I got 20 eggs today!! That means only 6 hens did not lay an egg today!!
I sold 3.5 dozen eggs today and have at least 3 dozen still on my counter.
Also, I checked my incubator and it looks like I have 4 or 5 ( I don't remember which) very viable eggs! Not real great out of a dozen eggs but I didn't really think the big coop was going to have a good fertility rate because there is 1 rooster covering 18 ( used to be 20) hens.
I think that is too many to guarantee good fertility. The small coop one the other hand has 2 roosters for 8 hens. I am hoping that the EE rooster has passed on his genetics to the eggs in the incubator. Then he will be headed to freezer camp as well as 2 other extra roosters.
Once these eggs hatch, by the end of the week, I plan to put more eggs in!
Our local farm store is completely out of chicks.
I sold 3.5 dozen eggs today and have at least 3 dozen still on my counter.
Also, I checked my incubator and it looks like I have 4 or 5 ( I don't remember which) very viable eggs! Not real great out of a dozen eggs but I didn't really think the big coop was going to have a good fertility rate because there is 1 rooster covering 18 ( used to be 20) hens.
I think that is too many to guarantee good fertility. The small coop one the other hand has 2 roosters for 8 hens. I am hoping that the EE rooster has passed on his genetics to the eggs in the incubator. Then he will be headed to freezer camp as well as 2 other extra roosters.
Once these eggs hatch, by the end of the week, I plan to put more eggs in!
Our local farm store is completely out of chicks.