beautiful eggs

@mom210 (9041)

United States

May 20, 2023 3:50pm CST

Our chickens have finally gotten old enough to lay eggs for us and they are so beautiful! We have had chickens a few times. They have been wiped out a few times, once by stray dogs, once by some kind of local wild life and again a stray dog. I vowed to not do it again after the last time, but eggs got so expensive and when our family eats eggs, we go through an 18 count in one sitting. So, we reinforced our coop, made a chicken tractor and are trying again. Keeping my fingers crossed it all works out. The bad part is when somebody's dog breaks in and kills all my chickens, there's nothing anybody can do, I'm just outta luck Chuck!

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306833)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

24 May

I hope the reinforcement works and you don't lose any more chickens.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

20 Jun

thank you, it is working out well. I am down to buying an 18 count a week and the hens are doing the rest. we usually buy one of the 60 count boxes weekly, so that is an improvement.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Jun

@just4him i have a few younger ones that should step up in the next few weeks. Im excited to not have to buy any. hope they are up for the challenge.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306833)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

20 Jun

@mom210 I used to buy the 60 count boxes, but they got very expensive. Now, I buy them by the dozen. I still keep five or six dozen in the fridge at a time. It's good your hens are taking up the slack.

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@JudyEv (326098)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 May

Hopefully your poor chickens will be safe this time. It's nice being able to eat your own eggs.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Feb

so far so good, loving my eggs. Also got some ducks, love duck eggs

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

28 Feb

@JudyEv were they easy to handle, I have thought about getting some, we have the room

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@JudyEv (326098)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Feb

@mom210 We had a pet emu for quite some years and so had emu eggs from time to time but only made up into huge sponge cakes.

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@RebeccasFarm (86834)

• United States

21 May

You are so lucky..they are very beautiful eggs.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Jun

thank you, have a wonderful day

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@MarshaMusselman (38663)

• Midland, Michigan

27 May

I hope nothing destroyed them this round. (You may want to edit a sentence. It reads eggs eggs instead of eats eggs).

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

20 Jun

so far so good. edited it, thank you. looked over after I posted it and missed that one. Sometimes my eyes see what they want to see

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@Deepizzaguy (94773)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

20 May

Sorry to learn that dogs get loose and kill off your chickens.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

20 Jun

what's bad is, Im a dog lover, but when they are killing my chickens.

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@Deepizzaguy (94773)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

20 Jun

@mom210 I know how you feel about dogs killing your chickens since I love dogs as well.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

20 May

Sorry about the eggs and chickens. My neighbor has the same issue. I hope it works out for you.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

13 Jun

so far so good, we made a mobile pen and it stays in my yard this time.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

16 Jun

@mom210 Glad to hear this Kimberley.

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@AmbiePam (85660)

• United States

20 May

It's good to see you post a discussion again! I really hope your chicken coop survives this time around. I can't imagine your frustration when you do everything you're supposed to do, but other people don't take care of their responsibilities. I guess no one really has jurisdiction on wildlife though.

I'll be rooting for the safety of your chickens, and the wild success of the egg laying!

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

13 Jun

thank you, I feel good about it and this time, we made a mobile pen that moves around the yard. they are basically my lawn mower this year. win/win

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@allknowing (130073)

• India

21 May

Fortifying your fences will keep those nasty dogs away Nothing like home produced eggs.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Jun

loving them so far and yes, the fence is double lined. so far so good

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@LadyDuck (458829)

• Switzerland

21 May

Lucky you, fresh eggs from your hens are surely the best. Is there nothing you can do to avoid that dogs break in?

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Feb

so far we are keeping them in our yard and moving their tractor around it seems to be working so far. they get new grass everyday and the dogs can't get to them.

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@LadyDuck (458829)

• Switzerland

27 Feb

@mom210 I am glad that you found a way to avoid that the dogs get them.

@RasmaSandra (73642)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

20 May

Sure hope these chickens will be safe from those nasty dogs, Really nice looking eggs, Enjoy,

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

13 Jun

thank you, we really reinforced the pen and it is actually in my yard close, to the house this time.

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@kobesbuddy (74673)

• East Tawas, Michigan

22 Feb

You need to get your yard fenced in and shut those chickens inside a coop, at night.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Feb

so far the tractor is working, they are in it full time and I move it everyday for new grass for them. still keeping my fingers crossed.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

28 Feb

@kobesbuddy probbaly a raccoon, they like to grab those little heads I think a opossum will do it too. We have had that happen before too. We reinforced our pen, it has double wire, keeping our fingers crossed

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@kobesbuddy (74673)

• East Tawas, Michigan

26 Feb

@mom210 My daughter decided to raise chickens. They were so cute and friendly! The neighbor dogs came in the yard and killed most of them. Two ran away, and something got them inside their coop. The animal beheaded them!

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

21 May

I hope these chickens survive an produce dozens of eggs.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Feb

they are currently working their little tails off

@spiderdust (14741)

• San Jose, California

20 May

Best of luck with this flock of chickens! I wish we could raise some ourselves, but there are a ton of hawks around here and I know our dog would dig under the fence to get to the coop.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Feb

our dog would like to but we have them in a restricted area he can't get to.

@MarieCoyle (28892)

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29 Feb

One of my cousins recently lost several to a raccoon. But now the raccoon has gone to it's just reward. I hope you can keep the dogs away. I know it's difficult.

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

29 Feb

I am often surprised at the intelligence of those animals, they are quite clever little guys. It's those little fingers they have too, they work very well at getting into places

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@MarieCoyle (28892)

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29 Feb

@mom210 Raccoons are very determined animals. If they want to get into something we don't want them into, they generally find a way to get it accomplished.

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@jstory07 (134508)

• Roseburg, Oregon

20 May

I hope what you did works out for you

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@mom210 (9041)

• United States

26 Jun

so far it is working well, we have the tractor in our yard so it is not far away from us.. We can anything going on.

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