NY chicken lover!!!!

[vmdanielsen]

Great thanks! I'll have to give them a call. I don't mind waiting. I looked it up and it's only (apparently) 47 minutes from my house so I could even drive back to get them. I would only bring 5 so I'm glad they don't have a minimum.

Good luck! Let me know how it works out for you. Ginny

 

[Sally8]

I dont think you have to worry about them being egg eaters when they first start laying. I dont collect eggs till I feed them after dinner and never had one eat the eggs that were laid in the morning. In fact the other day my Mom had the eggs in her pocket & one cracked & I told her to just drop it on the ground, shell & all. 2 of the girls ate it right up. I have done this with fart eggs before & I have never had a problem with them eating eggs even though I do this from time to time?

I'm hundreds of posts behind and am trying to catch up but I'll tell you what's happened. I've never fed my chickens raw eggs or the shells and after reading so much about it weeks ago, I started hand crumbling eggs that were either nasty, found on the ground, holes pecked in them etc (not that any of this happens much) and now I've caught 2 chickens eating eggs out of 2 different nests at the same time. Just pecking away at the egg.

Starting today, I'm collecting eggs as often as I think about it. Is it just coincidental? Makes me sick. I've been short eggs for several weeks now.

 

[Breella]

I'm hundreds of posts behind and am trying to catch up but I'll tell you what's happened. I've never fed my chickens raw eggs or the shells and after reading so much about it weeks ago, I started hand crumbling eggs that were either nasty, found on the ground, holes pecked in them etc (not that any of this happens much) and now I've caught 2 chickens eating eggs out of 2 different nests at the same time. Just pecking away at the egg.

Starting today, I'm collecting eggs as often as I think about it. Is it just coincidental? Makes me sick. I've been short eggs for several weeks now.

I was told to always cook the eggs before serving to the chickens to prevent this kind of behavior. On another egg related note, do chickens normally lay at a set time? Will they not usually lay infringing of a person? Today I was petting Frenchie and talking to er and she postured and laid an egg right in front of me. I thought it was cute. I started my full time job this week. I love it. Peaceful and quiet. Stay cool, drink water and check on your elderly neighbors.

 

[Overhill Flocks]

With all the ne'er do well, scary people talk on this thread, this is probably not the best time to introduce myself (hah!), but I'm in Tully in your neck of the woods, Chris and Lynzi. I'm new to chickens as an adult, but grew up with them on the family farm. Enjoying the experience so far. Our family has experience with and is aware of other livestock theft in our area -- two legged predators are by far my most serious concern at this point.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Sharing Fluffy Puffy's little brood. She's been broody for a year and I have the bites and bruises to prove it. I had 8 turkey eggs and a dozen welsummer eggs that I got at a swap in a styrofoam Farm Innovator incubator when my Brinsea arrived. I had been collecting Fluffy Puffy (silkie/bantam brahma cross I got from Tab and Travis last year) eggs for a week and a few silkie eggs and popped them into the Brinsea with the turkey eggs that I moved over. Disappointing welsummer hatch with only four, and the turkeys went into lockdown next. Meanwhile I got a dozen buff rock hatching eggs from Florida. Jeez, going to run out of brooders. So I quick set up a broody space for the little monster with a cardboard box and took her five partially incubated eggs down and slipped them under her. (More vicious bites) Then started thinking about what to do with the four remaining silkie eggs. Two hatched on day 22 when Fluffy's eggs all hatched and I wondered if the other two were any good. Candled and one of the eggs screamed, the other didn't look quite right. Stuffed everything into my shirt and carried them down to the coop in the middle of the day and slipped the two chicks and two eggs under Fluffy with a pip in one of the eggs. (more bites) The pipped egg hatched and I heaved the bad one the next day. Just saying that with all the concern of getting it just right to hatch anything, those eggs were totally abused and I think that some of the issue is about having healthy strong breeders. I was in and out of those incubators several times a day shuffling eggs and adjusting humidity. No different than a hen getting on and off the nest and moving the eggs around. Three of the buffs hatched. Most of the rest looked like the air cells ruptured or they were scrambled. Vowed to stop hatching and focus on building adequate housing for the rest of the summer even though someone local offered Narragansett turkey hatching eggs. (Keep telling myself no, no, no)

I get pretty good hatches if it is eggs from my hens I get 99-100% if they are mailed I am getting better than 75% on most of them. I have from cheap little giant to expensive Brinsea and rcom I get about the same rates with any of them I also play around in them too and have pulled eggs out on ld to candle. I have not had the grand experience of a broody hen yet I am sure eventually one of my birds will. Now I would have been all over those Narragansett turkey eggs that is a breed of turkey I want .

 

[Overhill Flocks]

Ok that's just weird. I'm with you on picking stuff up at night. It just seems shady to me. If I've got strangers coming here I want to be able to see everything going on.
With all this CL talk I'm glad you didn't come get the khakis Lynzi

On a completely different subject, I just figured out how to work the remote control that's built into my new phone. I can see where this could be fun

Chris

Meant to quote this thread in my previous post -- still figuring out how this forum works.

 

[Glasshen]

Hi Overhill, Welcome! I'm your neighbor too! And there's TOB...we're starting to have a stronghold here.

 

[Overhill Flocks]

Hi Overhill, Welcome! I'm your neighbor too! And there's TOB...we're starting to have a stronghold here.

Awesome! This forum is such a great thing -- who knew there were so many of us in the Southern Hills!

 

[Lynzi777]

With all the ne'er do well, scary people talk on this thread, this is probably not the best time to introduce myself (hah!), but I'm in Tully in your neck of the woods, Chris and Lynzi.  I'm new to chickens as an adult, but grew up with them on the family farm.  Enjoying the experience so far.   Our family has experience with and is aware of other livestock theft in our area -- two legged predators are by far my most serious concern at this point.

Welcome!! What kinds of chickens do you have??

 

[Lapeerian]

I have never used CL. I have great luck dealing eggs at yoga and the gym.!

Hubby is front desk/membership director at the local YMCA where he sells our eggs. Health nuts like homegrown eggs! Had another potential customer inquiry this week, but gotta wait till these young ones start laying. Any day now girls!!!