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The first Bielefelder eggs to make it to lockdown are set to hatch this Saturday. The first 3 were all clears, but in the second setting of 5, 4 are now in the hatcher. Last year I had good fertility but poor hatching with the eggs I bought. I'm hoping that does not happen this year.

The first BCM eggs are in this group too.
 
Auroradream26 said:
We have a hen chilling out on a chair in the living room tonight. I found miss Henny Penny pushed up against the corner in one of the nest boxes earlier. She's about 5 years old and doesn't lay anymore. We adopted her from our neighbors last spring when they decided they didn't want chickens anymore. Penny was a special one to them but they couldn't keep just one chicken so we took her in.
I'm not sure if she's going to make it through the night. She seems unwilling to get up at all or move and keeps falling asleep despite the noise of the kids and tv. I can't find anything wrong with her
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sorry she is ailing, I agree with McC, it may be just her time and if you provide her a comfortable spot to rest she may rally or at least be able to be pass peacefully.

There are countless problems she could have without outward signs, as a spent layer I would suspect a reproductive cancer or egg peritonitis if maybe she has had some internal laying as her egging system shut down... birds just don't show symptoms until they are so far gone, it is so frustrating for those who want to help
 
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fisherlady said:
sorry she is ailing, I agree with McC, it may be just her time and if you provide her a comfortable spot to rest she may rally or at least be able to be pass peacefully.
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MotorcycleChick said:
I'm sorry, Aurora. Just hold her and let her go peacefully. (((Hugs)))
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Thanks guys. She spent the evening sleeping on the recliner in the living room snuggled up with a towel. She's still the same, though she does complain to me if I move her. Not like a painful complain but more of an annoyed complain. I couldn't leave her in the living room all night so I put a towel in the bottom of the bathtub in our room and put her in it. She's all fluffed up now and only took about a half a bite of food this evening. She's as comfortable as I can make her now.
 
jacobashearer said:
Does anyone know where to get cheap mealworms in york pa?
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Cheapest, either live or dried, will be online (Amazon or eBay). As mentioned, growing your own may end up being the very cheapest (I assume your labor costs are 0).
I was looking to dried mealworms and found dried Soldier Fly larvae that was supposed to be a great substitute, and slightly cheaper. My turkeys have no idea what to do with them and the jury is still out on how the chickens like them, I haven't had much time to feed and observe.

I can tell you what my birds adore this time of year:
1. pumpins or gourds, chopped in half - they eat everything down to a husk
2. regular feed put into a bowl and made wet, once they understand what is in the bowl they come running at the mere sight of that bowl
3. hardboiled (or scrambled) eggs - I mash these up with water and add feed on top so they have to hunt for the egg

All of these are cheaper than mealworms and (I think) just as appreciated.
 

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