How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[416bigbore]

Bought........eggs ?!

If you eat them on their own, can you taste the difference @Miss Lydia ?

I hung a picture of Colonel Sanders up in our coop as a moral booster. I am sure the ducks have no clue who he is, but our number are up!

 

[416bigbore]

1 duck egg from 13 ducks. 13 hens and not one egg Going to be a long winter lol

Our young flock of four Isa Brown hens and eight ducks who are all first time layers I think are doing outstanding. The last three day have products ten eggs each day, four chicken eggs and six duck, once every so often a double yoker from each.

 

[Duckee]

11 eggs from 14. The cold weather is hitting tonight so im expecting the winter wind down to start

 

[Marie2020]

Only two eggs here. I used to get three to four a day but one of my girls are constantly having her eggs taken. Would anyone have any ideas on how to curb this?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Only two eggs here. I used to get three to four a day but one of my girls are constantly having her eggs taken. Would anyone have any ideas on how to curb this?

What do you mean by taken?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I only have 2 female duck that are young just 18 months old all my others are 4 yrs up to 12 so getting eggs for my older ones is a surprise. My only hen that’s laying is in her 2nd year all the rest are 4 yrs up to 8. We actually run a retirement home. Just kidding but it sure seems that way.

 

[416bigbore]

@Miss Lydia I don't think having a retirement home is a bad thing. I think it shows you know how to properly care for your poultry to be able to keep them all around and in good health.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@416bigbore thank you. I love my birds and will keep them as long as they want to stay. I just hated to buy eggs though. lol

But really don't want to add new in the foreseeable future until some of my oldest go on. So I guess I'll be buying eggs for a while.

 

[416bigbore]

@Miss Lydia Very understandable situation, I can't imagine that you don't have any neighbors close that don't have fresh eggs for sale? I am from the North Country and have noticed that in the South everyone seems to have Poultry.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not that I know of anyway. No signs out, we don't have close neighbors. When I was considering getting some chicks this past spring couldn't even find any that weren't close to 100 miles one way. I have an 11 yr old rooster that I don't want to add another rooster to he has a tiny OEGB roo that he tolerates. So guess for now just same ole same ole. lol I really don't mind as long as everyone is happy and healthy. I honestly didn't get into this for eggs, that was just a side blessing.