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@7 Biddies (and my stupid @ thingy didn't work) I'm almost embarrassed to confess how much I'm charging for eggs. Um, right now I get a paltry $3.00 an 18 pack. You read that right. See, I live in a community with only 600 people. Of those 600 people, a great proportion of them have...

I don't know if you can make out the dates on the cartons, but they start at 8/14 and end up at 8/24. Each carton is full. I have some customers who buy by the dozen, and a couple who buy by the 18 pack. One customer wants only extra large to jumbo and up, and given the age of the pullets out...

I do, Frindizzle. But folks have been on vacation and the eggs are backing up here!

Holy smokes! Who let the eggs out?? 20 eggs today? Out of 27 possible layers? I'll TAKE it! The Littles and the Tinys are kicking it into high gear. <gulp> I'm gonna need a bigger fridge!

That means you are where I am! I know for sure out of the older 9 girls, Daphne is worthless. She's not even eye candy, so why she's still out there eating chicken food I don't know. And out of the Littles, I know all 4 Easter Eggers and 3 Red Sex Links are laying. BUT - out of 4 Light...

18/?/28 Daphne doesn't count so that's actually 27 not 28. And I'm not sure which of the Light Brahmas and Buff Brahmas are laying. That'll teach me to get birds that all look alike when they grow up. <sigh>

That's the beauty of this forum, RoosterCogburn7.....everyone has such diverse opinions and it's good to be able to read them all and decide what's best for your situation. I've said it before and I'll say it again - if there was only one "right" way to raise chickens this entire forum could be...

Um, I don't want to be argumentative, but generally speaking poop on eggs is because somebody is pooping in the nests. Period. Has nothing to do with worms.....if the same egg was laid on the floor of the coop in poop it's going to be a poopy egg. This video has been the source of a lot of...

Ah, if you find a definitive answer to that you've answered one of the great mysteries of life! I wonder if it isn't like married couples finding early on which side of the bed they want to claim, and never deviating from that no matter where they find themselves - Aunt Bertha's guest room...

15 out of 28 birds. I can't even begin to break it down because I have no idea which ones are actually laying. I do know Daphne hasn't laid in quite some time.

I got last years EEs from My Pet Chicken. This year I picked them at Shipton's Big R up in Billings. Happy with both groups. Well, I'd be happier if Daphne would remember that she has a job to do, but other than that they've all been healthy and all I could ask for in EEs.

15/28 Not sure anymore who is laying, who is close, and whose just in the coop for the free dinners. <sigh> But we know for sure Daphne the EE quit laying long ago, which leaves 3 out of the original EEs out there still laying. There were 4 new EEs in the flock of Littles. So out of 7...

At this point I'm so confused I don't know which end is up! Went on a cruise last week, and naturally while someone else was taking care of the chickens many of the Littles decided to kick egg laying into high gear. I knew that I had 9 layers. Back then the count was usually 8/9 + 11 Littles...

9/10 + 10 Littles + 8 Tinys That sweet little Red Sex Link has faithfully given us a pullet egg every day since the first one!

9/10 + 10 Littles and 8 Tinys (sometimes without thinking I still start to type "+ Scout". <sigh> I miss him - he was the roo I never knew I always wanted!

Well, been a long time since I posted an egg count. We were back in South Dakota for week, so daughter-in-law was chicken sitting for me. Also been some changes in the dynamics here. We culled 3 roos, which brought the Little count down to 11. Yesterday we had 6/9+ 14 Littles and 8 Tinys...

Oh, oh.....someone's voice is changing? I think early crows are so funny - sound like a kid who is just experiencing the voice change for the first time! A little pride, a little embarrassment, and a lot of practice!!

Good point, karenerwin, and one I should have mentioned. Obviously there were no pips in these eggs...just gas... but I did remember to check them first. Can't help you with the raccoons. I know what I'd be doing, and it involves a lawn chair in the dark, mosquito spray, and my little .22.

For eggs that are late, or questionable, you can put them in a bowl full of warm (105 was recommended) and see if they wiggle. If they do, there's a live chick moving around inside the egg. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/966706/water-candling

I water candled them this evening, WVDoug. They floated so high in the water that they looked like corks and even after letting the water settle there was absolutely no sign of any life. We'd had a egg explode in the nest last week so I can't say I'm really surprised. Disappointed though....I...