Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[ronott1]

What is Whiting? A hatchery?

Paul Whiting makes fishing lures. He keeps chickens for the feathers!

http://whitingfarms.com/

Chicks are sold for local pickup but it is in a remote part of Colorado

 

[ronott1]

capricorn farms on the old folks thread just posted about making a treat for her flock!

She is making pie for them!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Comfortfoodalicious!

 

[ronott1]

Comfortfoodalicious!

This is the pie she made-- It was actually on the cafe thread:


CapricornFarm said:
I am cooking up turkey scraps, pumpkin and cabbage with some stale bread for the chickens. Betting they will love it!

 

[BullChick]

I said to Duckling on Monday that a pullet can start laying its first winter, but I’ve not had one do that in years. The next morning, I have explained the timeline before, so I’m just going to say that I don’t know if it is a pullet starting, or an adult SPR starting back up since July.

 

[ronott1]

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I said to Duckling on Monday that a pullet can start laying its first winter, but I’ve not had one do that in years. The next morning, I have explained the timeline before, so I’m just going to say that I don’t know if it is a pullet starting, or an adult SPR starting back up since July.

Sometimes you can tell by the size of the egg

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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I said to Duckling on Monday that a pullet can start laying its first winter, but I’ve not had one do that in years. The next morning, I have explained the timeline before, so I’m just going to say that I don’t know if it is a pullet starting, or an adult SPR starting back up since July.

Either way it's great news!
Someone on the N. CA thread has to rehome 6 pullets that are 5 months old. I am taking them. Hoping a couple of them start laying by Feb. I will be lucky to have 2 consistent layers from my old mob, and family has been pressuring me for eggs. Well, I quit laying a long time ago , so this is a perfect solution. Very fortuitous!

 

[ronott1]

Either way it's great news!
Someone on the N. CA thread has to rehome 6 pullets that are 5 months old. I am taking them. Hoping a couple of them start laying by Feb. I will be lucky to have 2 consistent layers from my old mob, and family has been pressuring me for eggs. Well, I quit laying a long time ago , so this is a perfect solution. Very fortuitous!

I am so happy that you got them!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I am so happy that you got them!

Any ideas on the breed of the barred/cuckoo pullet?

 

[BullChick]

Any ideas on the breed of the barred/cuckoo pullet?

It’s a Cuckoo Roger.