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For the freedom of the hens and for happier eggs

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 8 Jul

Are you a fan of eggs? I'm pretty happy with eggs as part of a meal, but I've never thought much about the hens. Apparently the eggs are better if the hens are given more space to roam around and be happy I don't know if it's...

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Today I had egg curry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 27 Mar 25

Today I had egg curry and rice. In bengal in certain poultries eggs of hens have double yolks. So those eggs if converted into curry with potatoes they taste nice. They can be cooked with medium spice like garlic ginger paste and...

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New Chickens

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 22 Jul 23

We finally decided to start raising chickens again. We are keeping the numbers small this time. We only have hens and will use them for eggs. I have named them all after our nation's founding women- women that I admire for their...

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A second surprise!

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 2 Jul 23

I reported the other day about how I went out litter picking and came home with the promise of a set of garden chairs to refurbish. When I asked – via the Ring doorbell – if it was OK to leave the chairs and come back for them...

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Let me out! Let me out!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan 23

This is what I imagine that dark hen is saying. At the house-sit before the last, we had seven hens to let in and out each day. They were extremely tame and you could easily pick them up and give them a cuddle. At the last...

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Maybe we'll get some chickens while we're here

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 23

Last night, as soon as we had shut the hens in, we drove ten minutes to a nice restaurant in the middle of nowhere. There is a caravan park there, a restaurant and an airstrip. However, we needed to shut the hens in before we went...

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Time for Vince to put the girls to bed

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jan 23

We have seven chooks (chickens) to look after at this house-sit. We let them out of their big yard at about 10am by which time they have finished laying their eggs. They have a water-trough which fills automatically and a...

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Back in the chicken business

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 24 Apr 22

Years ago, my husband was raising chickens. We had enough eggs to supply our home, my parent's home, and our grown kids. Then when my parent's health started deteriorating, among other family issues, we just didn't have time to...

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Spring Babies Are Now Laying

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 9 Dec 19

Some may remember the baby chicks I got to add to my flock last April and some may not. They are all grown up now and have started laying eggs. A hen matures and starts laying as early as five months old. I have been waiting...

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Look what I got yesterday!

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 7 Apr 19

After we got the car out of the shop yesterday, I ran a few errands and then we had a nice lunch. Then I went to the Co-op to get some baby chicks. They were out of pullets (hens) so I next went to Tractor Supply. Same...

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Mad as a Wet Hen

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 13 Oct 18

Most of us have heard the idiom "Mad as a wet hen", but have you ever wondered where this phrase comes from? I didn't either until I began looking up idiom from the Civil War area for a different project. I am sure we all can...

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Hatching our winter meat!

Happy Homestead @destry (2567) • Kirkwall, Scotland 11 May 18

Our fertile eggs arrived yesterday, so today - we will be putting 28 chicken eggs into the incubator! Ohh the joy of watching these eggs sit in the incubator for a full month, outwardly doing nothing, then cracking open with a...

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You learn something new every day

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 17

When you think about what chickens eat (if you have ever even given it a thought) you probably think of corn, or perhaps worms. But like us, chickens like a bit of variety. Mostly they eat commercially-produced pelleted chicken...

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A clue in the egg mystery?

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 31 Mar 17

A few days ago I wrote about the mystery of the disappearing eggs http://www.mylot.com/post/3044810/they-re-not-doing-themselves-any-favours Basically if I let the chickens out relatively early, then I get fewer eggs than I...

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They’re not doing themselves any favours!

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 17 Mar 17

From the end of November until the start of this month my poor girls have been confined to barracks due to regulations intended to limit the spread of the latest strain of avian ‘flu. They were allowed into their run, so they did...

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UPDATE On The Enemy Post

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 18 Jan 17

I wrote a post earlier about how we "thought" a chicken hawk had taken our rooster and 4 hens and had definitely killed 1 hen as she was still in the laying box dead. We had walked all around the BIG pen looking for...

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How feathers grow

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 12 Oct 16

Have you ever wondered how feathers actually grow? Any bird keepers of course will know this but for the rest of us the process is quite interesting. First the tip of the feather grows through the skin, wrapped in a sheath of...

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New girls in the flock!

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 7 Oct 16

As you may remember we have some hens who are re-homed ex-battery layers, obtained through the charity the British Hen Welfare Trust. We still have one of our first 3 hens from over two years ago and two from last year so now we...

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Naked chicks cover up for autumn

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 21 Oct 15

Ha ha I thought that would get your attention! I just wanted to show you that our ‘new girls’, the three ex-battery hens that we rehomed at the start of the month, have settled in very happily and are doing well, and yesterday I...

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Chickens are quick learners!

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 8 Oct 15

It’s only five days since I brought our ‘new girls’ home and I’m impressed with how quickly they are learning the ropes. All their adult lives so far they will have lived in cages, but they don’t seem at all phased by their new...

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