How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Spartan22]

No sign of the missing rooster. I can't even find signs of a struggle. Makes me wonder if it was a canine of some sort. He and his breed hen produced dark chocolate eggs. I did put 6 of them in the incubator last night. Got another 1 today, but don't want to do the staggered hatch, so I resisted adding it to the bator. Hey, if you ever make it to Missouri, you could come visit!


I have some 5 week old chicks too. I just moved them out of the brooder and into a coop inside the main chicken yard. This way all chickens can see each other and get use to each other before I integrate them with the main flock.



I'm sure it will be fine! It may be slightly older than you thought, or the hen kept it warmer than the others?? Anyway, I believe that no chicks hatch before they are fully ready, so it must be ready Make sure you post some pictures in the next couple of days! and keep an eye on the hen and the rest of the eggs, she may decide she is done and abandon the nest. Do you have an incubator you could move the eggs to if she abandons them? I had to do that before and then as the rest of the eggs hatched I kept sneaking them under the broody (at night) so she went from having 1 chick to having 5! She accepted all of them and they accepted her as well. It did take the chicks a day or 3 to fully understand that she was momma and what all her calls meant, but they got it eventually.




I would love to see before, during and after pictures as you convert the swingset into a coop!

18 eggs today. I took 1 of the turkey poults out today and let it wander while I pulled weeds and battled poison ivy (pulling it up). It didn't wander much, but did eventually eat some greens, bugs and dirt. I was nervous about taking more than 1 out in case it/they ran off or I couldn't re-catch it to put it back in the brooder. But all worked well with just the 1.

I'll try to do some pics, didn't think of it right away hopefully soon.

 

[Spartan22]

16/20 Today

 

[karenerwin]

Six eggs were laid on the 29th and six on the 30th.
I found a clear one on the 17th but did not check all.
I just went out and found a pretty solid white chick so now there are at least two.
Crazy chicken and Snow are Leg horns.

I'm glad to hear that there are at least 2 chicks! They socialize and adjust much better when they have a liter mate! Hopefully you will get some more tomorrow or the next day!!

The 6 eggs I put in the incubator are due to hatch June 5th.

16 eggs today. My chickens need to do a better job of getting rid of the poison ivy & poison oak on our property. I was pulling weeds & poison ivy & oak, was wearing long sleeves, long pants & gloves & still ended up with a patch on my face. Uggh. I am very allergic! I even took a cold shower & washed with Dawn dishwashing detergent (it is suppose to cut through the oils & the cold water shrinks the pores in your skin which hinders your skin absorbing the poison oils). Oh well, hopefully it will go away quickly!! (As I sit here trying to not touch it or itch it!)

 

[pennyJo1960]

oh my girl camomile lotion helps also.... 17 here between the two coops

 

[sannabelle]

20 eggs from 24 hens my girls are making up for their "winter break" they took!

 

[karenerwin]

oh my girl camomile lotion helps also.... 17 here between the two coops

Yep, I have that too. I seem to get it several times a year. When I was a kid I got it much worse, so I am at least thankful for that.

 

[pennyJo1960]

me also was looking at hardware cloth on Amazon first of the month I will order 100
by 48 100 ft roll for my new coops run

 

[karenerwin]

We were going to start working on the Turkey coop today, but I lost the small part that we took to the store yesterday (to get an new screw). I guess it fell out of my jacket pocket when I took it off. So, now we have to wait for the new part to come in the mail.

 

[pennyJo1960]

isn't that super frustrating that or you loose it after you bought it then go get a new one find the other

 

[karenerwin]

That's what happened with the keys to the vehicle my brother was/is getting from my parents. Before my Dad died he said that my brother, Kirk, is suppose to get their Traverse. Kirk lives in Arkansas, the traverse is in Missouri. So the plan has been that I will park it on my property until he can get a ride up her to get it. Otherwise, he always has 2 vehicles to drive back. Anyway, at my dad's burial I gave my oldest brother the house key from off of that key ring so he could turn it over at the closing of the house (because it had sold). A couple of weeks later I needed to move the traverse so I could cut the grass in that area. I looked all over the place for those keys. Couldn't find them anywhere! I borrowed an extra set from my mom and got a new key made ($60 because it is a chipped key). About 4 or 5 days after I had the new key made, I found the missing keys. I knew they would turn up eventually, but I didn't want to give my brother the vehicle with only 1 set of keys since my dad left him 2 sets. Now he gets 3 sets!