#backyard flock

I love my girls so much (and petey too)

*ahem*

Peppercorn was being bullied because he is too gentle and sweet to hold his own among the other miniature dinosaurs. He actually managed to escape the coop somehow and was pretty chewed up when @corpsegods found him, so we've decided he'll be a house chicken. He seems quite fine with this, and loves snuggling with us. He's a kikiriki so he'll probably not get much bigger than this, though he hasn't found his cluck or crow yet.

Not sure if this is Chirpy or Blurry❓

•Good Morning, duckies•

@tinyshe I've heard of this before, but haven't really seen that in the flocks we've kept. I do keep a few wooden eggs in the nest box daily and switch them out for ceramic ones if I notice any potential signs of purposeful egg eaters in the flock.

If that doesn't work, ive had luck with a combo of the ceramic eggs and some cooked scrambled eggs or other protien source (bugs, scrap meats, leftovers) given to them for a few days tends to eliminate the issue. The wild birds around here tend to get all the protien crumbles or pellets. 🤦‍♀️the hens just ignore it when I put it out.

Great additives for eggshell use! I think i may need to see about finding or making a little eggshell spot for the local parrots I keep hoping to attract as visitors!

@themightyfoo I like to bake them just to be sure I don't accidentally spread potential germs or general yuckiness (like salmonella) when im moving stuff around. Baking the shells before giving to the chickens specifically, it's to deter egg eaters in the flock.

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