BYC Café

[Shadrach]

Anyway. Good to see you back Mr sourland and I'm pleased you had an interesting holiday.
If you took any chicken picture of course I would love to see them.

 

[igorsMistress]

Quail soon. I have chicken and turkey eggs for the HAL.

Yay, I'm so glad you'll be hatching too! I'll be setting chicken eggs for the HAL.
I have 2 more quail hatch over night and one more zipping this morning.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Good morning!!!!

 

[igorsMistress]

I think that the more feral they get the closer to jungle fowl behavior they get. The jungle fowl lay far far fewer eggs, partly because of lack of resources but partly because the high production breeds don't tend to survive as semi feral chickens so those that produce fewer eggs and are more prone to flight fare better.
My understanding is from the information I've got from people I've made contact with who keep landrace chickens is the hens strategy is to lay a quick clutch, get them hatched and get back up the trees. So, they tend to sit when the clutches are smaller. It's less risk. A hen that lays say 20 eggs in an exposed nest is more at risk of discovery than one that lays say 8.
It's very difficult to get accurate data.
One way to encourage the more feral hens here to sit is to remove eggs from the clutch. This doesn't always work but it works often enough for me to think there is something in the theory. Missing eggs means a discovered nest.

Good morning Shad, you know all kinds of interesting things! Thanks for the coffee, I need it today!

 

[igorsMistress]

G'morning cafe folks Have a great day!

 

[N F C]

Morning Cafe!

Sour, it's great to have you back Excellent job with the coffee, thanks.

Shad, sorry you're still experiencing issues.

IM, congrats on more quail! Hope you'll share a photo with us when they're done.

 

[drumstick diva]

My brother loves the Kauai coffee, although I think he loves many others too. He likes dark roast.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

I hope your not putting lemonade or honey in that Glenmorangie.

Oh never, Glenmorangie is drank straight and neat.

 

[igorsMistress]

Morning Cafe!

Sour, it's great to have you back Excellent job with the coffee, thanks.

Shad, sorry you're still experiencing issues.

IM, congrats on more quail! Hope you'll share a photo with us when they're done.

Peeps

 

[N F C]

Adorable IM!

That looks like an amazing brooder...did you build it?