California - Northern

[ronott1]

Christmas lights ( ie mood lighting) works for most chickens, but my quail didn't respond. The silkies also needed a BIT more light ( tube lighting worked, twinkle lights did not) The LF seemed to be fine with christmas lights. They all seem to think differently about it!

That is good news for me--My Dark egg layers are large fowl(Penedesencas)

 

[juststruttin]

The auctions for the Bielefelder hatching eggs sold for $45 for the one auction and $41 for the second one. They were 12+ hatching eggs.

Wow, that sounds cheap. This is a good time of year to buy eggs since the demand and prices are so low.

 

[ronott1]

Originally Posted by ronott1

The auctions for the Bielefelder hatching eggs sold for $45 for the one auction and $41 for the second one. They were 12+ hatching eggs.

Wow, that sounds cheap. This is a good time of year to buy eggs since the demand and prices are so low.

Yes, it is a good time for to get them. Also, the cold seems to hurt hatching eggs a lot less than the heat-provided the eggs do not freeze.

It is a good time to check for used incubators too.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Thanks, I'll have to see if I can get it here.

So does anyone have 6 fertile LF eggs they are willing to sell? I think I want to give Mama Chicken some eggs to hatch.

I have welsummers. I'm near Auburn, but I also ship eggs.



Time for my rant - I got 3 eggs yesterday. All the chickens I feed and I only get 3 eggs? The new girls need to start pitching in here.

 

[liz9910]

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I'm only getting 3 eggs a day from 15 or so chickens, including my 3 Serama hens. I'm sure you have more than that but I still feel your pain lol.

 

[chrissyr]

Thanks, I'll have to see if I can get it here.

I have welsummers. I'm near Auburn, but I also ship eggs.



Time for my rant - I got 3 eggs yesterday. All the chickens I feed and I only get 3 eggs? The new girls need to start pitching in here.

i have lights one my hybrid group. with 24 birds total, i'm getting 12-18 a day. But i'm going to turn off the lights at the end of november to give them a rest. my unlit pen is the marans and ameraucanas- they are doing "ok".

 

[chrissyr]

HA! I thought it was you . I replied to the email too. Its a crazy week this week, we are finally making some movement on the 1/2 done kitchen and I have to stain and waterlox the countertops! bad timing with the weather, but It wont get better this year, so im chop chopping. I was trying to remember how to apply the waterlox stain after waiting a year between doing the first one and these, and saw all the pictures of people doing their butcherblock, and I am excited again!

We pay 85 per drum ( 55gal?? dont remember) it comes out to about 14 per bag for 20% . I'm not 100% sure because its by volume not weight.

Now back to cleaning out the garage so we can move quail inside for the winter!

That is a good price for feed. May have to go that route in the future. Glad you're making progress in all your chores, I feel like I'm going in circles with mine

 

[lawatt]

i've actually been having better luck with eggs lately -- several older girls who'd stopped due to molting and/or broodiness have recently started up again, plus two in my teenaged pen (one of the campines, plus the SFH) have started laying for the first time -- i actually got SIX eggs the other day!

and did some organizing this afternoon -- hung new watering buckets (with those nipple things on the undersides) in the three pens that didn't have them yet, and moved my last former-broody back into the big pen with the other adults. Harold the CL is still hanging out in a breeder pen with two of the older hens, waiting to see whether a guy in southern CA wants to buy him or not -- hoping he learns some manners in the meantime, he's still awfully eager to get into the breeding business. generally tidied things up. enjoying this crisp fall weather...

 

[ronott1]

Thanks, I'll have to see if I can get it here.

I have welsummers. I'm near Auburn, but I also ship eggs.



Time for my rant - I got 3 eggs yesterday. All the chickens I feed and I only get 3 eggs? The new girls need to start pitching in here.

It is sad to not get eggs!

i've actually been having better luck with eggs lately -- several older girls who'd stopped due to molting and/or broodiness have recently started up again, plus two in my teenaged pen (one of the campines, plus the SFH) have started laying for the first time -- i actually got SIX eggs the other day!

and did some organizing this afternoon -- hung new watering buckets (with those nipple things on the undersides) in the three pens that didn't have them yet, and moved my last former-broody back into the big pen with the other adults. Harold the CL is still hanging out in a breeder pen with two of the older hens, waiting to see whether a guy in southern CA wants to buy him or not -- hoping he learns some manners in the meantime, he's still awfully eager to get into the breeding business. generally tidied things up. enjoying this crisp fall weather...

I collected 7 eggs today and 12 with one broken one today. I do have lights on in the big coup.

 

[AxisOfBeagles]

Thanks, I'll have to see if I can get it here.

I have welsummers. I'm near Auburn, but I also ship eggs.



Time for my rant - I got 3 eggs yesterday. All the chickens I feed and I only get 3 eggs? The new girls need to start pitching in here.

chuckle ... it gets like that doesn't it?

we carried over only 3 hens from last year - all of whom are in molt and not laying. the 10 new girls have been ssslllooowwww starting but this last two weeks has seen steady improvements: from days of 0 or 1 or 2 eggs we're now getting 6 a day. Curiously, it's the EE/Ameraucana hens that seem to be the slowest getting ramped up.

I don't use lights and so may not see full production from all the ladies until next spring, but if it will stay up over 6 a day it becomes cost effective.