NY chicken lover!!!!

[Lynzi777]

Morning All
Not much going on, just about to head outside to feed all the bunnies. I got a new pair of mini satins this weekends and they are the softest things I've ever felt. I'm really excited to have them and possibly show them this year.
Nothing new on the chicken front. Stella stopped laying all of a sudden.

Not sure what that's all about. Haven't gotten an egg from her in three days. However Nervous Nancy should be laying any day now. Both my Orps started laying at 6 months old and that's the age she's about to be. I'd really love to try hatching some eggs from her and Gru and see if I get anymore Splash Orps. I think that would be so cool if I did. But she's so neurotic out there I doubt Gru will ever get a hold of her. She's constantly sprinting around out there at nothing. I would say the drop of the leaf but I mean, nothing! Not sure what her deal is and if she'll ever calm down. she is getting big though! She's about the size of Stella now and she's not even full grown. So it looks like she'll definitely be bigger than her.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. This weather is starting to bring me down. I need more sun in my days!

 

[marquisella]

It just dawned on me as I was feeding this morning. If I had that many fertile eggs, I guess the Poulan feed is working after all.

 

[JLaw]

Man just had to go check all my girls and make sure none had a prolapsed vent. I just had a 5 ounce egg. 141 grams is what that would equal. Here are some pics. I was thinking a triple or quad yolk but was an egg within an egg. From looks of inner egg looks like the golden cuckoo maran laid it. Checked all reds and gcm I know my light Sussex don't lay that dark.

egg on left is my leg horn thing brown to right is a pullet the white in back is my daughters ancona pullet egg.


yes I haven't cleared my desk yet 12 ounce can to compare






should have taken more didn't notice flash was right at the marker for ounces


Egg within an egg.


Had to open second egg to make sure my hen didn't think she was Russian and making Matryoshka dolls lol.

 

[Xovan]

If I opened that one with out my girls there to see it I would be afraid to sleep at night!!

 

[Gramma Chick]

It just dawned on me as I was feeding this morning. If I had that many fertile eggs, I guess the Poulan feed is working after all.

I was thinking that the Rooster was Working after all

LOL

 

[Gramma Chick]

Man just had to go check all my girls and make sure none had a prolapsed vent. I just had a 5 ounce egg. 141 grams is what that would equal. Here are some pics. I was thinking a triple or quad yolk but was an egg within an egg. From looks of inner egg looks like the golden cuckoo maran laid it. Checked all reds and gcm I know my light Sussex don't lay that dark.

egg on left is my leg horn thing brown to right is a pullet the white in back is my daughters ancona pullet egg.


yes I haven't cleared my desk yet 12 ounce can to compare

COOL EGG ! you need to get rid of temptation ! that is 1/2 the battle .
Have you told your wife ? She can help !

 

[marquisella]

Quote: Yes, true, but I think that all the chickens are in better health as well, ergo...fertile eggs. It wasn't just one breed, it was all of them.

 

[miquwid]

Man just had to go check all my girls and make sure none had a prolapsed vent. I just had a 5 ounce egg. 141 grams is what that would equal. Here are some pics. I was thinking a triple or quad yolk but was an egg within an egg. From looks of inner egg looks like the golden cuckoo maran laid it. Checked all reds and gcm I know my light Sussex don't lay that dark.

egg on left is my leg horn thing brown to right is a pullet the white in back is my daughters ancona pullet egg.


yes I haven't cleared my desk yet 12 ounce can to compare






should have taken more didn't notice flash was right at the marker for ounces


Egg within an egg.


Had to open second egg to make sure my hen didn't think she was Russian and making Matryoshka dolls lol.

Super cool I've seen that before in a video from the UK. Gotta love the female reproductive system it gets screwy sometimes LOL.

Lynzi when you can I want to see pics of stella and ur other one. My girl goldlyn is buff orp that I got in hopes one day she would go broody. Anywho her and my jersey giant are so slow growing it's killing me LOL. I wonder how big Goldlyn will get. I think sumatra's are the way to go with being good mama's. We shall see. Congrats on the bunnies we are going to get some but they won't be pets.

 

[marquisella]

I have 3 black silkie hens that are always going broody...$10 each. I don't do black anymore. Actually 2 are black, the other is black split ot silver partridge.

 

[Lynzi777]

Lynzi when you can I want to see pics of stella and ur other one. My girl goldlyn is buff orp that I got in hopes one day she would go broody. Anywho her and my jersey giant are so slow growing it's killing me LOL. I wonder how big Goldlyn will get. I think sumatra's are the way to go with being good mama's. We shall see. Congrats on the bunnies we are going to get some but they won't be pets.

It took Stella a while to become as big as she is. I remember the end of the first year I got her I thought she was pretty much full grown and it wasn't until the following year that I noticed she had really filled out over the winter. That's why looking at the size of my blue girl already, I can tell she's going to be bigger than Stella. she's only 25wks and she's just about the size of Stella now.