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My neighbor asked why I still keep a milk crate full of golf balls by the coop
She saw them and laughed, but I told her it goes back to my grandma in Sandusky who swore a golf ball in the nest box stops hens from pecking eggs, and I've kept the habit 11 years now. Turns out she was right about the pecking thing, or at least I've never lost an egg to it. Anyone else still doing something just because their grandma did it that way?
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drew_west9d ago
So wait, your grandma's trick actually worked for 11 years? That's wild. Did she ever tell you why the golf ball works, like does the hen see it and think it's another egg so she stops pecking, or is it more of a superstitious thing she picked up from someone else? I'm asking because my grandpa used to hang a snake skin in the barn for a totally different reason and I always wondered if there was any real logic behind it or if it was just something passed down. Does the kind of golf ball matter, like a cheap one vs a nice one, or is it just whatever's lying around? Also curious if you've ever tried taking the crate out just to see what happens, or if you're too scared to mess with a good thing at this point.
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