I understand wanting to let broody chickens hatching there own eggs. I did it one time only.
If you have a large coop with a dozen or more chickens, it is not worth the trouble.Losing chicks,and all the extra care to try to feed and water them in a coop is to much for me. Incubator and a...
Will you be able to candle them? I though it was pretty much impossible to see what is going on due to shell colour? I couldn't even see through my blue Araucana eggs so maybe I'm not the best to say anything - I also thought I'd seen viens etc on 4 infertile eggs so just ignore me now that I...
I have around 50 hens, that produce 3 dozen plus eggs a day.
My daughter made a sign a few weeks ago.
And now we have no eggs. all are sold everyday so I had her buy 50 chicks from tractor supply that were on sale for a buck a chick.
I think Ive lost my mind.:lau
I would like to go out on a roost here.:lau
I think the type of nesting matirial and your nesting boxes have something to do with egg eating chickens.
I have over 50 hens all different breeds In my layer coop. And In over two years I have not raised a egg eating hen.
All my laying boxes are...
I have many large hawks and owls here. Had one hawk flying into my barn stealing smaller chickens. So now I have very large runs with poultry fence on top. It was very expensive if you count the labor to be honest. It took 3 large rolls of wire and a bunch of two by fours. I haven't lost a...
You think thats bad. I went out at 2 yesterday for something and decided to grab the 20 plus eggs that were there then and put them in my shirt.
As i came in the back door part of my shirt slipped out of my hands and about ten eggs went flying.
What a mess.:barnie
I have far to many chickens so I decided to only hatch a few FCM,turkeys and Bob whites.
I only let my Fcm Cockerels in with the girls for a month and pulled 12 very dark eggs the last week. of those only 7 were fertile and 1 of those died in the early stages.
Last night day 19 one perfect...
I always say Chicken lickens and turkey lurkys when I enter there coops. And I also say I got goodies when delivering scraps. I know my chickens understand that one. :)
I'm getting a bit of colour now! I need some green eggs! What lays green eggs?
Easter eggers lay very good eggs Most of mine are very rich. I believe they are a Americana cross. I have some kind of cross that lays a dark gray egg. I think it may be a leghorn easter egger mix.