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Stop breaking your eggs before I can pick them up or I’m gonna break your kneecaps.

Man, I sound so tough.

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Posted by Suzanne McMinn on July 12, 2009  

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  1. 7-12
    6:32
    am

    Yo not so tough…..my friend

    Have you not noticed that my knee caps (actually ankles) have already been positioned in the broken leg direction! Who’s tough?…and I’m still scratching out a living!
    Do try more protein, hard fake eggs and softer bedding….quick…before I start eating the eggs too….

    PS…..otherwise scrambled eggs…..with barn yard salt and pepper…yummm!
    PS….Whisper and tell Roo I need to talk to him…ha!

    B. Ruth - Reply to this comment
  2. 7-12
    6:53
    am

    chickens have knee caps?

    Stacy - Reply to this comment
  3. 7-12
    7:23
    am

    I have a problem with my guineas eating my hen eggs. I have oyster shells out but they still go for the eggs. I leave the door open so the hens can go in during the day and lay and the guineas get to the eggs. I’m getting ready to fix me up a nice hot red pepper egg and see if he/she enjoys it as much as they enjoys the other ones. Hopefully one day with a burning beak will break them from this nasty little habit! I’ll let you know if it works.

    KentuckyFarmGirl - Reply to this comment
  4. 7-12
    8:29
    am

    Yeah…Once chickens start eating their eggs, you’re pretty much doomed. It’s REALLY hard to get them to stop, especially if you have free range chickens & you’re always hunting for eggs.

    Heather - Reply to this comment
  5. 7-12
    8:55
    am

    I read somewhere that if you put some golf balls in their laying nests, then it will discourage them from pecking/eating eggs since it is uncomfortable to peck at a solid golf ball. I hope this is helpful! If they are laying in your yard, you might have to resort to covering your yard in golf balls ;) …

    Jenny S. - Reply to this comment
  6. 7-12
    3:12
    pm

    Do you feed them oyster shell? It makes the egg shells harder to break.

    Jeanette - Reply to this comment

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