Colorado

[Minchi]

HOLY MOLY! 45 bucks for five pounds?! That's almost $9/pound! I paid $3/pound for mung beans to sprout from Whole Foods and thought they had me over a barrel. I'm experimenting now with the feed grains from Circle-F that go for .75/pound - they told me it has something on it that prevents the seeds from sprouting but I still get about a 50% sprout rate. The girls don't mind either - soaked seeds are just as good to them. I know that's different from alfalfa but we don't eat the sprouts ourselves, just planning on growing them for the girls to get some greens during the winter.
Have you thought about growing alfalfa for the seeds? From what I'm reading about the plant it likes full sun, alkaline soil, and is drought resistant - so perfect for growing here. And it's a perennial so you'd only have to plant it once.
Oh, and we got THREE eggs yesterday. I think our little barred rock finally started up

I would consider it but I just cant grow anything, I failed at strawberry plants three times.

Congrads on the eggs!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Wow! I am gone for 4 days and you all post 90+ . Cough, cough! Guess I better get workin..........

 

[Rock Home Isle]

We have our first egg!!!!!!!

It is from one of the hatchery Doms, don't know which one. Laid next to the feeder.....

It doesn't matter how long you've been in the poultry hobby...it's still an amazing feeling when the birds start laying for the first time. Very Nice.

 

[coloradogal]

Falcon folks, I am making my first trip tomorrow to pick up my new angora rabbit. Map quest says it will take 1 hr 50 min from Denver (I live right by Stock Show coliseum)

Does this time sound about right? I also need to get some layer feed, is there a feed store on the way?

Thanks!

A little late now or I'd have invited you over to my place as I live in Falcon. I get my 20% feed from Bartlett's, 14.95$. They are on Meridian Road. I'm not sure where you are in Denver but take Briargate over to Powers. 2hours seems a little long to get here unless you are way north.

 

[WendyGeisler]

Hi,
How long can an egg sit in the coop before it shouldn't be eaten?
My dominique has started laying and today we left at 8am and didn't get home till 9pm
I believe she usually lays first thing in the morning or around 2pm.
Today was a warm day, should I throw the egg away? or is it still good?
Thanks! Wendy

 

[dennarahl]

Hi,
How long can an egg sit in the coop before it shouldn't be eaten?

My dominique has started laying and today we left at 8am and didn't get home till 9pm
I believe she usually lays first thing in the morning or around 2pm.
Today was a warm day, should I throw the egg away? or is it still good?

Thanks! Wendy

 

Id be interested to hear that answer myself. Today, at least here, I'd say they were fine because it wasn't that hot. But a day in the 90s, I'd seriously question.

 

[dennarahl]

My new babies, that final count. We did some eggtopsies and found one quitter, three unfertilized duds all from the same bird, and one that died in the shell. I did the tap test and she peeped at me last night, so I figured i'd meet her in the morning.

 

[pichuris]

Hi,
How long can an egg sit in the coop before it shouldn't be eaten?
My dominique has started laying and today we left at 8am and didn't get home till 9pm
I believe she usually lays first thing in the morning or around 2pm.
Today was a warm day, should I throw the egg away? or is it still good?
Thanks! Wendy

The only concern for me is if you have a rooster servicing the girls. On warm days outside a fertile egg by end of day will have a little blood spot. Otherwise me personally never had any issues with my eggs being out all day.

My new babies, that final count. We did some eggtopsies and found one quitter, three unfertilized duds all from the same bird, and one that died in the shell. I did the tap test and she peeped at me last night, so I figured i'd meet her in the morning.

EEECK! I have baby chick fever now. So adorable. But I love the adolescense stage too.

 

[Pozees]

Hi,
How long can an egg sit in the coop before it shouldn't be eaten?
My dominique has started laying and today we left at 8am and didn't get home till 9pm
I believe she usually lays first thing in the morning or around 2pm.
Today was a warm day, should I throw the egg away? or is it still good?
Thanks! Wendy

It is my understanding that the bloom protects the egg from bacterial invasion, at least to a large degree, and those of us who work outside the home are often collecting eggs many hours after they are laid. Personally, my approach is that collecting them the same day they are laid is the cutoff.

 

[Pozees]

My new babies, that final count. We did some eggtopsies and found one quitter, three unfertilized duds all from the same bird, and one that died in the shell. I did the tap test and she peeped at me last night, so I figured i'd meet her in the morning.

Awww!

I'm with pichuris, I have chick fever now too, so dennarahl, please please please keep us regularly updated with pictures and reports! hmm, today's hatchlings are spring's new layers ...