Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

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mosleym said:
My dad would always have a talk with his...."eggs or legs ladies, which will it be?"
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Chomping on a bucket of fried chicken while giving those kind of talks adds to the effectiveness.
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Hang in there MC. It's got to happen soon. Couple of weeks ago I started transitioning my two huge orpys from the bantam coop into the big girl coop. No eggs from them at all during this time. One had been broody too. Last night was the big stick-them-in-the-coop-after-dark trick. First overnight for them and today, BOTH of them laid an egg IN THE COOP! Woohoo! Perfect timing. Tonight will be the real test of success when I go out in an hour to see if they go in by themselves. I dare not check earlier, because they are big babies and will try to follow me back to the garage. I will be so happy if I don't have to cart them around any more.
 
Wishing4Wings said:
Hang in there MC. It's got to happen soon. Couple of weeks ago I started transitioning my two huge orpys from the bantam coop into the big girl coop. No eggs from them at all during this time. One had been broody too. Last night was the big stick-them-in-the-coop-after-dark trick. First overnight for them and today, BOTH of them laid an egg IN THE COOP! Woohoo! Perfect timing. Tonight will be the real test of success when I go out in an hour to see if they go in by themselves. I dare not check earlier, because they are big babies and will try to follow me back to the garage. I will be so happy if I don't have to cart them around any more.
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I hatched Trader Joes hatching eggs for New Years. They are 21 weeks old and going gang busters laying eggs. The five of them are the best laying group currently.
 
I've been MIA, but for a very good reason! we got to meet Lily!!

Jackson! he's an artist. painted himself beautifully with teal frosting!

she's so sweet! I love the polka dot dress....

the oldest... the birthday girl!

also stopped to see a dear friend from childhood. she has a few kitties and an amazing garden, which I did photograph... Mylee was going gaga over the purple Irises, we only have yellow... so my friend dug up a whole bunch for us!

 
Hello all... just spent some time reading up on the last month or so (but did it fast so didn't catch all the details!!!)

Good to see some newbies on here and some oldies too! Glad Rodger is doing ok.

Things have been going well here. Been very busy and tired because we finally got Rawley a sister.

The first picture is of the two of them at roughly the same age. The second is of them today.

Savannah just loves her big brother and spends as much time with him as possible. He in turn loves her too. He is so good with her. He can get a little rough but that is just due to his size. She is such a stinker but has fit in really well here.

As for chickens I'm up to 36. I have 28 big girls and 8 teenagers. Been free ranging since about April and have had no hawk issues. I did lose one to a fox I think but that was my fault. I stopped doing a head count and didn't notice one went broody out in the shed and didn't come home one night. I won't make that mistake again.

Savannah is doing really well with the chickens. She's not leashed yet in the backyard where they roam and walks through them without giving them a thought. Every now and then she'll chase one but it's half hearted. Her biggest joy is eating chicken poop. I think she'll grow up to be a good chicken dog.

 
Wonderful pictures, cheeka! Lily is cute (love it when their arms are too short to reach over their heads) and Mylee looks to be thoroughly enjoying herself. Such big smilies!

clindz, the pup is a cutie too. Really like the dark ears. Makes her distinctive.

Ron, congrats on the TJ chickens. My Orpys were laying reasonably well until I moved them. Well, except when one went broody.
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Something to be said for production birds!
 
boy did I lose track of the days! I hadn't even moved the light colored hen out... she's supposedly a chick killer... well... she's not now, if she ever was. she's sitting on about 10 eggs herself, due to hatch within a week. those are Cressa's babies and she's so proud!
I think they hatched yesterday. no egg tooth left and we didn't get home til past 11 PM last night and I didn't poke around this morning before work...

it's really distorted, but she's about to explode with joy!


 
Wishing4Wings said:
Wonderful pictures, cheeka! Lily is cute (love it when their arms are too short to reach over their heads) and Mylee looks to be thoroughly enjoying herself. Such big smilies!

clindz, the pup is a cutie too. Really like the dark ears. Makes her distinctive.

Ron, congrats on the TJ chickens. My Orpys were laying reasonably well until I moved them. Well, except when one went broody.
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Something to be said for production birds!
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I really like the TJ's pullets. They are friendly and curious. A couple of them try going into the house when I open the sliding glass door. They are not crazy like the Penedesencas for sure.
 
I want a TJ's our here so bad. Got excited when we had a TS going up in the town over, thought it was a TJ's. Got a little mixed up. That's ok at my age. :D
Sounds like those chickens would make a great back yard chicken!
 

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