I have no idea what we have here

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I sell my eggs to co-workers and would hate to give them an egg they wished they hadn't cracked!

There is always an off chance that there will be something distasteful in any egg. Blood spots and meat spots are not terribly rare, and even if you candle each and every egg you'll miss them. The best thing I've found is education--since these are people at work, hopefully they'll tell you if they get something distasteful, and you can let them know why it happens and that it's not harmful. I often give people this link, which explains lots of things about backyard eggs: http://www.redwicket.com/2013/01/egg-myths.html

 

[normanack]

I candle eggs after a houseguest cracked one open and found a chick inside . . . not a happy moment. A broody had kicked it out of her nest into a nearby nest of fresh eggs.

 

[NurseDitmyer]

Another question then. When will he start crowing? He should be about 4 months old now. When we've had roosters in the past they were crowing by now.

 

[Kelsie2290]

That really depends on the rooster, some are just slow maturing. I have a BLRW here now that was a good 8 months old before he crowed, he hardly crows at 1.5 years old, other ones start at 6 weeks... big roosters do generally start later than small ones.

 

[normanack]

Another question then. When will he start crowing? He should be about 4 months old now. When we've had roosters in the past they were crowing by now.

How soon he starts crowing is directly related to how many neighbors will be irritated by the noise. Early crowing generally coincides with more neighbors. ;-)

 

[Frostette]

OK, THAT'S FUNNY!!!

 

[NurseDitmyer]

How soon he starts crowing is directly related to how many neighbors will be irritated by the noise. Early crowing generally coincides with more neighbors. ;-)

LOVE IT!!!

 

[Mathew544]

I'd say top one is a production red cockerel and the bottom is a red sex link pullet. Should be a good egg layer!