Early Christmas present

[thndrdancr]

Gardenpeas, is that veining? I can't tell on my stupid tiny iPhone!
He finally caught up to her??

Jill

 

[KsKingBee]

How many of them were fertile?

 

[Garden Peas]

Gardenpeas, is that veining? I can't tell on my stupid tiny iPhone!

He finally caught up to her??

Jill

You betcha! Coming from a nice red spot. But taking photos one-handed is challenging, sorry about the quality.

How many of them were fertile?

She's still laying

First five were clear, a couple are too recent to candle, only checked two tonight, got same results as this on a different couple of 'em the other day... so don't have a good score card yet. There's two I think are unlikely that I didn't recheck tonight, so I think there will have been at least 7 clear by the time we're done, but she is obviously not through. Last egg # I put in the bator was #13, but she's about due again.
Got a looooong way from here to something we aren't gonna count on until they are running around and eating

I strongly suspect there's been a little hanky-panky in the pea pen

 

[Garden Peas]

Spoke too soon...



Here's #14

 

[Garden Peas]

@DylansMom , how many eggs have your hens laid at a stretch before they pause for awhile? This poor hen has been hard at work for a month now...

 

[DylansMom]

@DylansMom , how many eggs have your hens laid at a stretch before they pause for awhile? This poor hen has been hard at work for a month now...

My hens are all different, in 2013 my one Pied hen laid 35 eggs non-stop. She would lay every other to every third day. She is kind of a stocky hen, solidly built and it never seemed to cause her any trouble. In 2014 she laid one fertile egg which I hatched, and then #2 got stuck for a couple of days, when she finally passed it you could tell, as it was an off color. After that it was several weeks until she layed again, and laying was sporadic and all were clear. My older Silver Pied took the lead in 2014, laying 20-some without a break, she is a thinner built bird and she really got thin while laying, but she was so determined that I had to let her sit those late eggs that resulted in Poopbaby and Tsunami. My CBS has never laid more than 5 in a clutch, and then she takes a 2-3 week vacation. So all different.....

....as long as she seems healthy I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

You betcha! Coming from a nice red spot. But taking photos one-handed is challenging, sorry about the quality.

She's still laying

First five were clear, a couple are too recent to candle, only checked two tonight, got same results as this on a different couple of 'em the other day... so don't have a good score card yet. There's two I think are unlikely that I didn't recheck tonight, so I think there will have been at least 7 clear by the time we're done, but she is obviously not through. Last egg # I put in the bator was #13, but she's about due again.
Got a looooong way from here to something we aren't gonna count on until they are running around and eating

I strongly suspect there's been a little hanky-panky in the pea pen

Oh that's a great news! Congrats! You gave me some hope!

 

[Garden Peas]

My hens are all different, in 2013 my one Pied hen laid 35 eggs non-stop. She would lay every other to every third day. She is kind of a stocky hen, solidly built and it never seemed to cause her any trouble. In 2014 she laid one fertile egg which I hatched, and then #2 got stuck for a couple of days, when she finally passed it you could tell, as it was an off color. After that it was several weeks until she layed again, and laying was sporadic and all were clear. My older Silver Pied took the lead in 2014, laying 20-some without a break, she is a thinner built bird and she really got thin while laying, but she was so determined that I had to let her sit those late eggs that resulted in Poopbaby and Tsunami. My CBS has never laid more than 5 in a clutch, and then she takes a 2-3 week vacation. So all different.....

....as long as she seems healthy I wouldn't worry too much.

THIRTY-FIVE eggs non-stop? And I thought MINE was laying like a sex-link

she's not even halfway there yet.

Definitely better keep up on the dietary supplements...

 

[DylansMom]

THIRTY-FIVE eggs non-stop? And I thought MINE was laying like a sex-link

she's not even halfway there yet.

Definitely better keep up on the dietary supplements...

Yes, it stands as a record for us!

 

[KsKingBee]

Yes, it stands as a record for us!

How do you keep track? Is she the only hen in that pen?