Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Scrambles55]

wow... 11000 posts.

 

[BullChick]

I just saw my first opossum. It was standing right outside my back door. I thought it was going to come in! It wasn't bothered by me, the dog or the flashlight. Big thing!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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ummmm..I don't honestly know! There's about 23 in the egg coop.
26 pullets at just 5 weeks, my new layers for this year!
I also have 5 OEGB I hatched from my own, all red Pyle.
And 7 maran chicks from eggs I ordered last month.
Oh, and 9 silkie chicks from a friends FREE eggs, they were as old as 3 weeks!
He gave me 46 eggs, and 9 hatched! so about 70-80 total?
They come and go so often I lose track.
I sold all my extra GLW and am down to my original 3 adults, Red, Spike and Betsy. Kept 1 extra hen (to be named) thats super sweet.
The egg totals are from all the birds, Geese, ducks, turkeys quail. My guinea, peas and muscovy aren't at laying season yet.

One, One, today we laid One

The feeling I got as if the lottery I won,
I've been checking and checking to see when they lay
Imagine my surprise that today was the day
Some pie and treats and scratch galore
I'm hoping tomorrow brings me some more



It wasn't in the nest but it was on the floor right near the nest so I'm hoping they'll figure it out.
I've had fake eggs in the nest for a while now.
It's one of the Marans for sure but the one with the really red comb/wattles isn't squatting while the other one is... hmmmm

What's ironic is we were down to 1 egg in the fridge and I made DH buy another dozen yesterday.

Loved the poem!
Congrats! Mine are laying every other day now, finally! I found a Birchen Maran roo.
I am meeting a fellow Indiana BYCer to get the roo this weekend, she has one she doesn't want!

Quote: YAY! He is quite handsome, can't say I blame her

Silkies lay a light tan almost white egg, every egg I have set has a slightly different shade.
I hope my little Snow comes through soon!
She has taken a liking to the buff partridge roo, so hoping to have a nice batch of silkies soon.
He has an excellent personality, laid back and super sweet.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Wowzie!! That is a beautiful egg!! That is what I am looking for. If only Rumples would make up her mind about being broody. Maybe I will get 6 eggs just for giggles... although I know that I will stress out. After all... it is time for the Easter Egg hatch a long.

TWO... TWO... we got TWO eggs today.
Si is sitting on the nest...
Really trying to do her best..
We might get THREE today..... Hooray!!

Awesome! I get an egg or 2 more every day, ya spring!

Hey guys... still feel crappy, and now I'm losing my voice.

Congrats Clindz! I still have one Marans pullet, so maybe she will start laying soon. The cochins are not laying yet either... little moochers!

Not much else going on around here other than everyone sick and Ratchet being a bad dog! The littles are hitting the ugly, raggedy stage. I will try to get some pictures tomorrow.

Hope you feel better soon. Ratchet sounds like he is in stinker mode, hope he grows out of it quickly!

Quote: Ugh, get better wishes to you too!

my roo is an EE, and he's the only LF roo I've kept over the seasons. he's quite a big boy. we get along very well. lots of mutual respect...

Have you noticed once they mature, they seem to get that way? Red was a pure pistol, but now he is my tag along.
Really glad i kept him.

Very striking roo!

Rest up and feel better, Lindz and Scrambles.

I am so excited! Tomorrow, after work, I get to go pick up my CL eggs for the hatchalong! I hope they hatch.

Also, I tomorrow evening, after dark, I plan to go sneak the no-so-littles in the big girls' coop. Unless I chicken out. It's silly how excited I am to have the NYD chicks grow up and join the real flock.

Also, as of today, my chickens have laid 98 eggs. If both hens lay tomorrow, they will be at 100! Another silly thing, but one that makes me happy and grateful to them.

Hard to believe that two months ago I was whining at them for being freeloaders.

It goes fast. I still get nervous when they join the big coop! I have about a dozen going out in a week, so i have to do rooster duty this week.
At least its warmer out. The 4 boys in question are causing a lot of fights, time for them to go.

Just came in from locking up the coops. Doing nightly rounds. Found one of my chicks with his toe stuck in the run of the roost bar in the brooder coop. Not sure how longs he's been there either. But doesn't seen broke, just numb. He isn't holding his right wing or right foot to his body. Set him up in his own box in the brooder coop, with some water, and will see how he looks in the morning. *sigh*

Ugh, poor lil guy. Hopefully he will be fine.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

wow... 11000 posts.

Woohoo!

I just saw my first opossum. It was standing right outside my back door. I thought it was going to come in! It wasn't bothered by me, the dog or the flashlight. Big thing!

they are really bold. Nasty creatures too!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Very striking roo!

Rest up and feel better, Lindz and Scrambles.

I am so excited! Tomorrow, after work, I get to go pick up my CL eggs for the hatchalong! I hope they hatch.

Also, I tomorrow evening, after dark, I plan to go sneak the no-so-littles in the big girls' coop. Unless I chicken out. It's silly how excited I am to have the NYD chicks grow up and join the real flock.

Also, as of today, my chickens have laid 98 eggs. If both hens lay tomorrow, they will be at 100! Another silly thing, but one that makes me happy and grateful to them.

Hard to believe that two months ago I was whining at them for being freeloaders.

It's not silly to get excited over chicken events! At least not on BYC. If I start talking chickens to the uninitiated, I get those bemused knowing looks or the big eye rolls. Sometimes people even seem to be a bit freaked out by it!

It's safe to indulge here.

my roo is an EE, and he's the only LF roo I've kept over the seasons. he's quite a big boy. we get along very well. lots of mutual respect...

Have you noticed once they mature, they seem to get that way? Red was a pure pistol, but now he is my tag along.
Really glad i kept him.
Is Red still as randy as he once was? I remember he was eyeballing a turkey one time, or ducks or something. Perhaps I am confusing reality with the poem that immortalized him.

I just saw my first opossum. It was standing right outside my back door. I thought it was going to come in! It wasn't bothered by me, the dog or the flashlight. Big thing!

They're strange little critters, aren't they? They stay calm-ish and it keeps the dogs from going all predatory on them. I've seen one keel over and play dead. Seemed like it was in a coma, and not playing at all.

Just came in from locking up the coops. Doing nightly rounds. Found one of my chicks with his toe stuck in the run of the roost bar in the brooder coop. Not sure how longs he's been there either. But doesn't seen broke, just numb. He isn't holding his right wing or right foot to his body. Set him up in his own box in the brooder coop, with some water, and will see how he looks in the morning. *sigh*

Bummer. Poor baby. Hope he'll be okay.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

W4W Red is so still the poem, he is a randy boy! He is just not attacking me anymore, lucky for him!
I have him in the egg coop with the girls. All my eggs are his right now lol!
There is still the BBW turkey hen in there too. I need to move her in with the others.. she thinks she is a chicken, so does Red

 

[Scrambles55]

This morning I checked the nest while Rumples was out feeding. I found little black feathers in the nest. I am assuming that she pulled them out to keep the "eggs" warm. The CL connection I found has the BCM eggs that I want, but is out of town until Sunday eve... so I either need to put the Easter Hatch a Long off or go with other types of eggs.... Rats!!

 

[mortie]

It's my birthday, so I thought maybe the girls would have laid me some eggs. Nope.

 

[Whoops]

They will just be a little teensy bit late on their birthday present because they are working extra hard on it.