How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[BY Bob]

2 yesterday and 3 today. The girls are starting to settle in.

 

[gander007]

Friday


8 eggs

5 eggs from the control group

3 eggs from the free range chickens

Temp 68F degrees

Mostly cloudy with a little perception in the late evening

 

[gander007]

16 eggs today.

@gander007 No, I am still seeing eggs/nit clusters on the ends of the feather shafts. There are less of them on the rooster and maybe a little less on the hen, but still way too many to let them mingle with the other chickens. It is ridiculous how long I have been treating them. I am about ready to give up and cull them. I won't even be able to eat them because I have used seven dust as well as the neem oil to treat them & feel like they would be unhealthy to eat. They were suppose to be in the house for 3 weeks at the max, I believe that we are in month 3 now.I will be cleaning out the aquarium and giving them baths again tomorrow. I have eggs in the bator, some from them, but again don't know if they will even be fertile given all the treatments they have had. I guess I'll know by Easter! I also have eggs in the bator from the other hen ( who is happily living outside with the other rooster, where they belong!!)
The dog has been enjoying eating the "indoor" chicken eggs, because I won't eat or sell them since I don't know for sure if they are safe or not.

Thanks for asking!

16 eggs today.

@gander007 No, I am still seeing eggs/nit clusters on the ends of the feather shafts. There are less of them on the rooster and maybe a little less on the hen, but still way too many to let them mingle with the other chickens. It is ridiculous how long I have been treating them. I am about ready to give up and cull them. I won't even be able to eat them because I have used seven dust as well as the neem oil to treat them & feel like they would be unhealthy to eat. They were suppose to be in the house for 3 weeks at the max, I believe that we are in month 3 now.I will be cleaning out the aquarium and giving them baths again tomorrow. I have eggs in the bator, some from them, but again don't know if they will even be fertile given all the treatments they have had. I guess I'll know by Easter! I also have eggs in the bator from the other hen ( who is happily living outside with the other rooster, where they belong!!)
The dog has been enjoying eating the "indoor" chicken eggs, because I won't eat or sell them since I don't know for sure if they are safe or not.

Thanks for asking!

Lice are funny little animals as you can kill the adults but the eggs will need to be washed off to get rid of or you just might stand a chance of them hatching and starting the whole process all over again and a simple soap and water bath can get them eggs off but you will also need to do a bit of scrubbing on the feathers to remove the eggs as they do tend to stick to the feathers very well as you are aware .

Good luck with the eradication of lice but if you have ever had to work with children that had lice the process is much the same and any meds that touch the skin will be absorbed and any harsh meds are not good to over do .

 

[umarson]

Scrubed every niok ans crany of the coops. Spread insects powder and coops now cleaned up. I think am going to mix the bedding with insect powder to minimise insects intrution in the future.



Oh! Eggs count: 29/37 and 8/10

 

[TJordan]

Scrubed every niok ans crany of the coops. Spread insects powder and coops now cleaned up. I think am going to mix the bedding with insect powder to minimise insects intrution in the future.



Oh! Eggs count: 29/37 and 8/10

Use DE and food grade line. Mix the two and dust the whole coop, run, yard and even the birds with it. Don't worry. The FOOD GRADE stuff is safe and won't burn.

 

[Soylent Chick]

Four out of four.

The one on the left weighed in it 85g! They're usually 60ish.

 

[TJordan]

9/13 so far

 

[cabinchicky]

I believe my 2nd coop has a egg thief!I let them out at sunrise and the egg that had been there had disappeared 2 hrs later. I looked everywhere in the pen and run. No egg or egg shell to be found.So traps are set, one small live trap and two electronic rat traps in coop that are by the food storage. Cross your fingers please. welded wire fence with 1x2 spaces around the bottom of coop with a dig barrier too, so any ideas what else I may see?

 

[TJordan]

I believe my 2nd coop has a egg thief!I let them out at sunrise and the egg that had been there had disappeared 2 hrs later. I looked everywhere in the pen and run. No egg or egg shell to be found.So traps are set, one small live trap and two electronic rat traps in coop that are by the food storage. Cross your fingers please. welded wire fence with 1x2 spaces around the bottom of coop with a dig barrier too, so any ideas what else I may see?

Sounds like a snake. Get some snake away for around the coop or hang moth balls in cheese cloth around coop, run and yard.

If it's rats they hate the smell of mint. Go plant some mint plants or get mint oil and spray around coop.

 

[umarson]

@Tjordan
Thanks.