North Carolina

[Tikkijane]

[COLOR=008000]Good morning folks  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=008000]Our young girls are starting to lay more. We are up to[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]1 1/2 - 2 dozen per day now. I'm sure that by the time[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]the weather warms up we will be in a dither with so many[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]eggs but they will all have a use one way or another. It[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]does get to be a bit much when there are dozens of eggs[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]every day. [/COLOR]


[COLOR=008000]hope everyone has a good day [/COLOR]

I'm sitting on 20dz from the last week or so....anyone need eggs in the Nash Co/Rocky Mount area? Lol.

 

[tammyfarms]

I'm sitting on 20dz from the last week or so....anyone need eggs in the Nash Co/Rocky Mount area? Lol.

Holy cow! That is a bunch of eggs!!! I am getting about a dozen and a half a day. With about a dozen that are big enough to sell. We use the others as I don't mind using the half and 2/3 size eggs. So far, I have been able to find customers in my immediate work area. I am also selling off some hens as I already have a bunch of chicks growing out.

Someone mentioned looking for Salmon Favorelles... Cooterville Farms in Louisville, NC just posted on their facebook page that they will be hatching some this spring. They have a rather large list of birds they are hatching for anyone that is interested. I have not purchased from them, but am considering a couple of purchases. Louisburg is an hour and 40 minutes from me (Sanford). It is north east of Raleigh toward the VA border.

It's Friday! Have a great day!

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

When I did chores this morning, I realized I missed another hawk kill last night. This one was a Welsummer, not two feet from the back of the henhouse! Most of her was eaten, so that's one big hawk. Thankfully hubby will be back today, and we already have plans on getting some hides up in the pasture. I should have done it before winter set in. It's the migrating hawks that get our birds in the winter. I rarely have trouble after they head back north. The ones that breed here know there's plenty of rabbit and squirrel! The occassional juvenile will try to cause problems, but they usually figure out things pretty quickly. It's the dang winter hawks that I lose birds to!

Yeah, I know. It's my own fault for not setting out hides early enough. I'm supposed to be smarter than the hawks! I'm just grumpy at myself.

 

[GenomicsGirl]

Aw, I'm sorry that the winter hawk got one of your girls

I didn't realize that they migrated like that. It seems like they are year-round here in Raleigh. What does "setting out the hides" mean?

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Aw, I'm sorry that the winter hawk got one of your girls   I didn't realize that they migrated like that.  It seems like they are year-round here in Raleigh.  What does "setting out the hides" mean?

There are hawks year round...just not the same ones! The ones here in the winter are from further north. Hawks are migratory, which is why they fall under the international protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Hides are things the chickens can hide in! In our case, we usually made tepees out of pallets, and place them about in the pastures. That way the chickens who are too far from the henhouse have an alternate place to run when a hawk is swooping in. We'll be setting them out tomorrow!

 

[cknnewbie]

I'm in Wilson, new to chickens.

Tell us about your flock!

 

[Tikkijane]

Holy cow!  That is a bunch of eggs!!! I am getting about a dozen and a half a day.  With about a dozen that are big enough to sell.  We use the others as I don't mind using the half and 2/3 size eggs.  So far, I have been able to find customers in my immediate work area.  I am also selling off some hens as I already have a bunch of chicks growing out.

Someone mentioned looking for Salmon Favorelles... Cooterville Farms in Louisville, NC just posted on their facebook page that they will be hatching some this spring.  They have a rather large list of birds they are hatching for anyone that is interested.  I have not purchased from them, but am considering a couple of purchases.  Louisburg is an hour and 40 minutes from me (Sanford).  It is north east of Raleigh toward the VA border.

It's Friday!  Have a great day!

I really thought at least my neighbors would buy some.... for being rural, they all still seem scared to eat real eggs. :/

I have one lady who buys a lot to take to Roanoke Rapids- last time she got 12 dz.

I also found a stash of 27 eggs under the shed that the dogs hadn't eaten all of, but I pitched most of them.

I don't think being new has helped much either because I don't know a lot of people yet. Meh.

 

[Tikkijane]

  Tell us about your flock!

X2!

 

[GenomicsGirl]

There are hawks year round...just not the same ones! The ones here in the winter are from further north. Hawks are migratory, which is why they fall under the international protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Hides are things the chickens can hide in! In our case, we usually made tepees out of pallets, and place them about in the pastures. That way the chickens who are too far from the henhouse have an alternate place to run when a hawk is swooping in. We'll be setting them out tomorrow!

Oh ok. I didn't realize that hawks were migratory. You'd think that after 10 years in this country, I'd have read about that LoL! Crossing my fingers that you don't lose any more to the hawks.

 

[Banriona]

I'm sitting on 20dz from the last week or so....anyone need eggs in the Nash Co/Rocky Mount area? Lol.

You could always freeze the eggs. If you crack them into an ice tray you can use them individually just like a fresh egg. If you crack them into a ziplock bag as a group you can use them for scrambled eggs and recipes. I believe a quarter cup is equivalent to one egg.

Molly had a bit of a rough night last night, but overall she's doing well. Still no feeling in her legs, but she did attempt a tail wag when I gave her a medicated bit of hot dog this morning. Today she gets a bath and a haircut. She's a chow mix and all that fur on her back end makes it hard to monitor what's going on when we take her out to pee. I hate to see her beautiful coat go - but it will grow back. My 4yo is going to bake her some doggie biscuits to have on hand to drug her with every morning.

My one EE hen is laying an egg a day since she started on Tuesday. Yay! I fried one up next to a store bought one the other day for comparison. Had to take a picture. Maybe you can use it to convince people to buy your eggs Tikki. The one on the top is the home grown one (In case you couldn't tell!). They were both cracked individually into a plastic bowl and then gently slid into the pan. The store bought yolk broke when it crossed the edge of the bowl. And of course the home grown egg has a nice rich and delicious flavor while the store bought one is kinda blah. Never going back to store bought eggs! Can't wait until the rest of my girls start laying!