If you’ve ever reached into a nest box and found an oddly shaped egg or cracked one open to discover a surprise, you’re not alone. Whether you’re new to backyard chickens or have had hens for years, ...

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Where have the “double-yolkers” gone? When I was a kid in the 1950s and ’60s, my mother cracking a two-yolked egg into the frying pan was cause for kid excitement! We all would go to the stove and, ...

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...

Have you ever wondered why chicken eggs can be different colors? While most eggs are white or brown, they also come in colors like cream, pink, blue and green. In addition — and this is no “yolk” — ...

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