Recent content by Elizabeth WK

I love it when they make egg-laying sounds! Mine also lay eggs of widely varying size. I've had a couple of double-yolked eggs and a couple of other jumbo-sized eggs; but most are small-to-medium-sized. I suspect that a lot of the variation comes from the birds being so young and just...

Update on Red Rangers laying: I saved six birds to see how they would lay. The first started at just over 4 months old. They are now not quite 5 months old, and 4 out of the 6 are laying. I got 14 eggs last week with just 3 laying. The weather is starting to get very cold here, and the days...

I raised 25 "straight run" Red Rangers this summer. The runt was sickly and had to be culled early, leaving me with 10 cockerels and 14 pullets. Average weights: Day 9 - 3.5 ounces Day 11 - 5.4 ounces Day 13 - 7 ounces Day 17 - 1 pound, 1 ounce Day 21 - 1 pound, 3.5 ounces Day 29 - 1 pound...

I raised Red Rangers this summer and have kept 6 pullets to see how they will lay. Got the first egg this morning (a smallish one) at age 17.5 weeks (123 days). They are very healthy, active birds that like foraging. The largest cockerel I sent to "freezer camp" at 14 weeks old was over 10...