Okies in the BYC The Original

[poultryand bees]

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Yes it is, very cool. And out of a red hen with yellow legs and no sign of tufts or muffs and a single comb. When I found the first one I was just a tad amazed that she showed no indication of the gene for the green eggs.

Check this out.

http://reocities.com/Petsburgh/6624/

Thanks, Les
I bookmarked that page so I can re-read it later. It is interesting to think that a silkie can be developed that lays a blue egg. I guess since the naked neck, pea comb and blue egg gene are closely related, I am not that crazy in my thinking about developing a NN EE.

 

[okcarla]

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Yes it is, very cool. And out of a red hen with yellow legs and no sign of tufts or muffs and a single comb. When I found the first one I was just a tad amazed that she showed no indication of the gene for the green eggs.

Check this out.

http://reocities.com/Petsburgh/6624/

Thanks, Les
I bookmarked that page so I can re-read it later. It is interesting to think that a silkie can be developed that lays a blue egg. I guess since the naked neck, pea comb and blue egg gene are closely related, I am not that crazy in my thinking about developing a NN EE.

I think I'll try for a blue frizzle naked neck olive-egger!

 

[muesky]

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Thanks, Les
I bookmarked that page so I can re-read it later. It is interesting to think that a silkie can be developed that lays a blue egg. I guess since the naked neck, pea comb and blue egg gene are closely related, I am not that crazy in my thinking about developing a NN EE.

I think I'll try for a blue frizzle naked neck olive-egger!

Thanks for the link, I think I am going to have nightmares. The idea of a blue egg laying showgirl is intriging though.

 

[muesky]

Just thought I would jump on real quick and see how everyone is doing. Yesterday was an interesting day. Got up, made pancakes for Uli and I (blueberry pancakes

, sorry no pics), then a friend called and while I am talking to her Stella runs in and her eye is all messed up. After a $100 trip to the vet, her eye had been scratched so I have to put medicine on it twice a day for a week now. Give ya two guesses how it happened and she will still not leave the cats alone.

Found out my order from Ideal is coming a week early

. Now I need to get everthing rearranged quicker. I lost my white sultan roo Sam, pretty sure it was heat stroke. He was a wonderful guy and I am going to miss him alot but where the powers take away they give back and I found a cochin baby under the co-brooders. Anyone interested in it. I believe it is black cochin and either mottled or barred cochin X. Sure is cute and healthy. Rearranged the birds from one grow-out pen to the other and have new transition area set up for new birds coming in. Worked on the yard a bit and the new coop. Plus cleaned inside, surprising all that can happen in a day.

Well there are tons of things to get done. To all the BYCer's have a wonderful day!

 

[GracefulBantams]

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Is this for the Blanchard auction? I am going to update my auction list with this information, but I cannot remember which auction you run

 

[Buster52]

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Is this for the Blanchard auction? I am going to update my auction list with this information, but I cannot remember which auction you run

It's for the Blanchard auction that alternates 2nd and 4th Saturdays.

Depressing news, actually.

 

[FunChick]

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You are doing great Peaches! hang in there!

 

[FunChick]

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That is the main reason that most don't see soft shelled eggs. I recon it happens pretty regular in every laying flock but the hens eat them. Laying an egg is a complicated process and they just don't always get it right.

Chickens eating eggs, LOL I hope they don't get mad chicken disease

. five years ago when I had chickens I had an egg eater but she would go into the nest boxes and eat one ofter the other till she had broke all she could find I had 12 hens at the time and never did figure out which one it was

I think they call that soft shelled egg a slipped egg or a rubber egg...I have one in my flock that does it every so often--not all the time. As I understand it, it is largely a genetic disorder, so these hens shouldn't be your breeders.

By the way, I always hard boil any unused or old eggs, or eggs that we can't eat if the hens are medicated and/or we are in an egg withdrawal period. Then I run the hard boiled eggs through a food grinder (got mine for $10 at an antiques store) with the shell and all and feed it back to the hens. They love it, and the calcium from the shells helps the hens get the calcium they need anyway. They just gobble that stuff up! It really looks like a land-shark feeding frenzy when I put it out there! You could lose a finger!

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

Morning BYC'ers Muesky sorry for your loss. Looks like I am gonna be in for a hot one I lost a Bird to heat stroke as well Its been a nightmare trying to keep the cornish rock alive threw these heat waves but one loss in 1 month or 2 in't to bad cant complain to much.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Murphy's Law strikes again

It is sort of like saying "it can't get any worse" because of course - it certainly can - sometimes in ways beyond our wildest imagination.