North Carolina

[farmraised86]

No tops, but the one that the big kids are in is much much taller. I guess it's possible, but geez. I've separated them, I'm dying to see if it happens again. Would it be better to keep them together since they made it through the night apparently?

I keep different hatches together some weeks apart with no problems. How big is your brooder?

 

[dutchbunny83]

Yay my egg cartons I ordered just got delivered

They're bright pink!

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Yay my egg cartons I ordered just got delivered    They're bright pink!

Speaking of which...you asked earlier about egg selling. I don't sell anything over a week old. I certainly use them older, but I don't sell them older. One of my selling points is freshness. Every weekend, I take stock and see what's left from the week. The small and medium eggs I save for my own use. I use an egg scale and only sell large or bigger. One of the complaints I heard about buying farm eggs was that so many were small. So they don't have that complaint about mine.

For my small / mediums, and the rare leftover bigger ones, I do several things. I make lots of egg salad. I make homemade "egg mcmuffins" and freeze them for when hubby has to grab and go in the morning. I make and freeze quiche. I scramble them and pack them into the freezer for dog breakfasts. And when that is all full, I cook them up and feed them back to the chickens. It's not often that I have to cook up bigger ones. This coming week I will, as hubby is leaving tomorrow and won't return until Saturday. But we have a huge party to attend on Sunday, so I'll probably take deviled eggs. Two or three different kinds will go over well at any party!


In other chicken news....
I took all my bachelors today and sorted them out into the pens. I needed their space badly for my growouts. So two got a breeding pen all to themselves. Four went to the main layer pen, and one went into a different pen. Oddly enough, the roos already in the layer pen didn't really bother the new arrivals. But the roo in the one pen took serious exception to his hatchmate returning to the pen. Those two have been at it all day. I may have to hobble them tomorrow to keep them from returning to that. Or at least put a water pan out in the pasture section for whoever is kicked out. Silly boys.

 

[dutchbunny83]

Speaking of which...you asked earlier about egg selling. I don't sell anything over a week old. I certainly use them older, but I don't sell them older. One of my selling points is freshness. Every weekend, I take stock and see what's left from the week. The small and medium eggs I save for my own use. I use an egg scale and only sell large or bigger. One of the complaints I heard about buying farm eggs was that so many were small. So they don't have that complaint about mine.

For my small / mediums, and the rare leftover bigger ones, I do several things. I make lots of egg salad. I make homemade "egg mcmuffins" and freeze them for when hubby has to grab and go in the morning. I make and freeze quiche. I scramble them and pack them into the freezer for dog breakfasts. And when that is all full, I cook them up and feed them back to the chickens. It's not often that I have to cook up bigger ones. This coming week I will, as hubby is leaving tomorrow and won't return until Saturday. But we have a huge party to attend on Sunday, so I'll probably take deviled eggs. Two or three different kinds will go over well at any party!


In other chicken news....
I took all my bachelors today and sorted them out into the pens. I needed their space badly for my growouts. So two got a breeding pen all to themselves. Four went to the main layer pen, and one went into a different pen. Oddly enough, the roos already in the layer pen didn't really bother the new arrivals. But the roo in the one pen took serious exception to his hatchmate returning to the pen. Those two have been at it all day. I may have to hobble them tomorrow to keep them from returning to that. Or at least put a water pan out in the pasture section for whoever is kicked out. Silly boys.

Okay thanks so much!
I figured about a week, but wondered what others were doing.
I don't sell that many so I usually give them what I get that day.
The egg mcmuffins are a great idea too!

I hope your boys start getting along for you!

 

[nc farm]

Good morning! Not sure if I'm posting in the right place. Looking for a couple hens and a rooster near Greensboro NC area. We live in Lexington, NC. Prefer RIRs, Americauna or buff orpingtons. Looking for good layers and non-aggressive rooster. Please call or text 336-three zero nine-3207. Thx

 

[ramirezframing]

Good morning! Not sure if I'm posting in the right place. Looking for a couple hens and a rooster near Greensboro NC area. We live in Lexington, NC. Prefer RIRs, Americauna or buff orpingtons. Looking for good layers and non-aggressive rooster. Please call or text 336-three zero nine-3207. Thx

new flocker, hopefully someone close by will be able to help you out.

 

[farmraised86]

Look at this huge egg my gold sebright just layed

 

[DSTchickencraze]

Hey guys! Haven't been on in while.. been quite busy! I've got a question.. Has anyone seen anything like this before?



She got something in her eye the other day. I managed to get it out (it looked like a small piece of leaf or something). However it aggravated it pretty bad and the second lid isn't going back down..I've flushed her eye out several times, but its still not going down.. Anyone have any ideas? I'm afraid whatever she got stuck in her eye injured it.



The other eye is fine... just the one she got something stuck in.. Any suggestions?

Oh and out of curiosity has anyone heard of chocolate orpingtons?

 

[jtbass2756]

HELP !!!!!!!!!! My ladies are a little over a yr old and have not been exposed to other chickens, etc. BUT...I opened the nest door today while my RIR was in the box. Although she doesn't like it, I petted her and went on to slide my hand under her for other eggs. THEN, since she had her butt towards me, I caught sight of THIS..........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT AM I DEALING WITH HERE??? I'm a newbie this yr and my ladies have always been healthy...I used DE when I clean out the coop and mix it in with the sand, and sprinkle it in the crevices of the laying boxes. Is this mites....is that a splinter???....it didn't look like the other folicles....do I need to attack the coop and the ladies....with what???

 

[missnu01]

Looks like where a new feather is growing in with a small bit of mite irritation