Okies in the BYC The Original

[Buckguy20]

Are those the same ones I tried to talk you out of last spring.
I wish I could buy them but I don't have an extra $100 left in my chicken budget. I have a friend building a house out by Wapanucka and I am sure I could get them to pick them up. I'll see what I can wangle.
What sale is he planning ont taking them too?

Thank you for the testimony as well.
Monty

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Arrgh!! I want them and I have no moneys until next weekend (next payday)!!! I could even come pick them up, 'cuz you don't live that far away.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Dizzy, what an awesome statement that Christ helped you through the loss of your child. We never know how strong He can really be for us until we are desperate for Him...and then He shines. Manna for the day...

Auction...still praying for your friends...they have a long road ahead of them.

Dizzy...P.S. Get a toxicology report on your hubby. He is either crazy or high to get rid of those wellies... they are gorgeous!! What awesome eggs!!!

 

[HennyPennies2007]

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(Note to self: I will not gripe about the weather... I will not gripe about the weather.....)

 

[dizzychicken]

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Yes, Monty, these are the same flock. He is taking them to the Farmers Market here in Atoka. It is right on the highway 69 & 75. My husband drives through Wapanucka every day going to work, so if you decide to snatch them up, let me know.

Your welcome. Any chance I get to glorify God, I take, He is worthy of it.

 

[poultryand bees]

One way to check a pullet to see if she is actually laying is to see how many fingers you can lay side by side between her pelvic bones in her vent area. When they start laying, the bones spread and to a large extent, you can also tell the size of egg being laid by how many fingers you can place next to each other between the bones. If there is only one finger width between the bones, they aren't laying yet, so you don't need to worry about looking for eggs hidden in bushes or tall grass or on the ground in the bottom of the round bale of hay from which you are feeding other animals (the favorite hiding place of my runner ducks).

nnbreeder - if there were only one skunk, I might learn to tolerate the loss of a few eggs each day. I think however that we have an entire family living on the property, judging by the number of eggs each day with bites out of the side. Someone recently told me how to de-scent a young skunk and if I find any more that are small enough, I may try that non-surgical procedure. I think the "baby skunks" in mama's current litter is now too large for me to practice on.

 

[dizzychicken]

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LOL, That is what I keep telling him, but I can't listen to another, why do I feed these birds if they aren't going to lay everyday. I tell him that not laying daily is a good thing because the eggs are the coveted darkness. But he refuses to listen and I am just tired of explaining. He wants to bring in the dreaded (A breed I don't care for) Rhode Island Reds. He has a huge waiting list of fresh egg orders from his co workers as well as my son's co workers and he is just fusturate with people begging him for fresh eggs. He was not allowed to sell my Wellies as I was getting 35 per dozen. He says we can make more selling fresh eating eggs then selling hatching eggs. I am going to submit (Kingdom authority thing), and let him do as he pleases and see how it works out.

They are truly gorgeous and I will miss them, but I still have my beloved EE's and blue rock babies.

 

[TJ's Na-Na]

Luvs - So how is Miss Claire doing today? That was an
adorable picture. The tiny little ones can scare you into next
week, but they're tough little cusses. My third son was
a little early and only weighed 5lbs 14 ozs and has ended
up being the biggest of the three, 6'2" !

Anxious to hear that Claire's Na-Na has gotten to cuddle her.

Have a good one !

 

[nnbreeder]

Dizzy if he is not going with a production breed what is the use of changing? Has he done any research on just what is the yearly average eggs that certain breeds lay?

It is very normal for a hen to lay five or six eggs and then rest for a day or two. They are laying a clutch to hatch. I have RIRs and they don't lay daily either, that's nature.

Does he realize a molt will throw them off the lay? If you want a constant supply of eggs there must be two seperate flocks of different ages. One young flock coming in to lay and an older flock that is getting ready to be cycled out. The production breeds were designed for constant laying but the down side to this is that health-wise they suffer for it. Reproductive problems such as egg-binding and internal tumors are frequent. Plus they will drop off egg production faster then the older breeds do.

Now if you were a mind to, hatch eggs from your best layers only and start selective breeding to create a line of good layers. It would take a couple of years to get a small flock going but any trait can be bred into or out of a flock if you are careful.

And one final question. How is he planning to compete with 66 cent eggs in the store?

 

[poultryand bees]

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The price of eggs in the store is why I have cut the size of my laying flock down to about 20 hens. They give me 12-18 eggs each day, which I can sell for $2.50 per dozen. I tried this past spring to raise my price, but they didn't sell well, even as a fund raiser at work. Since I am not willing to spend my time at a farmer's market to sell them (my time is worth something), I think $2.50 per dozen is about the most I can get from the folks at church and work.