Comments on: Good Morning, Chickens! http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:18:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-85701 Suzanne McMinn Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:31:22 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-85701 Candice, you should cook the shells so they don't get a taste for raw eggs. Coco is a Great Pyrenees. No, she doesn't kill the chickens! Candice, you should cook the shells so they don’t get a taste for raw eggs.

Coco is a Great Pyrenees. No, she doesn’t kill the chickens!

]]> By: Candice http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-85691 Candice Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:38:35 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-85691 I have heard about giving chickens their smashed up shells, but I thought the shells should be mixed with their food. I didn't know they'd just eat it plain. I was told that you had to smash the shells really good so the chickens wouldn't know what they were eating and so they didn't later peck at their own eggs. I don't know if you answer your readers questions, but I was wondering what kind of dog is Coco? He looks lab, but I wasn't sure. Does he kill the chickens? or are they fenced off? I have a Westie terrier and she gets along fine with the chickens. I"d like to get a big dog to protect the property, (there are lots of coyotes near us) but I"m afraid a big dog would kill the chickens. Any advice or experience on that one? I have heard about giving chickens their smashed up shells, but I thought the shells should be mixed with their food. I didn’t know they’d just eat it plain. I was told that you had to smash the shells really good so the chickens wouldn’t know what they were eating and so they didn’t later peck at their own eggs.
I don’t know if you answer your readers questions, but I was wondering what kind of dog is Coco? He looks lab, but I wasn’t sure. Does he kill the chickens? or are they fenced off? I have a Westie terrier and she gets along fine with the chickens. I”d like to get a big dog to protect the property, (there are lots of coyotes near us) but I”m afraid a big dog would kill the chickens. Any advice or experience on that one?

]]> By: The Tile Lady-Marie http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31966 The Tile Lady-Marie Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:26:23 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31966 It's so wonderful to have chickens, and I am so looking forward to it! I had never heard about feeding them the eggshells to make their own eggs stronger. I guess it has lots of calcium in in. I will remember that! If you open the egg cartons and stack them one inside the other, they will take up a lot less room. We were saving cartons to take to a local supplier who used them to fill when people came to buy his eggs. I used to have a rooster as a pet, and named him Lonesome George because I didn't have any hens. Loved reading about your chickens...and Coco! Marie It’s so wonderful to have chickens, and I am so looking forward to it! I had never heard about feeding them the eggshells to make their own eggs stronger. I guess it has lots of calcium in in. I will remember that! If you open the egg cartons and stack them one inside the other, they will take up a lot less room. We were saving cartons to take to a local supplier who used them to fill when people came to buy his eggs. I used to have a rooster as a pet, and named him Lonesome George because I didn’t have any hens. Loved reading about your chickens…and Coco!
Marie

]]> By: Sooz in NV http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31682 Sooz in NV Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:58:32 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31682 :cattail: Hi I have a couple of questions for you: Whatever happened to Blue? If Clover and the younguns are locked up in a shed at night, does Coco need to be there? Are you concerned about thieves or varmints? Thanks :cattail: Hi I have a couple of questions for you:
Whatever happened to Blue?
If Clover and the younguns are locked up in a shed at night, does Coco need to be there? Are you concerned about thieves or varmints?
Thanks

]]> By: cindy smith http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31675 cindy smith Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:02:22 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31675 hello ya know years ago when we were in school we took a dozen of eggs and this was for art. we took the egg and made a small hole on the top and the bottom of the egg and blew the egg out and then we would painted the shells. let them dry. after they were dry we smashed them keeping all the colors separate. then drew a picture on post board and glued the shells on where ever we wanted the colors. we made chicken, flowers & trees . on my that brings back memories. tell you the truth. after that we my mother never threw any part of that egg out. hello ya know years ago when we were in school we took a dozen of eggs and this was for art. we took the egg and made a small hole on the top and the bottom of the egg and blew the egg out and then we would painted the shells. let them dry. after they were dry we smashed them keeping all the colors separate. then drew a picture on post board and glued the shells on where ever we wanted the colors. we made chicken, flowers & trees . on my that brings back memories. tell you the truth. after that we my mother never threw any part of that egg out.

]]> By: Kacey http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31673 Kacey Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:35:27 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31673 Hm, Not sure about the rooster crowing at 4am, but the rest of it sounds like fun. Love all the colors of the eggs too! Hm, Not sure about the rooster crowing at 4am, but the rest of it sounds like fun. Love all the colors of the eggs too!

]]> By: Estella http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31665 Estella Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:55:31 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31665 Fresh eggs are the best kind! Fresh eggs are the best kind!

]]> By: Brandy http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31664 Brandy Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:45:00 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31664 Nah, nothing obsessive about saving lots and LOTS of egg cartons. *G* Nah, nothing obsessive about saving lots and LOTS of egg cartons. *G*

]]> By: Susan http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31662 Susan Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:17:55 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31662 With all of the different colors of your eggs you won't have to dye any when Easter rolls around! :lol: With all of the different colors of your eggs you won’t have to dye any when Easter rolls around! :lol:

]]> By: Donna http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/good-morning-chickens/#comment-31660 Donna Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:07:34 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=4275#comment-31660 P.S. - I wish I had Coco's energy!!!!! :sheepjump: P.S. – I wish I had Coco’s energy!!!!! :sheepjump:

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