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TY for the update!

FL too. We had 74, then 18, then back to high 70s. It was 83 today. oh yeah, and tornados.

Sounds like an excellent plan

My SLW eggs all have a slightly "pink" cast in the right light, but are otherwise cream, or perhaps cream with a spot of tea. If hers look very pale pink under some light until you look at them directly, its another Wyan indicator - and the only way I can tell my SLW eggs from my Brahma eggs.

That's a great rate of lay for your Brahma. Mine are much closer to 3/5, rather than 5/7 - not much of a difference, but it adds up over the course of a year. The SLW might hit 5/7, but I suspect they split the difference at 2/3. Late start of lay and slow growth rates are part of why the...

I've hit on a management system that works for me, but when the time comes to scale up again, I'll likely add two more 12 egg incubators, and start one each week. I've already built the grow out pen and run to handle the additional quantity of birds, so that won't be an issue. And it will...

Sad to say the calculator would be more useful to me if it had pictures, not crude crayon representations of pattern - and my efforts to find a better source have also come to naught. Feathersite I found instructive, and useful, but still not "it" for me. Though it obviously works for others...

^^^ that is why I have kept an eye to preserving the very early to moderately early to lay characteristics in my culling program - so as to advance thru generations more rapidly. If your Wyans are like mine, they are pretty middle of the pack - around 26 weeks, and well before your Brahma get...

Like start of lay - chickens don't keep calendars. Its more like a strong suggestion with a range of weeks, rather than a hard and fast date. Mostly I watch feather development, combs and wattles. They don't require waiting on a communicative moment. That helps identify the boys, and if I...

makes sense though - collagens don't start to gelatinize till almost 160, and store bought birds don't have lots of connective tissues so no need - but our backyard birds get more exercise, and like turkey legs at a renaissance faire, benefit from being treated a little more like b b q ribs or...

My impression, as one who raises birds who free range (but understand, I've never raised "penned up" for comparison) and butchers his own is as follows: 1) Free Ranging cuts my feed bill 20-25% depending on season. I have a healthy, biodiverse, poly-cultural pasture and a long growing season...

'Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.' Bene Gesserit saying (Frank Herbert, one of the Dune novels, "Chapterhouse" maybe?) It may be a science fiction novel, but I've found this to be true. @Ridgerunner offers great advice and...

those brown eggs... I read about them, I knew they would be a problem for identification and candling during incubation, but I didn't **understand** just how infuriating that problem would be in practice. GOOD LUCK!!!!