Minnesota!

[scandiafowl]

I've been gone for a few days from here just pop in to take a quick peak. And all does not seem happy with our MN family. I know we all have different views and opinions. But we all learn from each other and I thought respected each other. Some of us have guns, some do not ,some hunt some do not ,some are very political some are not. we are all of different ages, different backgrounds, different parts of the state, I know since I've been on BYC MN i've met several good people I've learned several good things from other people I have felt that I have found another part of what I would consider family. Just like in our real lives family my disagree and fight we don't always see eye to eye BUT no matter what family sticks together we figure out a way to work through whatever it is that's bothering us and we move on.. So to the ones that are mad right now KNOW that we care and need you and it wouldn't be the same without you here..

I was thinking about you this morning during my commute and wondered where you were .

Yeah, not good times lately, but am sure we'll pull through.


I bet a kitten or baby photo may help. HINT!

 

[scandiafowl]

March 1987

A very different time for women in the service.

 

[scandiafowl]

I thought the white was part of the chalzea (sp?) and had nothing to do with it being fertile? I try to find the bullseye in the yolk, though I'm never positive with that either, sometimes it's hard to tell.

Ditto!!

Only a true chicken person could understand taking time off work to keep an eye on new chickens.

When my first batch of chicks hatched I called in sick to work. Couldn't stand the idea of not being there.

 

[scandiafowl]

Found this image, not mine, which helped me understand better. I suppose there is no other way to figure it out?

Once a hen starts laying eggs she is mature (enough) to mate and lay fertilized eggs?

 

[FoxyChicken]

When my first batch of chicks hatched I called in sick to work. Couldn't stand the idea of not being there.

Yup, I took the day off from work the day my chicks were supposed to hatch but then the little buggers hatched a day early! I also came home at noon on the day the eggs got delivered in the mail so I could receive the package and put them directly under my broody and not worry about them sitting outside for a few hours on my porch.
Oh the things we do for our chickens!

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Found this image, not mine, which helped me understand better. I suppose there is no other way to figure it out?

Once a hen starts laying eggs she is mature (enough) to mate and lay fertilized eggs?

At what point do you notice the bullseye? Is it immediate after the egg is laid or does it take a day or two. My hubby says he doesn't want to eat fertilized eggs (we're still on our Rooster discussion), but I can't imagine there would be much of a difference since we collect them everyday.

 

[scandiafowl]

At what point do you notice the bullseye? Is it immediate after the egg is laid or does it take a day or two. My hubby says he doesn't want to eat fertilized eggs (we're still on our Rooster discussion), but I can't imagine there would be much of a difference since we collect them everyday.

Honestly, I have no idea. Since we eat eggs almost daily, and we refrigerate immediately it will be difficult to determine.

I many keep some to the side just to try.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

We stacked hay bales along the back wall of the chicken coop for extra insulation and to reduce the space a bit. We couldn't figure out why we were only getting an egg a day and only from our olive egger. We looked everywhere we figured they could fit. Here they somehow made it to the very top of the bales and squeezed their way into a small space I didn't even know existed. There was close to 2 dozen eggs up there! The olive egger isn't the most mobile chicken, so we figured she couldn't get up there I'm so glad we didn't have to smell them first. Ugh.

 

[scandiafowl]

I have a hen who is hell-bent on laying her eggs in the feed area. Spent most of my Sunday building up the walls so it's a separate room and she still found a way in!

Just not out. Busted!

 

[NathanZee]

We got our first duck eggs on Sunday! The buff orpington duck layed first, and then the mallard layed the next day! I was surprised how big the buff egg was, it was much larger than a store leghorn egg. The mallard egg was small, but not much smaller than a leghorn egg. I'm hoping the other hens start laying soon!

If a mallard starts laying in the winter, do you think she will continue till spring? I know mallards aren't known for egg production, so I was surprised when she laid.