Blog: Tag: eggshells

Shades of brown egg

Different Shades of Brown Eggs

We’ve had our little brown and black hens for a year now, and they are still fantastic producers! The gray Sapphire Gem hens turned out to be poor producers after about a year, though, and had problems with weak shells, even with calcium supplements. We lost one of them due to being egg bound, poor sweet girl. So this year

Eggshells drying for next year's snail deterrent

Preparing Eggshells for Slug and Snail Deterrent

Even with the chickens running around all spring, when I put in the garden, I always have to bait the heck out of it to keep the snails and slugs from eating every leave that comes up. I really don’t like spreading poison around, and I’m always looking for new ways to keep pests at bay without having to poison.

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