EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Pensmaster]

Good morning!

It's dropped a bit below freezing so the mud has stiffened up.

Also, with the longer days egg production is going up!

Get ready temps here are supposed to go down to 29 next week. This storm is supposed to spread across US. Not much snow out of it though. Fruit tree blossoms once again will be zapped.

I got 6 eggs two days ago! New record for this year. Still nothing from the AMs though.

Do like the extra eggs this time of year. Some of my young ones are starting to lay.

 

[mlm Mike]

I got 6 eggs two days ago! New record for this year. Still nothing from the AMs though.

How old are the AMs?

 

[BantyChooks]

How old are the AMs?

1 year.

 

[mlm Mike]

Get ready temps here are supposed to go down to 29 next week. This storm is supposed to spread across US. Not much snow out of it though. Fruit tree blossoms once again will be zapped.


Do like the extra eggs this time of year. Some of my young ones are starting to lay.

My 10 day forecast has low of 32, after today. We're supposed to be getting snow later today

 

[mlm Mike]

1 year.

So they were laying and then stopped for winter?

 

[BantyChooks]

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So they were laying and then stopped for winter?

Supposedly. I got them in October of last year during moult. Haven't seen a single egg from them.

I think I got sold duds.

 

[mlm Mike]

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Supposedly. I got them in October of last year during moult. Haven't seen a single egg from them.

I think I got sold duds.

I'm sure they'll start soon.

 

[Pensmaster]

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Supposedly. I got them in October of last year during moult. Haven't seen a single egg from them.

I think I got sold duds.

The Bresse I had a few years back were like that. Started laying June or July and in October quit. Didn’t start again till sping. They weren’t all that they were supposed to be. Now they are gone.

 

[mlm Mike]

The Bresse I had a few years back were like that. Started laying June or July and in October quit. Didn’t start again till sping. They weren’t all that they were supposed to be. Now they are gone.

Wow, talk about needing to set all the eggs!

 

[BantyChooks]

Do like the extra eggs this time of year. Some of my young ones are starting to lay.

The maddening thing is if all my female birds were laying (they're all under 3 years of age, by the way) I could be getting two dozen eggs a day. Instead I'm celebrating over 6. Some birds haven't laid since August.