I asked about the breed/mix of the Whole foods eggs over on the Trader joe's & grocery store thread.
I'm reaching a point of high frustration. I had minor surgery a little over a week ago and while feeling great and recovering well, I discovered yesterday that I managed to pull part of the incision open again, though the stitches are still intact. The surgeon instructed me yesterday to get good at doing nothing for the next two weeks.
Not only am I NOT good at depending upon my husband and son to care for the chickens, I've got a lot of plans that I need to be acting on now to keep us from getting overwhelmed as my recent hatches continue to mature....and I can't do a darn thing about it. I had finally reached the mental point of being ready to cull extra cockerels and hens, rearranging housing, etc. and instead I'm dead in the water.
Oh well....at least all of my spreadsheets look fantastic.
Yes, light brown for most of them. I have 17 pullets that started laying eggs last week.
I know exactly how this goes. When I was pregnant I couldn't do anywhere near as much as I wanted to with my flock, especially towards the end when I couldn't even see the darn things if they were near my feet. I ended up culling my flock by selling the unwanted females and giving the extra cockerels to the feed store. The feed store passes them on to a local guy who butchers them and gives the meat to needy families. I had to have my husband catch them which went something like: "That black one. NO, that black one right there! Right there! By the nestbox in the corner! No, that one's not even black!" I had a whole bunch of black chickens for him to sort out.I'm reaching a point of high frustration. I had minor surgery a little over a week ago and while feeling great and recovering well, I discovered yesterday that I managed to pull part of the incision open again, though the stitches are still intact. The surgeon instructed me yesterday to get good at doing nothing for the next two weeks.
Not only am I NOT good at depending upon my husband and son to care for the chickens, I've got a lot of plans that I need to be acting on now to keep us from getting overwhelmed as my recent hatches continue to mature....and I can't do a darn thing about it. I had finally reached the mental point of being ready to cull extra cockerels and hens, rearranging housing, etc. and instead I'm dead in the water.
Oh well....at least all of my spreadsheets look fantastic.
I tossed the WF eggs in just to fill space as a "why not". But after you told me what they will be I am more excited about them and hoping I have success with the hatch. The pullets will be great additions to the layer flock and the cockerels will be worth their weight in soup lol.
Here is my advice on getting through the next couple weeks...I'm reaching a point of high frustration. I had minor surgery a little over a week ago and while feeling great and recovering well, I discovered yesterday that I managed to pull part of the incision open again, though the stitches are still intact. The surgeon instructed me yesterday to get good at doing nothing for the next two weeks.
Not only am I NOT good at depending upon my husband and son to care for the chickens, I've got a lot of plans that I need to be acting on now to keep us from getting overwhelmed as my recent hatches continue to mature....and I can't do a darn thing about it. I had finally reached the mental point of being ready to cull extra cockerels and hens, rearranging housing, etc. and instead I'm dead in the water.
Oh well....at least all of my spreadsheets look fantastic.
The Whole Foods pullets are bit bigger.
