BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[hellbender]

Wish everybody was like that!!!! LOL
(PS: Actually I'm a girl!!!!

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I'm well aware of your gender...

 

[oshun55555]

Quote: Every year I end up with a hen or two who lay eggs like that, but my egg customers love diversity as opposed to store bought sameness.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

I'm well aware of your gender...

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Every year I end up with a hen or two who lay eggs like that, but my egg customers love diversity as opposed to store bought sameness.

What breed of chicken do you have that lays long eggs? Buckeyes too?

 

[DesertChic]

What breed of chicken do you have that lays long eggs? Buckeyes too?

At least one of my Bielefelders consistently lays torpedo eggs, and I also occasionally receive long eggs from some of my other birds, including one of my NN Turkens, an Australorp, and an Easter Egger.

 

[Kassaundra]

Well, you're a better man than I because I do indeed laugh at people and the silly things they do...but I am quite capable of laughing at myself as well!!!

Me too, and fortunately my work gives me a never ending supply of people to laugh at.

 

[Beekissed]

Well, you're a better man than I because I do indeed laugh at people and the silly things they do...but I am quite capable of laughing at myself as well!!!

Here's a send off meme for you...in honor of this post....

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

It is possible--Pullets coming to point of lay are susceptible to damage and since the egg shell gland is at the end, it is more likely to be damaged.

With all of that said, I have seen eggs start out like that and then get a lot bigger and rounder in a couple of months.

Wait and see what the shape is when she is laying full size eggs. They may be fine.

Worm them though.

Worming, done! Used Ivermectin approx. 200 mcg/kg had it handy. Fenbendazole in spring, right?
Thanks!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I need some advice. I have a few Buckeyes, and they have just started laying eggs. The size is fine, but the shape is terrible., long and thin. How do I fix this? I have no idea how egg shape is inherited (posted the question on a genetics thread and got no answers, and I don't have access to anything but abstracts from papers in journals).
If I cross a hen that lays a long egg like this with a rooster from a hen that laid a "normal" shaped egg, will the eggs from the F1 pullets be intermediate in shape? Or will one shape or the other be
dominant?
The egg on the left is from a Buckeye pullet. All the hatching eggs were kind of ugly, long like this, so it's clearly set in the line. Other lines of Buckeyes have better egg shape, I'll need to get some of those. Depending on how this trait is inherited will decide whether or not I breed from this line at all. Egg quality is important to me.
The one on the right is from a sex link mutt pullet (unknown cross). This egg has a "perfect" egg index of 74 (width divided by length x100) .
The eggs are a bit distorted by the wide angle cell phone lens. Does anyone have experience with breeding hens laying atypical eggs?

I have a hen that has laid eggs like that for years. One of her daughters that lays a similar egg.

... I will be taking a 'leave of absence'. After an appointment in NYC, my daughter and I are going to the DEEP SOUTH for vacation and should be back in the States by the last of Feb. or perhaps a bit sooner. WE are both taking ...

How far south? SA?

 

[hellbender]

I have a hen that has laid eggs like that for years. One of her daughters that lays a similar egg.

How far south? SA?

About 30 miles from Porto Alegre, Brasil.