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Eeeeee! My first egg.
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My Mac laid it. She was acting kinda funny today. Found her in the nesting box then going from box to box - really restless. Left her alone for a while and found this. She was so proud of herself as I am of her.
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Doing my fist incubation. 5 eggs, 2 speckled Sussex and 3 speckled Sussex/red sex link mixes. This is a beginning to a new obsession..LOL Hubby thought I only had 2 eggs in there then asked how we ended up with 5!
 
tpolinsk said:


Eeeeee! My first egg.
celebrate.gif
My Mac laid it. She was acting kinda funny today. Found her in the nesting box then going from box to box - really restless. Left her alone for a while and found this. She was so proud of herself as I am of her.
love.gif
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Yay! Congrats!!

kada6305 said:
Doing my fist incubation. 5 eggs, 2 speckled Sussex and 3 speckled Sussex/red sex link mixes. This is a beginning to a new obsession..LOL Hubby thought I only had 2 eggs in there then asked how we ended up with 5!
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Oooh, SS are so neat looking! Good luck with the incubation! DH wanted to know how we were only supposed to have 20 CX chicks and wound up with 26.....
 
wingstone said:
When he said he would give it a try if he had the info, he meant by the acre, my research shows a heavy seed rate, would need 50 pound bags...
Thinking he also meant enough to make it worthwhile for the combine to come in and take it off...

I would also need to know how to store this by the ton

Could pea's be put in for a overwinter crop, planted in the fall after tobacco comes off, ...these are the things he asked me, and I can not answer.
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I've never grown field peas, but regular peas won't survive the winter like wheat. Black-eyed peas are very popular field peas in the south, and they may double crop them with other things down there, I don't know. I remember eating them when I lived in GA and wasn't that impressed, but then many southern dishes didn't appeal to me. I did like the fried chicken and peach cobbler.
 
PlaidBattleAxe said:
Yay! Congrats!!

Oooh, SS are so neat looking! Good luck with the incubation! DH wanted to know how we were only supposed to have 20 CX chicks and wound up with 26.....
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We are up to 6 eggs now. no more eggs. Lets see if he notices this one ;) I keep telling him it's our first hatch so maybe a 50% hatch rate. Although I am hoping for better hatch rate- he doesn't need to know that!
 
wingstone said:
When he said he would give it a try if he had the info, he meant by the acre, my research shows a heavy seed rate, would need 50 pound bags...
Thinking he also meant enough to make it worthwhile for the combine to come in and take it off...

I would also need to know how to store this by the ton

Could pea's be put in for a overwinter crop, planted in the fall after tobacco comes off, ...these are the things he asked me, and I can not answer.
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Here ya' go
http://www.rohrerseeds.com/WINDHAM-WINTER-PEAS-50-LB-BAG/item/7573150

Problem is, deer love them. Guessing they could be spring planted. Have no idea how to harvest, combine, I assume.
 
My peeps said:
Grrrr. The last week or so I've been getting less and less eggs. I've noticed wet yolk in the nest boxes. At first I thought maybe a shell less egg but now it's happening everyday. What do I do to stop an egg eater? I have no idea who is doing it! They have plenty of food and nest boxes (they just all like to use the same one!). 
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I hear that ceramic eggs can do the trick.

Wing, they do look like Anconas a bit, but they're not. Best I can remember was 'probably mixes, maybe some purebred in there'. Unfortunately...I forget what breeds they mentioned. I blame the memory loss on my age. They are cute as all get out. Now I know why you people keep these pooping machines.

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Hi! We are in north east PA, can we join? This is our first time raising chickens & we are loving it! We started with 3 brown leghorns & 3 white silkies. Then a few weeks later got 6 EE. Now we also have a blue Marans , a bantam mix, 4 lavender orps, & 1 buff Orp. (Chicken math, no one warned us, lol!) We also have 3 khaki cambells. We love the idea of the PA thread, as none of our friends or relatives "get us" keeping & loving chickens. They all kind of Shake their heads & figure we'regoing through a mid life crisis. Lol
 

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