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Very informative and helpful Thank you.In the beginning, raising chickens for eggs can be more expensive, so I definitely recommend watching/researching ways to save when you have chickens! HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO SAVE! There's certain chicken breeds that will lay less eggs a year than some, but not any that will not lay for a few days. Some chickens will stop laying because of an environmental change or stress.. So you might get lots of eggs one day and not get any the next. REASONS WHY CHICKENS AREN'T LAYING EGGS! Geese lay every 2 days if you're interested in something like that? They do lay larger eggs, though. You can also have less chickens if you don't want many eggs if that's easier. You can preserve eggs besides refrigerating them by:
- Freezing them
- Dehydrating them
- Freeze drying them
- Water glassing them
However, eggs can last a while in the fridge or unwashed and on the counter!
CLICK ME TO READ MORE ABOUT WASHED VS UNWASHED EGGS!
* Hope this helps! Also, the words that are in a brown-orange color and/or capitalized have a link attached to them.
Get less chooksHi everyone,
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this or not, but I have a very simple question about egg laying in chickens. I am working on planning out my flock for when I start raising chickens again. I haven’t raised chickens in a while, but I’m going to start up again, with egg prices the way they are. I figured it would be cheaper.
A little background, last time I raised chickens, I had 10 golden sex links. I had way too many eggs, and had to give most away. I was getting about 9 to 10 eggs a day.
Here’s my question, are there certain breeds of chickens that lay eggs slower, like once every 2 to 3 days? I don’t want to get overwhelmed with eggs like last time.
If that is not possible, how do I preserve eggs and what I do with all the eggs I get?
If you need more details, I will post them. I haven’t built the run or the coop yet. I’m just in the planning stages.
Any help figuring this out will be appreciated.
Jared
Here’s my question, are there certain breeds of chickens that lay eggs slower, like once every 2 to 3 days? I don’t want to get overwhelmed with eggs like last time.
If you put the eggs in a carton in the refrigerator, they keep for quite a while. Just rotate the cartons to use the oldest ones first. I don't know how long they can keep, but I've never actually found a bad egg in a carton of refrigerated eggs, no matter how long I kept them.If that is not possible, how do I preserve eggs and what I do with all the eggs I get?
Please share that recipe!I did!? COOL. Let me know if you want my Taco Egg Bake recipe!
Chicken math applicationInstead of feeding a larger number of lower production hens, wouldn't it be less expensive to feed a smaller number of good production hens?
Barred rocks lay every 1-2 days, so if you get a few of those, you won't get as many. Cochins lay 2-3 a week, but they start laying much later in life (8+ months).Hi everyone,
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this or not, but I have a very simple question about egg laying in chickens. I am working on planning out my flock for when I start raising chickens again. I haven’t raised chickens in a while, but I’m going to start up again, with egg prices the way they are. I figured it would be cheaper.
A little background, last time I raised chickens, I had 10 golden sex links. I had way too many eggs, and had to give most away. I was getting about 9 to 10 eggs a day.
Here’s my question, are there certain breeds of chickens that lay eggs slower, like once every 2 to 3 days? I don’t want to get overwhelmed with eggs like last time.
If that is not possible, how do I preserve eggs and what I do with all the eggs I get?
If you need more details, I will post them. I haven’t built the run or the coop yet. I’m just in the planning stages.
Any help figuring this out will be appreciated.
Jared