How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

I've been getting 3-4 daily from 6 hens (Martha's broody). Today there was only one in the wheelbarrow, where they like to lay. The nest boxes were empty. Then I noticed that there were two eggs in the back of the brooder! Silly birds.

2 from the GC girls. Found the Banty hens sitting one one egg apiece. I chased the Banty hens out of the nest box where they squawked at me and got all puffed up. Photobomb by Bossy.

Smokerbill said:

You borrowed a rooster? Are you wanting to get some fertile eggs for brooding or to incubate?

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Yes I borrowed my friends silkie Roo to cover my silkie hens.

My eldest niece is a teacher and she has been hatching eggs for the past few yrs for her school.

Last year I gave her 12 eggs and she returned 10 chicks to me (7 pullets and 3 cockerels) I kept 5 of the pullets, sold two of them and got rid of the cockerels.

This year I told her I would only hatch silkies as they are easier to sell. So on the 29th I will start collecting eggs from my 4 silkies and my niece will pick up a dozen of them from me on the 9th May, and set them on the 10th.

Mr Teddy


Personally I have no wish to hatch eggs, it’s too hard to get rid of the cockerels, I don’t have a place nearby to process poultry, and it’s hard to even give them away.

I tried to talk her into taking some day old pullets I would get from the feed store (in from Hoovers Hatchery), but nope she wanted the kids to see the eggs develop and hatch.

I bought 4, 1 day olds home on Tuesday to try to change her mind (gosh they are cute) but nope she wants eggs

Come on who can resist these?!

3 Buff Orp, and 1 Americana