Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[Organics North]

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Good mine should do fine then.. 80F is not frequent, 90F is uncommon, maybe one day a year, and 100 is maybe once a decade...(We do not even have a fan anymore let alone an air conditioner in the house...

My fat little butterballs seem fine with the cold so far.... I will know how they fair better in spring though..
ON

 

[drom]

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Resolution posted some info on nutrition and spices in the diets of dark egg layers on the old Marans thread. If I can find it, I will post a link to it. I think he had some of the same spices you have listed there. He also had some great info on suet cakes.

 

[drom]

(We do not even have a fan anymore let alone an air conditioner in the house...

Ok, that bothers me.

 

[kathyinmo]

I did get a few eggs today. Miss Olive, my one and only Olive Egger, is a year old now, and still lays the darkest Olive egg (top left corner). She came from Wynette's eggs, and is a beautiful blue girl. My youngest Marans are still not laying. White eggs here are Icelandics.

 

[geebs]

more pictures of that olive egg pleeez

 

[knjinnm]

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I see they eggs are marked, are planning to incubate them?
Joe

 

[kathyinmo]

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I see they eggs are marked, are planning to incubate them?
Joe

Yes. I am collecting for a week, and then I will throw them in the bator.

 

[Medicine Man]

Are the Icelandic eggs usually small or are those youngsters?

 

[kathyinmo]

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Brand new layers. Just started this past week.

 

[geebs]

Okay I don't have any dark eggs to submit today so I am going to submit this picture of good eye color on my favorite pullet....