NY chicken lover!!!!

[SunnysideupstateNY]

I thought it was you ?
Did you mention your broodys were driving you nuts? in & out of different nest boxes ?
I just meant to add ..that blood sugar also plays a role
Yes hormones of course do play into their crazinesss also .
By hand feeding / giving water to my newest broody I have seen her eyes lose that glazed / zombie look . She is famished when I feed her
Yesterday she was setting on 3 eggs . So someone kicked her out to lay in that box ..she returned to the right box this time .( I havent checked today yet LOL )
I have heard of hens that are broody losing weight because they dont eat ..so I make sure they have that nourishment that they are missing by setting 24/7 .

I fixed that problem last week. She has her own food and water. No one can kick her out. But that wasn't the post you quoted so I was confused to what you addressing.

I was talking about water candling eggs, where you let the egg float in water, if it wobbles the egg is still viable.

 

[kimmerjo]

I am so sad! I had looked up the regulations and thought chickens were approved, but I guess we are ONE STREET too far for the Town of Ellicott (West Ellicott) to allow chickens! So I have to cancel our chick order! My husband called the code officer today to verify and he said "no livestock" because we are the last road in the residential district. I am so disheartened!! If anyone is in the Lakewood/Jamestown area and would like some free brooder supplies, I have bought a lamp/grit, etc. So very sad.

So sorry I live near Sinclairville

 

[melbu23]

Yup....time to eat whats eating your eggs.

Well the little monsters are moved out to the coop with the brats. I have a barrier up and everybody is checking out everybody. Amazing to see how different they are at four weeks apart. The brats look like giants next to the little monsters. I counted at least 8 roos among the brats and thats 7 too many. Also figure that out of the 30 monsters at least half are roos. Looks like my pantry will have quite a few jars of canned chicken! Airing out the brooder so I can fix it up for the silkies to use and get rid of the box. Dust patrol is never ending. Hatching is done once my blues hatch out. It got warm today and the little black flys are out. I hate them. Mosquitoes are worse. Time to go make dinner.

Ta ta for now.

I am interested in canning chicken - just bought a pressure canner for my birthday last year but so far only canned applesauce. I will have to check this out. Intrigued!

 

[County Boy]

Just had to share some of picures of these new chicks.
4 Mille Fleur Bantam, 1 MF split to mottled, and 1 Lemon Blue


Lemon Blue (99.9% sure it a pullet)


MF/ Mottled (Cockerel)


4 Mille Fleur

 

[dragonlord483]

Well sad news I list 5 hens and maybe a duck due to fox I'm hoping that Josh might be able to hatch some for ne they got 2 br bantam s a lb Leghorn 2 silky s and possibly rouen duck and ee no evidence of them 2

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

My frizzle laid an egg today! I thought it was from my d'uccle, but later in the afternoon she was in and out of all the nest boxes. I thought that she may be looking for a place to go broody in. I went in the house to get her the last few eggs that she had laid to put where she was sitting, but when I came back out she had laid an egg, so I knew that the little one that was there when I got out this morning had to be from the frizzle!

 

[melbu23]

Well sad news I list 5 hens and maybe a duck due to fox I'm hoping that Josh might be able to hatch some for ne they got 2 br bantam s a lb Leghorn 2 silky s and possibly rouen duck and ee no evidence of them 2

oh that suck. I am so sorry! That is my biggest fear once they go outside as we have foxes and many other predators around us.

 

[dragonlord483]

If I get a hold of him in x got 2 br bantam eggs and either br bantam too over lb Leghorn or SSH and a duck egg

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote:
oh okay ...it was a after thought ...sorry . it was easier to just add it to your post than go back & find the other one .
Ive never watered a egg..I let the broody decide which ones are good .
Ive heard of testing if a egg is bad to eat ...if it doesn't float in a glass of water, then it's good.
Never heard of testing it for chickies

 

[Gramma Chick]

Well sad news I list 5 hens and maybe a duck due to fox I'm hoping that Josh might be able to hatch some for ne they got 2 br bantam s a lb Leghorn 2 silky s and possibly rouen duck and ee no evidence of them 2

So Sorry ..I hate foxes ! do your chickens free range or were they in the coop / run ?
Ours are not out unless we are home ...We learned our lesson we lost 2 to a fox ..