Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[1muttsfan]

Madam. COF, ProfT and all, really enjoyed watching the action on the Easter swap - what a riot! Great offers and lots of good stuff flying around. Hope in the future to be able to participate.

 

[Lilwanis]

I figured out today that my RIR hen has been pecking holes into my eggs. I was thinking it was the bedding, but I just caught her yellow beaked. I put some golf balls into the favorite nesting box (out if six choices, they all lay in one or on the floor ), to try to deter her. Any suggestions? I am killing my rooster tomorrow, should she be included? She is one of the best layers, but she has been breaking one or two eggs a day. Also, all the other girls are fat, but she has always seemed bony to me...not unhealthy, but not as robust as the others. She is a RIR, aka production red. Between her and Henry, this is definitely not a breed I will do again.

 

[flocksalot]

I figured out today that my RIR hen has been pecking holes into my eggs. I was thinking it was the bedding, but I just caught her yellow beaked. I put some golf balls into the favorite nesting box (out if six choices, they all lay in one or on the floor ), to try to deter her. Any suggestions? I am killing my rooster tomorrow, should she be included? She is one of the best layers, but she has been breaking one or two eggs a day. Also, all the other girls are fat, but she has always seemed bony to me...not unhealthy, but not as robust as the others. She is a RIR, aka production red. Between her and Henry, this is definitely not a breed I will do again.

Our hatchery stock RIRs are skinny too, but the heritage ones aren't.

When we have an egg breaker we pen her separate for a while. It's almost as hard as breaking some broodies. I have had some success, but other times it doesn't work. Usually if an egg gets broke from a claw or even another egg they will all eat it. We have two girls that can't lay a strong egg to save their lives. I plan to dispatch them as soon as I can as their brittle eggs actually encourage the others to scratch around in the nest boxes and break more eggs. I would pen them separate, but I'm plum out of extra cages right now. Well until they melt out of the snow my hubby buried them in last dec.

 

[flocksalot]

I figured out today that my RIR hen has been pecking holes into my eggs. I was thinking it was the bedding, but I just caught her yellow beaked. I put some golf balls into the favorite nesting box (out if six choices, they all lay in one or on the floor ), to try to deter her. Any suggestions? I am killing my rooster tomorrow, should she be included? She is one of the best layers, but she has been breaking one or two eggs a day. Also, all the other girls are fat, but she has always seemed bony to me...not unhealthy, but not as robust as the others. She is a RIR, aka production red. Between her and Henry, this is definitely not a breed I will do again.

Our hatchery stock RIRs are skinny too, but the heritage ones aren't.

When we have an egg breaker we pen her separate for a while. It's almost as hard as breaking some broodies. I have had some success, but other times it doesn't work. Usually if an egg gets broke from a claw or even another egg they will all eat it. We have two girls that can't lay a strong egg to save their lives. I plan to dispatch them as soon as I can as their brittle eggs actually encourage the others to scratch around in the nest boxes and break more eggs. I would pen them separate, but I'm plum out of extra cages right now. Well until they melt out of the snow my hubby buried them in last dec.

 

[kraftyladies]

one of the unfinished ones.... the duck approves apparently, she has a nest now

 

[flocksalot]

one of the unfinished ones.... the duck approves apparently, she has a nest now

Very nice!

 

[ChickNmamma]

one of the unfinished ones.... the duck approves apparently, she has a nest now

Wow!
Mine?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

He is doing a great job Krafty!

 

[Ridge Farm]

Off topic, if you all don't mind: does anyone know when the Gilmanor VA is this year?

 

[SleepyOwl]

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