HomesteadNowhere
Songster
Buff brahma, buff orp, NH, Partridge rock, white (rock,orp,?). They were hatched very late March 2021. I'm wondering how likely I will get some broodies next year? They are from mcmurray. I've looked at the breed traits and several are known for broodies but that doesn't mean my hatchery stock will be as likely to.
I'm going to be doing some breeding and would like to make use of broodies along side the incubator.
My chickens are about 30wks old. I was getting 6 or 7 eggs a day, once even up to 12! Then suddenly I was getting none or 3. I had messed up and had to feed some corn to hold over a day to get feed. I thought it was because of that.
But now the eggs are back up and I've found eggshell several times now. Yesterday I was sitting nearby and one pullet was making a big racket and I thought she'd be laying an egg. Well like a half hour later she is still going on! So I check the coop and she had gone in all 5 nests and kicked out the hay! And there had been two eggs, one managed to be wedged in the corner but the other she had broken all over. There was egg on her head some but I couldn't tell if she was being a nest menace or was trying to break them/eat them.
I put her in a solitary pen. Today her egg was there, no problem. Go to the coop and there was several eggs, no problem. Then one on the floor, in the corner, squashed. It seems just as likely to be an accidental break.
I'm going to see if I can get some nest liners, since they are kicking the hay out.
there are 5 nests and 26 pullets. I don't know if the brahmas have started to lay yet, so maybe not even that many.
With my mix of breeds is there a way to estimate by how many eggs you're getting to guess if all the pullets are laying? Aside from trap nests or over time putting them in the solitary pen a few days to see?
Thanks!
I'm going to be doing some breeding and would like to make use of broodies along side the incubator.
My chickens are about 30wks old. I was getting 6 or 7 eggs a day, once even up to 12! Then suddenly I was getting none or 3. I had messed up and had to feed some corn to hold over a day to get feed. I thought it was because of that.
But now the eggs are back up and I've found eggshell several times now. Yesterday I was sitting nearby and one pullet was making a big racket and I thought she'd be laying an egg. Well like a half hour later she is still going on! So I check the coop and she had gone in all 5 nests and kicked out the hay! And there had been two eggs, one managed to be wedged in the corner but the other she had broken all over. There was egg on her head some but I couldn't tell if she was being a nest menace or was trying to break them/eat them.
I put her in a solitary pen. Today her egg was there, no problem. Go to the coop and there was several eggs, no problem. Then one on the floor, in the corner, squashed. It seems just as likely to be an accidental break.
I'm going to see if I can get some nest liners, since they are kicking the hay out.
there are 5 nests and 26 pullets. I don't know if the brahmas have started to lay yet, so maybe not even that many.
With my mix of breeds is there a way to estimate by how many eggs you're getting to guess if all the pullets are laying? Aside from trap nests or over time putting them in the solitary pen a few days to see?
Thanks!