How is your flock today?

[ackie]

had a cracked egg this morning so I put nesting material in the box. theyd kicked out the old stuff.

 

[Sally PB]

A two egg day! By about 9:30, no less, so maybe the next couple days will be two eggers and help fill up the egg skelter on the counter.

 

[BlueBaby]

We had a nicer day here today, but there's supposed to be another storm coming through tomorrow.

 

[ackie]

A two egg day! By about 9:30, no less, so maybe the next couple days will be two eggers and help fill up the egg skelter on the counter.

how many layers do you have?

 

[Sally PB]

how many layers do you have?

Just three. That's part of the reason I am so struck with chick fever! I need more layers. My neighbors have said they'd buy eggs from me, and I get such a charge out of eating food I have grown/raised. (Take that, grocery store! )

 

[416bigbore]

@truchickendiva Here is a few pics from their first experience with the white stuff. There really wasn't that much of it and it was real heavy and wet and was melting away quite quickly for them. They didn't seem to really mind it and just nibbled away at the stuff. I think 10"-12" of the white stuff and much colder weather will be a real game changer for them. LOL

 

[416bigbore]

Here is pics of them the day before enjoying their mid day snack of chopped celery and diced carrots. They wont touch a carrot that has been frozen and thawed, but they sure do loved them freshly diced!

 

[416bigbore]

Just three. That's part of the reason I am so struck with chick fever! I need more layers. My neighbors have said they'd buy eggs from me, and I get such a charge out of eating food I have grown/raised. (Take that, grocery store! )

Nothing like having your own fresh eggs and other home grown produce. If I would have known our ducks were going to be such great layers, I think we may have not added the Isa Browns to the mix. Our duck eggs are very hard to crack open vs the chicken eggs, not sure if that is a normal thing with a duck egg or not? Still very tasty !

 

[BlueBaby]

Nothing like having your own fresh eggs and other home grown produce. If I would have known our ducks were going to be such great layers, I think we may have not added the Isa Browns to the mix. Our duck eggs are very hard to crack open vs the chicken eggs, not sure if that is a normal thing with a duck egg or not? Still very tasty !

I think that it might have something to do with that thin layer on the inside of the shell. Maybe the duck egg's have a little thicker layer. I know that turkey egg's have thicker one's, because I tried eating some years ago. They still tasted good.

 

[416bigbore]

had a cracked egg this morning so I put nesting material in the box. theyd kicked out the old stuff.

How many eggs do you normally generate a day? We average ten when all the girls are doing their thing on time each day, four chicken and six duck.

I think I need to build bigger nesting boxes for our chickens because they started to lay their eggs up in the wheat straw bales or down in the straw on the ground in one of the ducks nests with their eggs.

For a quick nesting box I used three large square plastic cat litter buckets and I think they have out grown them, so time to do something different.