California - Northern

[SilkiesForEver]

Got my first Wellie egg today! So excited!

 

[OR4-hmom]

I would guess it's the Wyandotte's Amy. I don't have lights in either of mine and I'm getting eggs from them. The other coops have lights on for warmth and I'm getting about 20+ a day from them. Taking in 12 dozen to pass around at work tonight.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Well, I did end up putting some Christmas lights on a timer in the coop--one of those net things, white. It's almost bright enough in there to read when it's on!

Pretty darn big eggs for pullet eggs, aren't they? Three of them are almost the size of the large store egg, and the bigger one is a hair larger than the store egg. Like I said, I don't know when the first was laid, because my husband and I were out of town the first part of the week--grandparents watched the girls, and I had a week's worth of food and water in the coop so that they didn't have to worry about the chickens (100 square feet for 5 chickens--no need to let them out, even). I do know that 1 week is the outer limit, though--I was filling everything last Saturday, and checked while I was in there. Actually, I was in there Wednesday, too, putting more shavings down, so I know that the non-buried-in-the-paper ones weren't there then.

 

[juststruttin]

Anyone know how many 50lb bags of chicken food per pallet?

Yes, I believe it is 40 bags which is the equivalent to a ton (2000 lbs)

 

[ronott1]

Eggs!


First pic is with a large store egg outside the box for comparison, and the second pic has the egg my daughter found while I was putting the store egg in the fridge (that's a piece of shredded paper...) I'm not actually sure how many days these 4 eggs represent--I've not been bothering to check. Based on the size and shade differences, I think I have at least 2 birds laying.




Definitely Curry, my GLW--she's much redder than the pic shows. My other 2 maybes are Fritatta (SLW) and Omelette (WR with Bluekote). Curry and Fritatta are my youngsters, while Omelette finished up her molt.




I don't think Souflee or Quiche are in the running--they're still pretty pale, and their combs are fairly thin.

Absolutely nobody is squatting, which is one reason I wasn't bothering to check. Every single egg was in a nestbox, though!

I would guess it's the Wyandotte's Amy. I don't have lights in either of mine and I'm getting eggs from them. The other coops have lights on for warmth and I'm getting about 20+ a day from them. Taking in 12 dozen to pass around at work tonight.

I have 7 Olive Egg laying hens and I collected 6 eggs from them today.

They are 6 amelias(Crele Pene X Cream Legbar) and 2 Barans X Easter egger hens.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Yes,  I believe it is 40 bags which is the equivalent to a ton (2000 lbs)  

thank you

 

[ronott1]

Originally Posted by juststruttin

Yes, I believe it is 40 bags which is the equivalent to a ton (2000 lbs)
thank you

Are you going to get a pallet of chicken feed?

 

[farmhand]

Are you going to get a pallet of chicken feed?

If you buy it, they will come.

 

[farmhand]

I am looking for some Minorca hatching eggs. Know anyone on the West Coast?

 

[ronott1]

I am looking for some Minorca hatching eggs. Know anyone on the West Coast?

I just did some poking around and did not find any.

There must be some around though.