BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Then again that tells me you have an important job to do

Either that or I'm out of PTO!
At least it's quiet.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Cafe good afternoon one and all!

Tea is ready.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.

Temperature is in the 70s and cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

 

[Packy]

Good morning all sorry for my absence been busy with family and friends, hope everyone had a good Christmas. Yesterday was off with DW and we shopped till her injection into her knee, she's absolutely hates needles. She's a three time cancer survivor, I was also busy building a bigger brooder for the babies.

 

[aart]

Frosty out there again after many days/night above freezing.

Hey @DobieLover are your 2 precocious hens still laying?
Just blows my mind that hens would come back into lay during the darkest days of the year.

 

[DobieLover]

Hey @DobieLover are your 2 precocious hens still laying?

Yes, they are. I have filled a dozen count carton from them!

I thought it was ridiculous of me when I looked into the nest box after clearing them of molters and thinking to myself "what in the heck is THAT?"
I have chickens and was shocked to see eggs.

 

[aart]

Yes, they are. I have filled a dozen count carton from them!

I thought it was ridiculous of me when I looked into the nest box after clearing them of molters and thinking to myself "what in the heck is THAT?"
I have chickens and was shocked to see eggs.

Well, it certainly is unusual, but what a nice surprise!
Was this their first annual molt?

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Cafe good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 50s and cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[Sally PB]

Just blows my mind that hens would come back into lay during the darkest days of the year.

One of my most senior hens (4 yo next March) is laying. Another has a red, plump comb.

Of my second batch (3 yo next June), one looks like she'll be back to work soon. She had the worst molt of any of my birds. The other of that batch, my serial broody, will be the last to get back to work. She stopped last August to be broody, and then to do a slow molt. Her comb is pale and shrunken still.

 

[DobieLover]

Was this their first annual molt?

No! One hen is about 2.5 years old and the other is about 3.5 years old!
Maybe it's a sign my luck is changing...