecting any great insights from this odd observation (but I must replace the straw with something harder to displace, though they do like moving it around and putting it on their backs while they are in there.)
chrismahon
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Pointed end comes out first Rick, but you can get an unlucky bounce on landing and usually the shell at the rounded end is slightly thinner. That may be because it is the hatching end?
We cured our broken eggs by putting shavings in the bottom of the nest boxes then adding a layer of feed bag- creates a cushioned base that can't be disturbed. Then more shavings on top for the 'nest'.
We cured our broken eggs by putting shavings in the bottom of the nest boxes then adding a layer of feed bag- creates a cushioned base that can't be disturbed. Then more shavings on top for the 'nest'.
rick
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Thanks Chris, I'll cut some squares of bag for bases.
I read something about a professor having chickens on his desk and the slightly dubious idea of marking the un-laid egg end with a pencil (as you do) and discovered that the egg turns round but couldn’t remember which way it ended up.
I read something about a professor having chickens on his desk and the slightly dubious idea of marking the un-laid egg end with a pencil (as you do) and discovered that the egg turns round but couldn’t remember which way it ended up.
