North Carolina

[starlingdaly]

I collect eggs everyday, but it's super hot.
Has anyone had eggs not being sat on just start developing when it's 95-100 outside?
My only fertile eggs would be duck, but I'd hate to unknowingly give someone a duck egg that had started.
I accidently opened a turkey egg that started in the frying pan, it was awful!

Wow! I have worried about doing that when I had a ninja broody (she would get off the nest when I was around so I could never figure out who it was for days) so I would cook all the eggs into omelets for the chickens since she had been sitting on them the whole day. I never found any that started developing in the 12-18 hours she had them.. I was reading an article that said there would be no visible developments for the first 48 hours.
Also, weird and a bit gross... There is some Asian cuisine (can't remember which country(s) that incubate eggs to like 15 days and then cook and eat them... Very strange practice but it's normal for them and probably a special occasion/holiday food!

 

[TiaRC]

Ok BYCers. Anyone have any goslings or "teenage" geese for sale?

 

[FVRM]

There's a tiny feed store just down from North Star Equine that has hay. If you get "cow hay", theirs is the worst I've ever seen...dang near compost already. I wouldn't feed it to anything, but it should compost quickly!

I live down the road from the! I've always wanted to check them out but didn't know if it was open to the public.

 

[dutchbunny83]

All right chicken experts.
I made the mistake of ending up not banding my chicks.
I have a couple I don't know what they are!
Help!

1. Pullet. Not a single comb, it has a couple bumps, I think pea comb? Chipmunk pattern as chick, has some white in the feathers, which I haven't really seen in partridge but not very familiar with the pattern. This is one of the originals I was thinking partridge Wyandotte, but now that it's feathering out it doesn't look that way anymore


2. Cockeral. Single comb, yellow legs. Still not a lot of feathers, but wings white with black marks. NO IDEA!



3. Cockeral? At first I thought Hamburg, but doesn't have the comb like it. This one is flat. Slate legs. (Sorry he poo'ed as I took pic) Maybe a Hamburg and its comb looks flat until it's grown more? It is a little small compared to others it's size, but not bantam...

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Quote: You are awfully close to me, then! I live on the road just behind that one! Oh, my! We should meet!

 

[dutchbunny83]

For those of you into bantams...

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Hatch-Day-Bantam-Sale.html?soid=1011187071156&aid=9dCv1657TfY

25 of them for $27.50 shipping today...

 

[Angierob]

Not trying to hijack anything but I cant seem to get any responses in the other thread--so figured some of my NC ers would help....





well first I noticed Zibby- a pullet about 14 weeks was giving to one side--thought maybe she was injured--No she was fine just wobbles to the left
next day sunday--I find her in the run panting and not moving much- brought her in gave her AC, yogurt and water all day- that evening took her to the run in a large pen so nobody could bother her and she starts walking normal..ok she's fine, check again she's on the top roost with all other 11 birds..

Next day go check the chicks and I notice she is alone as usual but kinda hiding under egg box in shade. She sees me and comes out like the rest waiting for treats and there it is---my young bantam roo starts chasing her--it looks like he is trying to attack her and I realize maybe he's trying to mate her.

poor girl cant move without him chasing her... she is hiding from him...some of the larger hens come over and stand there so he cant go under.

what is going on? mating? is he thinking she is the weakest and trying to kill her? why only her if it's mating....I dont even have eggs yet and the young roos started crowing about 2 weeks ago.. average age in the run is 13-14 weeks.. this young roo is smaller than her --shes a wyondette and he's a tiny bantam. I have 2 other roos one is bantam and othe other a huge barred rock--they aren't actinglike this. I keep checking on them but I dont know what's going on other than Sassy- the bantem is chasing Zibby and her only Please help...angie this is an update----I have seen the large barred rock mount one of the leg horns so I guess it's mating time---I dont think anything made contact but Zibby is still the one getting chased...she doesn't come out much at all. Last night she was going up in the roost and the big roo ran up there and jumped on her...she laid there like she was dead. she seems fine this am but still hiding. do hens signal when they are ready to mate?? or does the roo just do what he feels like??

 

[FVRM]

You're going to have to separate the Roos for a while. Some of them choose a favorite hen and just "attack" them. I don't let roosters get to any of my pullets until they start laying eggs and have a good body size.

She may have gotten a sprained leg while getting mounted. They can also get crushed while mating.

 

[Tikkijane]

Only place I knew of, sorry!  Are their prices reasonable, because we were going to go buy some we're just about out?  We picked up a few, I don't know if they're bales the rectangles tied together, when we bought all that composted horse manure for the raised beds.  The animals go crazy for it.



I just came across this little article.  Thoughts???  I kinda want to try now just to see...
http://www.motherearthnews.com/home...ed-chicken-eggs-zmaz74zhol.aspx#axzz34zMlvHJP

That is hooey. I set ALL round eggs and over half are male. It does not work. Wrt temps, I think it was higher heat should hatch females? ?

 

[Tikkijane]

I collect eggs everyday, but it's super hot.
Has anyone had eggs not being sat on just start developing when it's 95-100 outside?
My only fertile eggs would be duck, but I'd hate to unknowingly give someone a duck egg that had started.
I accidently opened a turkey egg that started in the frying pan, it was awful!

There was a lady who said she left her silkie eggs on the counter with temps over 80- she set them a week later and they hatched a week early....