North Carolina

[BHep]

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So thats how it works? LOL Wonder if my kids would believe that one.

eta: p.s. I got 11 eggs today! Thats a new record here. Lazy bunch of freeloader!
p.s.s. found mine in a basket...not in the garden.

 

[DaddysChickens]

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I just empty a bag of medium-sized play-sand into my chicken yard. It seems to be sufficient for "grit".

-Junkmanme-

Ok, that sounds like a plan. Now if I can just keep my daughter out of it. I also have a quary near by and was thinking of goind down there and asking for some granite screenings...

 

[Billyj]

ok Listen to this. I am a middle school science teacher in North Carolina, and one of my previous students (in high school now) went to the regional science fair. What is so special about that you ask? Well her project was on hatching times of chicken eggs. Again not so special right? Well to make a long story short, she placed several eggs in panty hose, and some not, and incubated together. All eggs were from same hen and everything. It was a plain old hovabator type incubator. After 15 days, she took the eggs out of the panty hose and continued as normal. This was done several times, and low and behold, the eggs that started out in the hose hatched a full day early (day 20) each time. Cool I thought. After the science fair, she did the experiment again and same results. It was also discovered that eggs that were, or had a slight crack in them, were not affected by the crack. Just thought I would share some cool things that our kids from our state is doing in school. Plus I wanted to brag about one of my former students. But how cool is that. Next time I have some eggs to incubate, I am going to try this for myself.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thats really cool Billyj, and you should be proud of one of you previous students... but what happened to the chicks she hatched? I hope they got a good home..

I love to hear about young people being involved in something that has to do with animals. Keep them going in the right direction

 

[BookWorm243]

Had a beautiful day today but this wind is horrible. Had 30 mile an hour winds today they died down for awhile but they are starting back up, Hope we don't blow away!

 

[DaddysChickens]

I have a question...Imagine that...At teh show in morganton the other day, I noticed most of the chickens had some type of band and somtimes multiple colors of bands...What do these represent?

 

[Matt A NC]

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The silver metal bands are the NPIP bands to signify that bird was tested.

The other bands are for the individual breeder to keep tract of birds. Blood line, hatch time/date/year, matings used, etc. A high end breeder may hatch 200 chicks of the same breed and color each year. They need to keep tract of who is who.

Matt

 

[Greenskeeper]

Dont tell my girls!!!!! They think those where for Valentines! lol My kids like there plastic Markers. I put two on the same leg, knowing a few would try pulling them off.1 hen (Shoelace) did pull one off but seems to be sporting the single! The others could care less! Conan is to proud to look down to notice!

 

[BHep]

we have 4 pips and 1 slow zip

They are more runner ducks

 

[Greenskeeper]

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yeah!!!!!