How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[MysteryChicken]

4, eggs today.

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Just 3 eggs today, after yesterday's six. Martha's blue, Edna's green, and -- the pink-blushed brown egg finally identified! -- Jill the Delaware got up from the nest and there it was.

(I noticed she was missing when I brought lettuce leaves for treats, peeked into the coop and saw that she was "indisposed", hunkered down in the corner nest box.) I saved her some lettuce since she was "working" at treat time!

 

[chrissynemetz]

2 again.

 

[AusHen]

12 today. Seems a lot of ladies lined up. Usually I only get 5-6

 

[Luv Ducks]

Hey, @Luv Ducks, it's a mystery to me as I'm brand-new to water-glassing. This is my first flock and the spring pullets were overwhelming us with eggs by October, which is when I started trying out preservation methods (after reading about egg production drastically decreasing/stopping during winters).

We'll see what happens as we enter the coldest, wettest winter months but so far my "baby girls" are keeping us well supplied! I suspect next winter, when they've had their first molt, etc. we might have an egg drought.

I'm planning to pull out a few water-glassed eggs to try in February, testing them as scrambled or in custard; apparently they're not recommended for over-easy pan cooking. (I wonder if they're OK for hard-boiled/deviled egg recipes?) Same with the frozen eggs, will try in recipes like quiche.

Please let us know how your preserved duck eggs work out! Supposedly your summer eggs are well within the "use-by" recommendations. Inquiring minds would like to know...

I had heard that you cannot hard-boil them either. I think the water glassing probably makes the shells thinner and they would break. Someone had said you could do it if you put a small hole in the egg but mine would probably break in my hand trying, lol. Since I have such a stockpile I am not sure when I will get to the water glassed ones. I don't want to waste my ones that are good or sure in the fridge. After looking on the date on them it was the fall before last fall that I did that so they are well over a year old now which makes me more hesitant. I also used the wrong oil on the top of some of them, I used virgin oil and it floated and didn't look so hot when I opened one up to use last fall when they were just a year old. Some I did not put any oil on so those would be the ones I would more than likely want to try. I will let you know if I use them though. Thanks for responding.

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh what a lovely mix of easter eggs!
The Blue boys came from Murray McMurray's in the US. A local farm makes runs to pick them up at the border.

I wonder how Peavey Mart gets the Hoover Chicks across the border ? I would love for them to get chicks from mcmurrays more variety but at least we can get some more variety with Hoovers. Here the big hatchery is Freys but generally just meat and egg layer variety.

 

[NanaK]

I got 4 yesterday.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I wonder how Peavey Mart gets the Hoover Chicks across the border ? I would love for them to get chicks from mcmurrays more variety but at least we can get some more variety with Hoovers. Here the big hatchery is Freys but generally just meat and egg layer variety.

I saw where Metzer Farms sells chicks and ducklings to cities close to the Canadian and Mexican borders. Then the buyer drives across and picks them up for the post office in the States and drives back across to their homeland. That is how some of them can arrive to our friends in other countries.

 

[Knobby]

Surprised that, even with the 6 inches of snow that's fallen, so far, the ducks and chickens are still churning out the eggs. Got 2 duck and 2 chicken eggs thus far. Will check again once I lock them in the coop this evening.

 

[NanaK]

So far today I got 5.
1 is a big'un!