California - Northern

[Nikon]

20 weeks is still pretty young. Hatchery birds will generally lay before breeder quality. Most of my original hatchery girls started laying in the 21-25 week range. My breeder quality birds I never expect anything before 24 weeks.

It's actually better for their bodies to start laying later. Early laying can cause laying problems when they are older.

Good to know, thanks! Okay. All but three of our chickens are BYC'ers, the other three are from a feed store and are a brahma and two wyandottes.

So out of:
Brahma
Wyandottes
Marans
Olive Eggers (Marans x Isbar)
Ameraucana

Who is most likely to lay first?

 

[Nikon]

Today one of my Crele Penedesencas laid an egg. It is the second egg from the two of them. I am very happy to have Penedesenca eggs again!

I have missed them since Jane succumbed to her last Calamity.....

I had to take the picture while the egg was wet--It had a crazy amount of bloom on it. The egg weighs 38 Grams.

Gorgeous egg!

 

[Nikon]

Yay! Gotta picture of second place?

This is second place in the posed portraits division

Scarlett T. Preuitt

 

[chicksnthestiks]

OH!! I placed at the Nevada County Fair in photography!

A portrait got second place and one of my chicken portraits (my avatar pic) got a third place! YAY!

Congratulations!!!!!

 

[ChickNmamma]

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That looks like a painting - I like the way the orange showing on the hand and face and background play against the blue shirt and the blue/orange background. Neat picture! Posed without being stuffy. Oh, and very expressive eyes on that kid!

 

[Nikon]

That looks like a painting - I like the way the orange showing on the hand and face and background play against the blue shirt and the blue/orange background. Neat picture! Posed without being stuffy. Oh, and very expressive eyes on that kid!

Thanks! Wanna know what the light source is? The headlight of an Aston Martin!!

 

[debs_flock]

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I would guess the Ameraucana.

Scarlett T. Preuitt

Very nice and congratulations.

 

[chicksnthestiks]

This is second place in the posed portraits division

Scarlett T. Preuitt

Love the color and lighting. I gotta tell you as I was reading chickNmamma's response to you, at first glance I thought she said he had very "expensive" eyes! I have the over 50 syndrome.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks! Wanna know what the light source is? The headlight of an Aston Martin!!

So, the picture is of the next James Bond Right!

 

[ronott1]

The Fogel HRIRs are 20 weeks old now. They have been inside a grow out in the Garage and they do not crow yet. I was shocked at how big they are not.

I decided to get some pictures before the go to live at the Egg Farm. Can you see the differences in these compared to Hatchery Reds? Do you see the Brick shape in them?