Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

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animallover505 said:
Hey! Just got back from wildlife!
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Things have settled back to "normal" here. DH mowed the entire property that's open grass, and even bush hogged some more that was overgrown. He feels at fault because so much had overgrown this year. We have wild blackberry/raspberry and it takes over pretty fast. (Yummy too, hehe) He wont teach me to run the finish mower on our tractor or the bush hog.... and some of the grass was at 4 feet already! NOT ok! Can I figure it out, ya, prolly... but that was a pricy tractor. Not taking the chance of trashing the PTO or worse. I was out there with a hand chopper thing and he realized he best get busy
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. Its one of the biggest reasons we had fox problems, and he knows it. Gives them places to hide and sneak up. I don't blame him, but if you aren't gonna show me how, then u better get er done!
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Whew, rant done I feel better
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Getting so many eggs now. Really happy, at least 2 dozen a day! Have a LOT of roosters too, so the freezer will be crammed full by winter. Have started freezing eggs in ice cube trays, then bagging. Need to sell them too, make a sign, and hang it out by the road. What signs does everyone do? "farm fresh eggs" is the best i come up with, kinda lame.
 
Sully, I think it's best to wait until the chicks and the older birds are close to being the same size when you put them together. There are recommended ways of introducing newbies to a flock, but that can wait for now. As for getting them to go where you want, my girls coming running from any part of the yard when I call them. They, of course, are expecting treats, which they usually get. Lot of times, I don't even have to call. They see me and come charging up. Good thing I don't have hungry-hen-o-phobia, because it can be a little scary sometimes! After being in the coop for a few days, they will consider that home and return on their own before dark. Let them out an hour before dark for the first time so you can watch how they do. You might even find that they are a little leery of leaving the coop, the big chickens!
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jchny, glad to hear from you! Mowing season is over for us already, but sounds like a pretty easy predator deterrent. Hope it works and you don't have any more losses. Yesterday I saw a little gray fox just down the street, coming out of the yard of some neighbors that have chickens. I have to ask if they've lost any. Those fox don't look big enough to carry off a large chicken, but I sure don't want to test it out with my girls.

AL, sounds like there was some stiff competition. It must have been a lot of fun for you. Are you going to compete again next year?

SBM, nice looking eggs! We've been up and down this spring, what with girls going broody and now I have 2 girls laying either thin shells in the nest (that get broken and make a big mess) or completely without a shell that are laid on the roost and bring the ants if I don't get it cleaned up first thing. Trying different things to solve the problem, but no luck yet.

cheeka
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No Mylee this week? Rats. But she's coming back.
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How much longer is her stay?

MC, what's your total chicken count now? Are you still hatching eggs? Just wondering how bad a case of chicken math you've got!

OK, hope everything's okay! Were we right about the sex of the chicks? Gonna get some time off soon?

Sally, how's it going? Hope your chickens are doing better?
 

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