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Originally Posted by ruth 

I have a question for all of the Orp owners out there.  When you candle the eggs do they appear almost lacy - as if you can see all the holes or pores?  I got a complaint from a customer who received eggs a couple of weeks ago that they were "too porous".  When I asked what they meant, they said you could see all the holes in the egg.  But I have 5 dozen hatching/pipping in my bator right this moment and another few dozen that went in a week ago and more sitting on the counter to go in so I candled them and I think what they are referring to is how they do appear almost lacy and fragile and the light just beams through the pores.  Anyway, just wondering if anyone else's eggs are the same way.  Most of my other breeds of eggs are dark - either dark brown, speckled, or olive and are too hard to see through so I rarely candle. The Orp eggs are the only ones that the light shows up so well that you can practically see through the pores.

 What kind of diet are they being fed?

sometimes its just the chicken and no matter what they are fed doesn't improve egg shell density.

however sometimes it can be improved upon with better feeds or supplements added to there diet..

game-bird layer in most cases will help with egg shell density and better incubation % esp with none free ranged birds that don't have the access to extra things they might require..

if you feed the standard layena (blue bags) it is basically just for eating egg production, not much extra for eggs for incubation purposes...

We use a Form of the above gamebird mix that was origionally ordered by an APA judge at a local mill.he had it mixed for him..it was also popular with turkey growers ..on TSC feed a lot of turkey breeders said thier baby turkeys were dying , so they switched to this and a version of baby feed..they thrived after that.. ..it actually has some greens in it as well..the chickens do great on it..it is very similar to the above recipie.

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Originally Posted by HappyMtn 

I wouldn't say roo yet. If you compare it to the other chick- girls tend to feather in faster. They are also sometimes a darker blue- in that blue roosters are light on the bottom with less defined lacing, and girls are more of an even color all over.

 

I never get those baby crowers! Not that I need any more roos, but I think it'd be cute.

 

Thanks for that info,I hope it is a girl

You are money ahead to design your own mix over a bagged supplement.  The watse alone costs you more than giving your birds a supplement that they gobble down with no waste by virtue of making it tasty for them.  Gamebird ration or any high dollar feed gets wasted just like the cheaper stuff especially if you free feed.  Rodents and birds eat it too.. IMO

A couple of 5 month oles.

This is a wide Buff cockerel is the only one I had this  past year who I may keep.  Hate his wing carriage. Pic is a bit blurry.  Sorry about that.

This is another who I will grow out just to see how big he gets.  Too lite an eye.  Also hate his wingset.

Can you show me what a good wingset would look like and a good eye,just learning what to look for in breeding.

Here is a pullet with a nice tite wingset.  Could be angled a bit more down from the back but will give you something to compare with.

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Originally Posted by chickened 

You are money ahead to design your own mix over a bagged supplement.  The watse alone costs you more than giving your birds a supplement that they gobble down with no waste by virtue of making it tasty for them.  Gamebird ration or any high dollar feed gets wasted just like the cheaper stuff especially if you free feed.  Rodents and birds eat it too.. IMO

chickened, Then just feed yours corn and oyster shell..cheap diet with poor egg production..

 also you can give water supplement, hopefully they wont splash it all out though..

I'm glad ours clean up there Lil bit of spilled feed, we keep our feeders up on Hollywood blocks less wasting that way. i think i have more trouble with chicks in brooders wasting feed, but then you just don't keep filling up there Lil feeders until its cleaned up..

guess not all chickens are well mannered.. IMO

Aveca that's sounds like a good mix esp if there's greens in it..
 

Hey Bill- can you give me an idea what to do with this guy so I can still use him? His back is so flat- we call him Low Rider. He's got such great temperment. I just wonder if I could use him as a "balancer" for something, but I don't know what. He's 7 or 8 months now.Thanks in advance.

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