North Carolina

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

hope everyone had a nice weekend and today
is a good one for you

 

[wildriverswolf90]

Good morning everyone 63 degrees and lightly raining with steady wind. feels great!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[dutchbunny83]

Curious-- what do you guys put your humidity to when your eggs go on lockdown.
Mine has been around 50 (without any water) the past week I think from the weather.
Should I try to bump it up or leave it where it is?
Thanks!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Good morning everyone

63 degrees and lightly raining with steady wind.

feels great!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Hope you do too!! feels great low humidity!!!

 

[Gen9]

I've been searching online to find someone who's been breeding white leghorns for many years. If I can find someone (I've been looking online for a couple days now) I plan on buying some next year after I cull during spring time. I'm trying to avoid commercial hatcheries because my first flock is dying off at just over 2 years of age from hereditary issues & I lost my only leghorn - suddenly - just a few days ago. She was a good layer the first year but was never a prolific layer as most people claim theirs to be, no matter, her big personality made up for it. So I'm guessing it depends on the hatchery's breeding program. Seems like after their first molt, they never really laid as well, except for one of my black sex links. If anyone knows of a farmer or backyard breeder to point me in the right direction, pm me I'd greatly appreciate it. It just isn't the same with her gone now. I'd like to have my chickens around for 8+ years still egg laying... not die on me at age 2, if it's even possible for this type of breed. Ok off my soap box...

Hope ya'll have a great week.

 

[dutchbunny83]

I don't know much about leghorns (they're really pretty, but we go for the colored eggs), but I was under the impression it was the breed that tended to die early from health issues not because of hatchery stock?
Someone had told me because they lay so frequently a lot of them end up with ovarian cancer or other health issues from laying all the time and don't have a very long lifespan? (Compared to the 8-12 years of a heritage breed)
I heard the same thing about red sex links and production reds too.

I'm so sorry for your loss

I hope you find some good replacements that will last you longer!

 

[rbaker0345]

BYP magazine just had a feature on someone who breed white leghorns in CT. Really nice birds. Let me know if you need the name, I have the issue on the counter.....

 

[dutchbunny83]

For the people out there that don't raise your own meat yet, or the ones that buy their kids manufactured chicken nuggets for convenience, I wanted to pass this article along. Just saw it in Businessweek, pretty scary stuff!

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-03/minter-dont-trust-a-chicken-nugget-thats-visited-china

 

[Gen9]

I don't know much about leghorns (they're really pretty, but we go for the colored eggs), but I was under the impression it was the breed that tended to die early from health issues not because of hatchery stock? Someone had told me because they lay so frequently a lot of them end up with ovarian cancer or other health issues from laying all the time and don't have a very long lifespan? (Compared to the 8-12 years of a heritage breed) I heard the same thing about red sex links and production reds too. I'm so sorry for your loss

I hope you find some good replacements that will last you longer!

Thanks! I bought all of mine (different breeds, egg colors, etc) at the same time 2 years ago. I was sold Araucanas, ended up with Ameraucanas, sold barred rocks, ended up with black sex links. Sold 1 RIR, ended up with a wanna be RIR. Maybe she's a New Hampshire Red. Or a production red x RIR. Bought all 7 of them together. My buff Orpington had to be put down because of internal laying (she was just over 2 years old as well). My leghorn may have had a bad liver (fatty liver syndrome my guess). But after their first molt they weren't great layers after that. Except 1 who lays 6-7 times a week. I've read a few members mention that their leghorns are about 8 yrs old lay just about every day.

BYP magazine just had a feature on someone who breed white leghorns in CT. Really nice birds. Let me know if you need the name, I have the issue on the counter.....

Yes I am interested, thank you

 

[Gen9]

For the people out there that don't raise your own meat yet, or the ones that buy their kids manufactured chicken nuggets for convenience, I wanted to pass this article along.  Just saw it in Businessweek, pretty scary stuff!

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-03/minter-dont-trust-a-chicken-nugget-thats-visited-china

Thanks for sharing! Passed it on.
Between my broody & I, we just hatched 22 eggs, add 11 more to that & just about half of them are for eating. Thank goodness I decided to take the next step in raising chickens.