Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

A friend of mine sent me this link to an article about the practice of injecting antibiotics into hatching eggs.
~~http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/01/organic-chicken-and-egg-antibiotics-edition

If it's not one thing, it's another

 

[City farm]

 
3 days and 3 eggs.  Its been a long wait but I think we are officially done buying eggs from the store!  Thats just from one hen, another looks close and then 8 more should follow.

Once you taste your own chicken's eggs you'll be done buying from the store... even if your hens go on a molting, low-light strike(like mine have lately). 
We just make do and wait for the egg production to pick up.  No store eggs, ever. Bleh!

X2!!

 

[City farm]

My buttercup laid her first egg 18 days ago. I haven't seen any more eggs from her. I searched all over, but nothing. Well today, I hear my buttercup rooster make an awful racket so I ran outside. I hear my buttercup hen singing the egg song. So I tracked her down, and found a nest of 9 eggs, all hers. She had squeezed through the gate of the dog run and gone behind some junk in the farthest corner of the run. Good thing my dogs are good with chickens, she's been walking past them at least 9 times to lay her eggs! These eggs are up to 2-ish weeks old, outside, so I assume they're no good. Shame. My boxer was all sorts of excited when I was collecting the eggs, so I think he got the ones he could reach. Well, now I know. She's the only hen I have who has hidden her eggs!

ETA: The Boxer I would like to GIVE AWAY! PM me if you want a boxer.

Little stinker..
I would scramble those eggs up and give them to my dogs.. Or chickens.. Post a photo of your lovely dog.

 

[City farm]

RIP Trixie May 4, 2012 ~ January 16, 2014 Sad day here..Treated her for an impacted crop the last couple days. She was doing good and when I went to lock up the girls tonight I found her passed away on the coop floor Zoe, 8.6 years old, my granddog had to be put down today. I found her in the home office today laying down near a pool of black blood. Rushed to the vet... Dr gave her blood transfusion but still passed more "pools" Ultrasound showed a large tumor in her spleen and one in her stomach. Dr said she was too weak for surgery and she could hemorrhage and pass. Daughter and son in law had a tough decision to make. Zoe was a rescue and had a great life.

Condolences from us..

 

[notinoz2007]

very sorry to read about your losses today Chris. I will be giving my pets extra hugs tonight - we cant know when their time will come...

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

 
3 days and 3 eggs.  Its been a long wait but I think we are officially done buying eggs from the store!  Thats just from one hen, another looks close and then 8 more should follow.

Once you taste your own chicken's eggs you'll be done buying from the store... even if your hens go on a molting, low-light strike(like mine have lately). 
We just make do and wait for the egg production to pick up.  No store eggs, ever. Bleh!

X2!!

3X. If you make your own pasta......... You will tast the fiderence.

 

[MandyFitch]

RIP Trixie May 4, 2012 ~ January 16, 2014

Sad day here..Treated her for an impacted crop the last couple days. She was doing good and when I went to lock up the girls tonight I found her passed away on the coop floor





Zoe, 8.6 years old, my granddog had to be put down today. I found her in the home office today laying down near a pool of black blood. Rushed to the vet...
Dr gave her blood transfusion but still passed more "pools" Ultrasound showed a large tumor in her spleen and one in her stomach. Dr said she was too weak for surgery and she could hemorrhage and pass. Daughter and son in law had a tough decision to make. Zoe was a rescue and had a great life.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

RIP Trixie May 4, 2012 ~ January 16, 2014

Sad day here..Treated her for an impacted crop the last couple days. She was doing good and when I went to lock up the girls tonight I found her passed away on the coop floor





Zoe, 8.6 years old, my granddog had to be put down today. I found her in the home office today laying down near a pool of black blood. Rushed to the vet...
Dr gave her blood transfusion but still passed more "pools" Ultrasound showed a large tumor in her spleen and one in her stomach. Dr said she was too weak for surgery and she could hemorrhage and pass. Daughter and son in law had a tough decision to make. Zoe was a rescue and had a great life.

So very, very sorry

 

[Babybears]

One of my EE is almost 9 months old and laid her first egg today! Her sister started a few months ago.

 

[Stynch]

One of my EE is almost 9 months old and laid her first egg today! Her sister started a few months ago.

First eggs are so exciting!! We're still waiting for our 9-month-old EE to lay......