I love that "Dexter" has a name! Looks like it keeps thing nice and toasty.
I am so behind on post I can't possibly go back and read them all! Hope everyone had a very safe and warm Holiday.
Okay, it's January, and I'm dreaming of baby chickies.... Is Febuary too early to start? That's my plan on when to get the little chirpers. Will anyone have any little peepers around that time? I am looking for day old chicks. As far as breed goes, I want them fat, fairly decent egg layers, and friendly. Not necessarily in that order of importance.. So excited! And so are my neighbors, my family, little children, my parrots (maybe).
Stay warm everybody!
I am looking for Buff Orps, Barred Rocks, really not too particular since this is my first go round and I am chicken ignorant anyways. My main concern is for health and friendly birds, my secondary (or thirdly, but who's counting?) concern is for decent egg laying. I only need four, and I need an "exchange plan" or option in case I get a roo. I don't want one yet and my neighbors say no (obviously!)
I believe it is a blood spot in the egg, and just happens now and then. I get one like once in a while from local egg lady (Shoutout to RosesChicks!). I eat and no bad results, except maybe that I want more eggs.Not sure which hen is laying the egg but it's a brown speckled one and inside it always has red hard spots. What is it? Safe to eat or not? I've been tossing them.[/IMG] anything I can do to stop it from happening? Dietary changes, etc.
What re you hatching? Please see my notes from above!
Yay! They've been coming in for me too! Poo to budget cuts this year, can't buy much, particularly with Chickies on the way... Wink wink....
I really could not believe my eyes when I pulled the mail from the mailbox....
I got a seed catalog !!!
I love that "Dexter" has a name! Looks like it keeps thing nice and toasty.
I am so behind on post I can't possibly go back and read them all! Hope everyone had a very safe and warm Holiday.
Okay, it's January, and I'm dreaming of baby chickies.... Is Febuary too early to start? That's my plan on when to get the little chirpers. Will anyone have any little peepers around that time? I am looking for day old chicks. As far as breed goes, I want them fat, fairly decent egg layers, and friendly. Not necessarily in that order of importance.. So excited! And so are my neighbors, my family, little children, my parrots (maybe).
Stay warm everybody!
I got 3 so far already..
I really could not believe my eyes when I pulled the mail from the mailbox....
I got a seed catalog !!!
I got one too, was yours Johnny's? I never ordered it but somehow got it anyway.
I get these sometimes and I researched it once myself. It's just some blood, and it's supposedly safe. I eat eggs like this and I'm still livingNot sure which hen is laying the egg but it's a brown speckled one and inside it always has red hard spots. What is it? Safe to eat or not? I've been tossing them.[/IMG] anything I can do to stop it from happening? Dietary changes, etc.
My flock is mixed & will lay a rainbow of egg colors. I got 2 barred chicks this last hatch which could be either the barred rock or cuckoo marans coming through from the original flock my ee & oe came from. I usually get a really wide variety of feather color too. If you are looking for brown layers I can't guarantee that. What I can guarantee is a rainbow if colors in eggs & feathers both. All of my birds are plump, remotely friendly & lay pretty well. Most also lay pretty good sized eggs too. I have a buff orp who lays a small egg. Everyone else lays large to extra large. The buff orp's eggs hatch well though. I usually end up with several of her chicks in each hatch. They are always light colored so I can tell which they are too.I am looking for Buff Orps, Barred Rocks, really not too particular since this is my first go round and I am chicken ignorant anyways. My main concern is for health and friendly birds, my secondary (or thirdly, but who's counting?) concern is for decent egg laying. I only need four, and I need an "exchange plan" or option in case I get a roo. I don't want one yet and my neighbors say no (obviously!)I believe it is a blood spot in the egg, and just happens now and then. I get one like once in a while from local egg lady (Shoutout to RosesChicks!). I eat and no bad results, except maybe that I want more eggs.Not sure which hen is laying the egg but it's a brown speckled one and inside it always has red hard spots. What is it? Safe to eat or not? I've been tossing them.[/IMG] anything I can do to stop it from happening? Dietary changes, etc.What re you hatching? Please see my notes from above!Yay! They've been coming in for me too! Poo to budget cuts this year, can't buy much, particularly with Chickies on the way... Wink wink....
My mom has a greenhouse & a sun porch. Granny has a Florida room. Both of them start everything inside in those little peat pellet things & then transfer them to little pots or yogurt cups until time to go outside. Window sils work for those without special rooms...lolit almost feels like seed catalogs come so early just to torture us... makes me want to go get some soil and plant something........what can I plant this earlyI got 3 so far already..
