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Chicken Eggs

Holes In Chicken Eggs

by Keeping Chickens on February 23, 2010

in Chicken Eggs

“Hi, thanks for a great site! I am interested to know the reason for a hole in each egg that our hen produces daily. I am not sure whether the hen / cock is responsible for this. The egg does not run out as such but the shell is always pierced (the hole being the [...]

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Washing Chicken Eggs With Soap & Water…

by Keeping Chickens on February 2, 2010

in Chicken Eggs

“An article you had earlier, about not damaging a film on the egg if you want to hatch them, has caused another concern in my mind. I clean all my eggs under cool water and soap before storing them. Is this the proper way to do it, or am I causing the storage life span [...]

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Is It Ok To Eat Fertile Chicken Eggs?

by Keeping Chickens on December 8, 2009

in Chicken Eggs

“Dear Duncan, Thanks you for what you do we have learned so much from you and Wendy. Like a lot of your readers we are new with chickens as well. We have a few young hens and a rooster who we think is the coolest. We are worried about the rooster in the hen house [...]

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The Color Of Chicken Eggs

by Keeping Chickens on November 25, 2009

in Chicken Eggs

“We are new at the Chicken raising and I find your newsletter very helpful every week. In June we received 3 hens and they started laying for us in September. We were getting approx 1 egg every other day, maybe 2 between the 3 hens, and then as your newsletter explained to me the days [...]

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Cleaning A Chicken Egg Before Incubation…

by Keeping Chickens on November 16, 2009

in Chicken Eggs

“I have always heard not to incubate eggs that still have manure on them. What is the best way to clean an egg before incubating it? Can you clean them with water or is there something on the market that will wash the egg but not remove the protective barrier? Please help. Thanks,” ~ Angela [...]

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Using Artificial Light To Stimulate Egg Production…

by Keeping Chickens on November 16, 2009

in Chicken Eggs

We are absolutely flooded with questions about using artificial light to stimulate egg production in the winter. For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, this is a hot topic right now. For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, you’ll be prepared for next year ;-0
I’ve written about this before but there seems to [...]

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