How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[BDutch]

If you are so good and concern about chickens why aren't you going out there protesting the right of the Isa Brown?

Do you eat chickens?

Where do you think the chickens and eggs from the shop from? Protest on that!

Let me tell you what I know about Isa Brown.
I did not know anything about chickens before I adopted my first 6 Isa Brown give away from the nursing home Easter hatching display.

I got them at a week old and love them. They all started to get sick around 1.5 - 2 years of age, and took turn died of reproductive issues.

I took a few to the Avian Vet, it was very costly and they told me must take ultrasound and in the end kinder to put them down. I went in with a sick chicken, walked out with a big hole in my purse and a dead chicken.

My Isa brown chickens have NEVER stop laying egg, never molt, never broody.

The ONLY broody and molt Isa Brown is the one wearing an implant.

That was my experience with Isa Brown.

My current Isa Brown: 1 from a nursing home display & 1 from a rescue farm.

I am taking 1 to get her 3rd implant to stop her egg laying.

I have no influence on what the chicken farmers are doing, there are a great wrong is done to these chickens, I can only do my part to love, care for them and give them a good life in my backyard.

You are feeling easy and comfortable to judge me.
You are feeling good & righteous to judge me.
It is harder to spend years protesting the right of chickens
It is harder to NOT buy any chickens produce in the shop.

I’m truly sorry. I don’t recall judging you.
And didn’t know you had such a sad experience with Isa Browns.

Just reacted upon the average age of the breed you wrote. I know the age of 2 yo average isn’t true for most Isa Browns kept as backyard chickens. In Europe many people have Isa Broens or similar hybrids for 3-6 years without problems.

You certainly love your chickens if you go to a vet with them.

Btw: since you ask, I don’t protest. Don’t eat chicken, don’t go to chicken/meat restaurants, never killed a chicken and prefer not to buy eggs from the supermarket. Occasionally I bought organic eggs in winter when my chickens stopped laying.
The organic chickens are probably not as high productive as the Isa Browns .
The organic hybrids are mainly Silver Nick en Hyline Silver, and Lohmann brown.

At the moment I have only 1 bantam pullet that is laying 4-5 eggs a week. Just enough to go by.

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

1 out of 2.

 

[Ponypoor]

If you are so good and concern about chickens why aren't you going out there protesting the right of the Isa Brown?

Do you eat chickens?

Where do you think the chickens and eggs from the shop from? Protest on that!

Let me tell you what I know about Isa Brown.
I did not know anything about chickens before I adopted my first 6 Isa Brown give away from the nursing home Easter hatching display.

I got them at a week old and love them. They all started to get sick around 1.5 - 2 years of age, and took turn died of reproductive issues.

I took a few to the Avian Vet, it was very costly and they told me must take ultrasound and in the end kinder to put them down. I went in with a sick chicken, walked out with a big hole in my purse and a dead chicken.

My Isa brown chickens have NEVER stop laying egg, never molt, never broody.

The ONLY broody and molt Isa Brown is the one wearing an implant.

That was my experience with Isa Brown.

My current Isa Brown: 1 from a nursing home display & 1 from a rescue farm.

I am taking 1 to get her 3rd implant to stop her egg laying.

I have no influence on what the chicken farmers are doing, there are a great wrong is done to these chickens, I can only do my part to love, care for them and give them a good life in my backyard.

You are feeling easy and comfortable to judge me.
You are feeling good & righteous to judge me.
It is harder to spend years protesting the right of chickens
It is harder to NOT buy any chickens produce in the shop.

I am so sorry to hear about your story of your lovely chooks. It is true the production breeds don’t have as long a life span as traditional breeds, and they are plagued with health issues. I have a red sex-link here who astonishingly is still alive and she will be 6 soon. But she is very frail and I am sure will not see spring. Thankfully I am a trained Nurse and I have a wonderful Vet (granted he is a horse Vet) who works with me to keep all my pets comfortable and happy. I cringe to think how much money I would spend if I didn’t have those resources at my disposal.

You are doing a wonderfully splendid job with your chooks, I have only admiration for someone who takes on the responsibility of these lovely creatures.

If you get a chance some time I’d love to see some of your chooks

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m truly sorry. I don’t recall judging you.
And didn’t know you had such a sad experience with Isa Browns.

Just reacted upon the average age of the breed you wrote. I know the age of 2 yo average isn’t true for most Isa Browns kept as backyard chickens. In Europe many people have Isa Broens or similar hybrids for 3-6 years without problems.

You certainly love your chickens if you go to a vet with them.

Btw: since you ask, I don’t protest. Don’t eat chicken, don’t go to chicken/meat restaurants, never killed a chicken and prefer not to buy eggs from the supermarket. Occasionally I bought organic eggs in winter when my chickens stopped laying.
The organic chickens are probably not as high productive as the Isa Browns .
The organic hybrids are mainly Silver Nick en Hyline Silver, and Lohmann brown.

At the moment I have only 1 bantam pullet that is laying 4-5 eggs a week. Just enough to go by.

It’s a tough topic, and one that is close to all our hearts.

While I have nothing good to say about factory farms, the reality is the world is in need of feeding - people need to eat

Sad sad dilemma, and it’s made worse by those who are removed from where their food comes from - we are the fortunate ones, we get to share our lives with these funny intelligent creatures.

 

[Ponypoor]

Well, it’s been a tough couple days here with weather issues, and sick chooks. I have been gather eggs with out counting them. But it’s safe to say last couple days at least 15 each day.

I didn’t bother counting tonight either, dealing with a frail critical elderly hen, she has passed but she had a lovely long life and I even have a daughter of hers.

Seems even though it’s still miserably cold and snowy, the chooks seem to think Spring is on the way. Ladies please slow up! Save some for summer.

And so it goes the older ladies will pop out eggs now and then they will be done until Autumn. I am ok with that.

Have a glorious evening/night/day gentlefolk.

 

[Winderdear]

Well, it’s been a tough couple days here with weather issues, and sick chooks. I have been gather eggs with out counting them. But it’s safe to say last couple days at least 15 each day.

I didn’t bother counting tonight either, dealing with a frail critical elderly hen, she has passed but she had a lovely long life and I even have a daughter of hers.

Seems even though it’s still miserably cold and snowy, the chooks seem to think Spring is on the way. Ladies please slow up! Save some for summer.

And so it goes the older ladies will pop out eggs now and then they will be done until Autumn. I am ok with that.

Have a glorious evening/night/day gentlefolk.

I’m so sorry for your loss @Ponypoor

 

[Winderdear]

2 eggs today, from Brel and Marzo

 

[fuzzi]

How many olders do you have?

Six that will be 2 years old this Spring, and three pullets that are 8 months old.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

11 eggs today but I broke one after taking it away from a lavender EE pullet (hatched in April, so 9 months old) who has decided to be broody. I checked on her about half an hour ago and yup, she is still on the nest (everybody's favorite nest, of course!), and growled at me when I took her portrait. That dark "bar" in front of her is a shadow cast by the camera's flash.

 

[EmmaDonovan]