HI! And HELP! My Bovans won't stop laying!

[Oldman Ludicrous]

My 5 white Bovans just keep laying and laying. I got them from a friend last summer, who originally bought a dozen or so of them "2nd-hand" from a small-scale egg-factory nearby, and gave me five.
Now, he's ordered a few brown bovans and wants to give me a couple.
in 30 days, I get about 145 eggs. Supposedly they'll "reduce speed" in a coupla years.
But I wonder If they'd go broody if I let the eggs accumulate. Anyhow, I'll try to find a rooster to keep them company, and see what sort of chicks will be hatched, if any.

 

[sourland]

Sounds like a good problem to have.

 

[nuthatched]

Sell the eggs! I can't keep enough eggs for my own use because they're always spoken for.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC!
I always seem to have too many eggs on the counter. I give mine to family, neighbors, & friends, to the FedEx driver, the ups driver, the mail woman and etc. Then I feed the dogs and the treat the chickens.

 

[Oldman Ludicrous]

Sell the eggs! I can't keep enough eggs for my own use because they're always spoken for.

It wasn't a mess-up. We knew they were prolific layers- He (a suburbanite) decided to keep chickens late last summer, and "a friend of a friend" told him about a small scale chicken factory (~ 2000 birds) a few miles away from them.
So the chicken-factory man actually GAVE him 11 or 11 young Bovans, and 5 of them were subsequently given to me.
I already had a chicken coop, but it's been empty for 10 years.

 

[Oldman Ludicrous]

Welcome to BYC!
I always seem to have too many eggs on the counter. I give mine to family, neighbors, & friends, to the FedEx driver, the ups driver, the mail woman and etc. Then I feed the dogs and the treat the chickens.

Trouble around this rural neighbourhood is that friends and neighbours ALREADY have chickens or know someone who does.
Hmm... the UPS or Mail-lady...! That's worth a try!
I had a few chickens (and sheep) 25-30 years ago when my kids were small.
Now, as an incipient geezer, I'm back in the biz again. But NO sheep this time!

 

[sourland]

Now, as an incipient geezer, I'm back in the biz again. But NO sheep this time!

Not yet.

 

[drumstick diva]

Is it possible that a homeless kitchen might be able to use them?

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC ! Make some deviled eggs ! Potato salad, mac salad , pickled eggs, egg salad sandwich with spring chives in it add some salt and a slice of cheese your in heaven ! Just a few suggestions . Oh ya! hard boil and grind up with the shell on and use them for fertilizer make a good soil amendment ! Make powdered eggs feed back to chickens

 

[DucksAreBest]

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