California - Northern

[SilkiesForEver]

I get porus eggs now and then and i dont think its diet. i feed my chickens leftovers from everything and feed them layer crumbles

The reason I think it may be diet, is that I don't feed my birds layer pellets. It's henscratch, whatever they find when free-ranging, and kitchen scraps.

 

[chiqita]

okay, decision time: one of my isbar/marans crosses is broody.  but which eggs to give her to hatch?  the choices are:

-- isbar/marans x isbar F2s
-- isbar x SFH
-- isbar x araucana
-- birchen marans
-- silver campine

(no pure isbars are laying yet, and my incubator is hopefully about to pop with CLs, plus three campines and three isbar/SFHs on monday or tuesday, then five more campines possibly hatching two weeks later)

any suggestions?

Birchins all the way baby !

 

[juststruttin]

As promised, the chick pictures!

They are New Heritage Delawares from @kathyinmo s line. I hatched them for @capayvalleychick

Wow they're chunky monkeys. They look super robust and healthy. Looks like you've got yourself a football team there.

 

[juststruttin]

Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes. Having a great day so far. Went to my son's Lacross game and we're having dinner later, tomorrow is a beach walk and oysters with friends. Gonna make it a birthday weekend.

 

[juststruttin]

looks like you have gathered some amazing birds through chooklet .

I have a soft spot for bantams.

 

[ronott1]

Wow they're chunky monkeys. They look super robust and healthy. Looks like you've got yourself a football team there.

They are already trying to get on top of the Ecoglow!

Kim is picking them up soon. I am going to have to go visit them this Spring.

 

[juststruttin]

Happy Birthday Deann. So nice chatting with you at Stockton.

Thanks, you too. I love meeting people from this thread in person. I wish I could make it down in May. Sounds like a blast.

 

[Happy Chooks]

okay, decision time: one of my isbar/marans crosses is broody. but which eggs to give her to hatch? the choices are:

-- isbar/marans x isbar F2s
-- isbar x SFH
-- isbar x araucana
-- birchen marans
-- silver campine

(no pure isbars are laying yet, and my incubator is hopefully about to pop with CLs, plus three campines and three isbar/SFHs on monday or tuesday, then five more campines possibly hatching two weeks later)

any suggestions?

Birchen Marans and Silver Campines get my vote.

They are already trying to get on top of the Ecoglow!

Kim is picking them up soon. I am going to have to go visit them this Spring.

My meaties are already on top of the EcoGlow.

 

[chrissyr]

Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes. Having a great day so far. Went to my son's Lacross game and we're having dinner later, tomorrow is a beach walk and oysters with friends. Gonna make it a birthday weekend.

That is so nice. I like to call it "Birth Week" , one day is just not enough.

Does anybody know what makes an egg Porous? Sometimes when I gather eggs I notice a porous egg so I'm guessing it does not have to do with age. I never ship or sell pourus eggs and once had a complaint that someone received some. Maybe temperature?

i need to figure that out too. i have one AM hen and ALL her eggs are porous. i really like her though. Would like to get a better hatch rate from her.

 

[chiqita]

I vote we do an experiment and feed all the porus egg hens calcium drops (chelated if you can get it)and see if it makes any difference!

This is my thought of the week!