Miracle Eggs

[LilyD]

Well I have five roosters...
I want gold comets but they don't have them here in Greece.

I don't know what any of my chickens are (breed)! Lol.

Gold Comets are good hens but they stay fairly small. Since I am using mine for both eggs and meat I like them to be larger. Most of my older birds (Other than the Dorkings) are mixed breeds right now. They are a Cochin Brahma mix or RIR Cochin mix and are fairly large. I just got 11 Austalorp chicks and then I have my pure Dorkings and Brahmas. Love them all though and they are all amazing. It's kind of fun to have the mixes cause you can get colors that you can't really get with pure birds.

 

[annanimal]

Yeah, I have plenty of mixes, I can tell you that!
Which ones are your best layers, the golden comets?
How many chickens have you got?

 

[LilyD]

Yeah, I have plenty of mixes, I can tell you that!

Which ones are your best layers, the golden comets?
How many chickens have you got?

Right now my best layers are my Brahmas. My Comets are all older and aren't laying as much but they earned their free pass so they get to stay and eat anyway.

I have 24 layers that are full grown right now. and 22 layer chicks that are in the brooders. Not sure yet who are boys and who are girls.

I also have 62 meat birds and another 27 eggs still in the incubator. I won't be keeping all of the babies but I will be keeping some of them. I already have homes lined up for the ones who aren't staying here.

My Australorp hens are just 16 weeks this week and I got my first egg from them yesterday it was so tiny.

 

[annanimal]

Sounds like a handful!
I wish I could get comets, I think I can get brahmas but I am not sure, I will check tomorrow...

 

[annanimal]

Here are some pics of my two chicks:


The black one has two extra toes:

 

[annanimal]

How are Mona and Mira doing?