I got 8 today, which is the best output for my 29 gals in 2 weeks. Then again, it's been crazy weather. Warm one day, Cold the next, Snow melts, then we get 6". My EE has stopped laying, My Marans are slowed down, My Leghorns, Isa's & BR's are pulling all the weight. Come on Spring!!!
I have golf balls in the nestboxes, & they figure out they don't have a taste, so in turn they leave the eggs alone, just as stated by the above poster with the fake eggs
My egg production has dropped off from 66 eggs last week from 28 hens, to 6 so far this week. The only gals laying are my 3 White Leghorns. Nothing has changed except the Snow is back & they're not going out in the run. I noticed that a lot of folks posted that they had a bad November 2010...
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My white leghorn rooster Flair, stylin and profilin...WOOO! (:
Here in Michigan I have Isa Browns for nice big brown eggs, & White Leghorns for nice White eggs. My Barred Rocks lay a nice egg too. I have an EE for color as well as Black Copper Marans.
I got my different colored zip ties at Ace hardware. If you have an Ace where you are they could special order it for you if they don't stock them. I also used craft beads of different colors attached to the zip tie for ID of the birds, as I had only 8 different colors of ties to choose from &...
AKsmama, My White Leghorn roo crows whenever I open the door to walk into the coop. It can be pitch black dark outdoors, if I get in late from a meeting & make a final check of the group 10-11 pm, & this knucklehead starts flapping his wings & crows. It must be hard for the hens to sleep while...
I have a basket that my wife uses, I usually put them in my Stormy Kromer cap in the winter or my Detroit Tigers cap I wear in the Summer months. Only 86 days to Opening Day of the Baseball season- Yeah- Boo Winter
I purchased 5 pullet EE's this Spring from a lady in White Cloud, MI. They were all laying " ha ha". I have 4 roos that look like yours & only one pullet who is giving me nice green eggs. Those green eggs just began on Christmas day. I'm in Ypsilanti, MI- If anyone would like a roo let me know...
Your first green egg-Cool. I got mine just a week before Christmas & it was neat to find it in amongst the white & browns. I've gotten 3 more since then & my green egg laying gal helped my other girls set a daily record of 12 eggs on Christmas day & a new weekly record of 62 in a week.