I used to have someone give me dried eggs. Do store them in the freezer. Or we did those. They worked perfectly for baking, or for making fresh eggs go farther. It in really not that you don't get any eggs in the winter, you just don't get enough.
I would live some directions too
@ Stormcrow - I think she is dehydrating eggs.
Sussex19 - I know, I got an exchequer leghorn, kind of tiny, bright black and white with a brilliant red comb. Cheeky, is what I am calling him, and I am SO hoping someone will take him...
But otherwise he has to go. I am one rooster long now...
You have to set the goal and reach for it. I made mine, and way ahead of schedule. I was saying to myself by September. I too kept Mrs. Feathers, a proven broody. A little age on her, I think she will be 4 next spring.
I too am expecting my pullets to keep me in eggs this winter. And in the...
HumbleAmerican - measure and count! Overcrowding is expensive, cost extra in feed, and a lot of tension in the flock!
As easy as I make it sound, I have spent the last several weeks, thinking: 'ok, I will keep this one, no that one, hmm that one should go...maybe not, if I keep... that one can...
I did tell my friend, if the rooster I sent gets mean, I will take him back. She is to tenderhearted to make soup. And I will send Bye, as he is bomb proof, and good with little kids.
I wanted to keep Bye the next several months and see if he can raise up the eye candy with some manners.
I...
Feeling good tonight. It is hard. You want to keep them all, but come the fall, they need to fit in your set up...and mine will.
After the wreck, bought 4 old gals
two broody hens, - 3 chicks 2 roosters and a pullet
one rooster - soup
2nd rooster - Bye
Spring 2022 - bought 25 assorted...