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I live in a snowy climate and would like to collect some eggs to put in the incubator to hatch in mid March. If I collect the eggs at the end of the day and they have been possibly under 40F for a few hours, has that already killed the embryo? If I collect them and they haven’t been under 40F, I...

That is a beautiful rooster on your profile picture! What breed is he?

Thank you so much for your reply! I started feeding the layer feed about 6 weeks ago. They had access to layer pellets because of my 3 older birds, but also had chick starter crumbles which they preferred. Now it’s all layer feed with a mix of crumbles and pellets. One of the “pullets” turned...

Oh my goodness! 11 months?? I may have eaten mine by then ;-)

You may want to look into the Prairie Bluebell hens. They are a relatively new breed that lays blue eggs.

I have 8 Prairie Bluebell pullets that are 6 months and one week old. They are free range in a 100 x200’ contained area. They have grass, sunshine, dirt, scratch grains, bugs, food scraps, Nutrena layer pellets and crumbles, calcium supplement. They have grown well and have great feathers and...