Leghorns -19 weeks to first eggs

[AllenK RGV]

Glorious Day! 7 beautiful butt orbs again! 1 brown. I checked the other 2 RIR and if they don't lay this weekend, I'll be buggered. So lay your money down. I'm betting 3 brown eggs by Thanksgiving. This isn't including the Barred Rocks or the New Hampshire Reds - no sign of getting close other than red face. RIR are squatting, 2 finger pelvic bone spacing and moist.

Now it could be possible that the RIR are taking turns. I'll have to save the brown eggs and compare them. They are getting eaten regular. Line forms behind me. Although, I was eyeballing them and they look the same.

BTW can you explain to me or point me to a good article on checking the pelvis to vent spacing? I wouldn't want to hurt my birds attempting it. I can feel for their keel easy below the crop and there ends my chicken anatomy knowledge I keep wanting to cop a feel of the fuzzy butts too although my birds hate to be handled. I imagine it must feel like cat belly.

 

[RUNuts]

Oh thank god! I was worried there wasn't going to be an egg report tonight.

You wouldn't be jerking my chain would you?

 

[RUNuts]

Pelvic Points in Pullets and Older Hens

Read that.

 

[AllenK RGV]

@AllenK@new2this Yes, Birdinhand was feeding organic feed. If I feed M-G grower at $13.50/pound + $75 for 25 chicks with no losses, then I'm at $1.10/pound for whole birds. Compared to $1.50/pound supermarket whole birds. Not including TT&L, housing, gas, packaging, time, water, electricity (process & store) and knife sharpening.

Grocery will sell whole birds on sale for $0.60/pound. Pieces and parts are $0.75/pound on sale.

Boils down to how much is your time worth and is it worth it to you? I'll try it and see how long the patience holds out. Not included in any of these discussions is if something wipes out your flock like dogs, predator or disease. Depending on place in cycle, costs can be thrice or more.

Bottom line, this is break even at best. The market farms do it faster, better and with less hassle to me.

@KikisGirls when are we ordering spring meat birds? I keep getting sales notices from Ideal and wonder if this continues through spring. You want to split a pig? I'd need another freezer too.

I still bet a healthy chicken tastes better than a big Ag crippled, never seen sunlight, and always breathing in amonia vapours raised bird ever could.

 

[AllenK RGV]

You wouldn't be jerking my chain would you?

Nope how could I? We all know when the sun sets and the birds are asleep being Texans. I expected the egg report prior to 7:10PM

 

[RUNuts]

Oops wrong link. Try this one.
Pullet has stopped laying!
Much better.

 

[RUNuts]

Nope how could I? We all know when the sun sets and the birds are asleep being Texans. I expected the egg report prior to 7:10PM

Kiss Crazy Lady first. Supper second. BYC reading while eating. Sometimes. Priorities.

Besides ran to Kroger after work and this one didn't have any pumpkins left either. How does that happen? Larder stocked for the weekend. Pumpkin and chicken soup on the menu.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Pelvic Points in Pullets and Older Hens

Read that.

I read that just now so aart asked a question in 2015 and nobody tried to answer it, It told me nothing except you joined in 2017 and liked her post. Are you trying to convince me you are stalking @aart or something?

 

[AllenK RGV]

Kiss Crazy Lady first. Supper second. BYC reading while eating. Sometimes. Priorities.

Besides ran to Kroger after work and this one didn't have any pumpkins left either. How does that happen? Larder stocked for the weekend. Pumpkin and chicken soup on the menu.

I'm betting some pig farmer or compost king beat us all to those pumpkins.

 

[aart]

I read that just now so aart asked a question in 2015 and nobody tried to answer it, It told me nothing except you joined in 2017 and liked her post. Are you trying to convince me to are stalking @aart or something?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-pullets-and-older-hens.964735/#post-19143689