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[Beer can]

Happy day, first welsummer egg! Not as dark or as spotted as I was hoping for but it's her first and bigger than the brown leghorn and eegrs that have been laying for a couple months. Thought she was going to wait till spring, she is around thirty weeks old. Not using any lights either.

 

[rancher hicks]

@Gramma Chick
I've watched a lot of vids on it and yes it does seem cruel but compared to how the crush the scrotum of bull calves, slice them off on pigs, or dock the tails on dogs all with no anesthesia, it doesn't seem that bad.
The main concern is infection. I do plan on finishing with corn and milk hear it helps. The main reason I want capons though is I plan on having a good size flock with many roos and I don't plan on segregating them from the rest of the flock, don't want the fighting or them taking advantage of the hens. I had several roos of different breeds last yr and had to butcher them sooner than I wanted because of what they were doing to the girls, one roo is enough. I still averaged three and a half and four pounds dressed. I can't segregate because I'm going to be raiseing a few different breeds and keeping them seperate is going to be hard enough.

Well don't put me down for any of those.

 

[rancher hicks]

Happy day, first welsummer egg! Not as dark or as spotted as I was hoping for but it's her first and bigger than the brown leghorn and eegrs that have been laying for a couple months. Thought she was going to wait till spring, she is around thirty weeks old. Not using any lights either.

Long as the yolk is nice and yeller, what does it matter? You don't eat the shells anyhow. Or do you?

 

[horsekeeper]

Well don't put me down for any of those.

Always the comedian; made me laugh.

 

[Beer can]

Long as the yolk is nice and yeller, what does it matter?  You don't eat the shells anyhow. Or do you?  

I just wanted dark eggs, and wellies were cheaper and lay more than marans. I've read that if they are bred for it you can get them as dark as a marans, with spots. Hear it makes them lay fewer eggs though
Heck yeah they are super yellow yolks, almost orange, if you scamble them the scrambled egg is yellow, don't get that with store bought!
Eat the shells? I always wanted to when I was younger. Ever watch Hulk Hogan make his power shake back in the day? He threw a bunch of raw eggs shells and all, along with spinich and a whole bunch of other stuff in a blender and drank it raw, always wanted to try it when I was a kid so I could have big muscles like him Lol!

 

[boskelli1571]

I just wanted dark eggs, and wellies were cheaper and lay more than marans. I've read that if they are bred for it you can get them as dark as a marans, with spots. Hear it makes them lay fewer eggs though
Heck yeah they are super yellow yolks, almost orange, if you scamble them the scrambled egg is yellow, don't get that with store bought!
Eat the shells? I always wanted to when I was younger. Ever watch Hulk Hogan make his power shake back in the day? He threw a bunch of raw eggs shells and all, along with spinich and a whole bunch of other stuff in a blender and drank it raw, always wanted to try it when I was a kid so I could have big muscles like him Lol!

I was given 2 Marans' and told to expect dark, chocolate eggs - never happened. The Wellies lay by far the, darker, prettier egg.

 

[Beer can]

I was given 2 Marans' and told to expect dark, chocolate eggs - never happened. The Wellies lay by far the, darker, prettier egg.

Good to hear, wellies are one of the breeds I want to stick with. I've always been a RIR fan cause of their superior egg laying. But I like the personality of the wellies better and their roos are prettier also.

 

[rancher hicks]

I just wanted dark eggs, and wellies were cheaper and lay more than marans. I've read that if they are bred for it you can get them as dark as a marans, with spots. Hear it makes them lay fewer eggs though
Heck yeah they are super yellow yolks, almost orange, if you scamble them the scrambled egg is yellow, don't get that with store bought!
Eat the shells? I always wanted to when I was younger. Ever watch Hulk Hogan make his power shake back in the day? He threw a bunch of raw eggs shells and all, along with spinich and a whole bunch of other stuff in a blender and drank it raw, always wanted to try it when I was a kid so I could have big muscles like him Lol!

Well now I have marans and I'm not sure why Wellies are cheaper. I do like them though. Some disagree but all this breeding stuff sometimes throws off the dual in the dual purpose. Egg color is nice but not my primary reason for keeping chickens.

As for Hulk? I had a coworker once who said you ate egg shells if you had pin worms. Well as far as I know I've never had them, so I wouldn't really know.

Raw eggs from the farm are less likely to give you disease and are healthier, though some folks are thick headed and don't believe the research. I have friends who put them in their smoothies.

 

[rancher hicks]

Good to hear, wellies are one of the breeds I want to stick with. I've always been a RIR fan cause of their superior egg laying. But I like the personality of the wellies better and their roos are prettier also.

Rhodes are nice. The reds. Did you know that whites are no relation to the reds?

I figure some breeds don't hold up to their reputation. It depends on the line. Which is why I figure some folks are disappointed with certain breeds.

 

[Beer can]

Rhodes are nice. The reds.  Did you know that whites are no relation to the reds?  

I figure some breeds don't hold up to their reputation.  It depends on the line.  Which is why I figure some folks are disappointed with certain breeds. 

Yeah, a lot of different breeds that have whites are 'sports' lucky offspring of the original bred to stay white. Not the case with RIwhites, actualy a different breed, I think it is the same with the different colors of chanteclers also right? Even the different colors of leghorns I think came from mix breeding.
I think I had production RIReds they laid a gazzillion eggs! Even right through winter. If it wasn't for a chance visit on the BYC's site as a lurker I probably would have gotten them again. Who would've thought there was so many awesome breeds of chickens out there? I want like thirty different breeds! But back down to earth, I think I can handle four or five seperate breeds.