Our introduction to keeping chickens, the high's, the lows and pics of our journey.

[vehve]

I'm happy to report that Veera's suspected broodiness seems to have been a false alarm. I think she was just having trouble pushing out the eggs at the insane pace she was keeping. The last few days of her 12 day run she took 2 hours to lay an egg, and it was happening later in the day every day. Yesterday she took a break though, and today, a bit after eight in the morning, we heard the egg song sound from the coop again, and Veera had produced another egg, this time not playing feathered incubator on top of it.

I also gave my composter a makeover today. Sort of blends into the background better now.

 

[Fancychooklady]

It takes 25 hours for the egg to form so each day they will lay an hour or so later until it is too late for them to lay and they will retain that one and lay it the next morning. So rest assured your veera is normal.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/2/formation-of-the-egg

 

[vehve]

It takes 25 hours for the egg to form so each day they will lay an hour or so later until it is too late for them to lay and they will retain that one and lay it the next morning. So rest assured your veera is normal.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/2/formation-of-the-egg

She's not completely following the 25 hours rule though, she started her 12 day run by laying at around 9-10 in the morning, and finished by laying around 4-5 in the afternoon on the last day.

*Edit* And I take offence in you calling her normal, she's our super duper eggstraordinary girl

 

[Bens-Hens]

They are all eggstraordinary...except our Wynadotte, she is not so egganything.

I ran into an old friend yesterday, his family have raised chickens on a commercial scale for years. I got to chatting and asked what they were keeping these days.

They used to keep meaties, but now have a 'Isa Kindergarten' The had just got in 15,000 day old Isa's, a month after a 30,000 shipment. They are barn raised from day old to 16 weeks, and then sold to the egg companies that either free range, barn or cage them as commercial egg layers.

I had not considered that there were farms out there that were basically 'growers' of birds. The egg places don't want o invest the time to raise them and the hatcheries only want to sell day old. Thats where farms like these guys come in, raising the birds like some sort of school prior to point of lay.

I found it quite interesting to learn.

 

[vehve]

They are all eggstraordinary...except our Wynadotte, she is not so egganything.

I ran into an old friend yesterday, his family have raised chickens on a commercial scale for years. I got to chatting and asked what they were keeping these days.

They used to keep meaties, but now have a 'Isa Kindergarten' The had just got in 15,000 day old Isa's, a month after a 30,000 shipment. They are barn raised from day old to 16 weeks, and then sold to the egg companies that either free range, barn or cage them as commercial egg layers.

I had not considered that there were farms out there that were basically 'growers' of birds. The egg places don't want o invest the time to raise them and the hatcheries only want to sell day old. Thats where farms like these guys come in, raising the birds like some sort of school prior to point of lay.

I found it quite interesting to learn.

That's something I hadn't thought about, it's interesting, but sort of opens your eyes to how unpersonal the food production business has become at the same time.

Have you figured out who your new layer is yet?

 

[ozexpat]

Its hard to name then all when you have 30000

 

[vehve]

Its hard to name then all when you have 30000

Not really, you have Chicken 1, Chicken 2, Chicken 3, ..., and Bob.

 

[lindz8504]

Ya'll crack me up! (How's that for an accent)
Ben commented a while back on a video I had posted about my accent. Funny that the subject has come up again. I gotsome surprising colors today! And a pic of my momma RSL.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Ya'll crack me up! (How's that for an accent)
Ben commented a while back on a video I had posted about my accent. Funny that the subject has come up again. I gotsome surprising colors today! And a pic of my momma RSL.

Lol, that makes me think of Ellie -Mae Clampet. " Y-all come back now ere "
Lovely egg basket you have.

 

[lindz8504]

Ya'll crack me up! (How's that for an accent)
Ben commented a while back on a video I had posted about my accent. Funny that the subject has come up again. I gotsome surprising colors today! And a pic of my momma RSL.

Lol, that makes me think of Ellie -Mae Clampet. " Y-all come back now ere "
Lovely egg basket you have.

Lol. I definitely have a southern drawl