A contest for the duds!

[Kiki]

Wait. What is she eating?
Lots of protein, plenty of calcium and minimal treats?
I have to rule here with an iron fist. Indoors and out!
Because my DH thinks treats=Love
But love does not =omelets

WOOT!
I agree..treats does NOT = love.
Too many treats = fat/sick/problems.

 

[duluthralphie]

WOOT!
I agree..treats does NOT = love.
Too many treats = fat/sick/problems.

But I want some of mine to die....

 

[PirateGirl]

Here is a pic of my aforementioned dud Dela. I thought she would be first to lay, but apparently not. She is by far the biggest and look at those wattles! Hatched February 15, come on!

 

[Chickassan]

No playing hitman on the hens!

But I want some of mine to die....

 

[PirateGirl]

I think my husband secretly hopes some will never lay and he can eat them.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have some that have give me a dozen eggs over their lifetime in exchange for 500 pounds of feed....who can blame me for wanting a hitman?

 

[Nardo]

She is a "special" girl, who can't run in a straight line. She tends to walk in circles and frequently gets lost while walking around a tree.

ROFL

 

[Chickassan]

I get where you're coming from there,that little dud of mine and her sister have probably gone through more feed than i want to think about. Her sister did lay maybe a little over a dozen eggs "about the size of a pecan" went broody for two days then just stopped laying.....If you find a good hen hitman send them my way when you're done.

I have some that have give me a dozen eggs over their lifetime in exchange for 500 pounds of feed....who can blame me for wanting a hitman?

 

[HoopyFrood]

I posted yesterday that 4 of 5 were not laying at 26 weeks.

Well at 26 weeks and one day we got our first egg from our second barred rock, Amelia!

So now we have two RIRs and one Australorp we're still waiting on. From the patterns we saw in the barred rocks' development from pullet to layer, I'm guessing we're 2-3 weeks away from seeing anyone else lay. Fingers crossed!

 

[sfgwife]

So... out of 19 we get a dozen eggs every few days. Hatched uhhh april mid april i think it was. One lil banty barred rock we picked up and know she isnt ready yet. One banty polish is layin every few days the other is gettin ready we think. He wattles we can see now. Then there is the huge plymouth rock who we are pretty sure isnt layin. Not sure who the other duds are in there. Most days i get two green eggs, three browns, and four whites. On the dozen days i get an extra white or two and an extra brown or two. I do know the banty barred rock that is layin gives an egg every other day cause she lays in the shavings bag like a feind.