Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[chickisoup]

 

[Spring-Chicken]

All birds are dinosaurs (even chickens).

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html

Dinosaurs lay eggs.


Therefore, there ARE no chickens, only dinosaur eggs, and this is a pointless argument.

 

[ocap]

I think I have chickens

 

[Alaskan]

nope, I think @Spring-Chicken is right. I think that the only eggs I have look like the pic he posted.

this one:

 

[pollitos2013]

I have chickens but child #3 says they are dinos. My favorite coffee was in Brazil but here I like a nice dark roast with a half teaspoon of milk. But when I'm desperate, I will drink anything...

 

[3goodeggs]

My chickens have not laid eggs in months. It is time for some spring chickens.

I so wanted a broody to do it for me. Sourland's sonic broody waves missed us.

Not looking forward to the feather dust and the peeping in the house.... but buying eggs is like drinking the day old coffee cold from the pot. You only do it when there are no other options

But if I get an incubator it will end up badly. I know myself. I'll become all chicken math-ie
chicken meth.
noooooooo.

 

[vehve]

3, have you tried placing a pile of golf balls in a nest? You might be able to induce broodiness with that.

 

[ChickyChickens]

3, have you tried placing a pile of golf balls in a nest? You might be able to induce broodiness with that.

X2 on that!!

Simce i dont collect my eggs...i leave them ion hte nest! When there is something (eggs/ golf balls) it REALLLY helps to introduce broodiness!

 

[ocap]

Sourland's broody message hit here hard, several of mine brooded twice and one tried four times (failed the last time because the eggs I gave her were not fertile).
So many broodies I thought I was going to have to buy eggs.
Chicken TV is fun when you can tune in the broody channel.
I put out the wooden eggs yesterday hoping to get (encourage) more eggs as the days get longer.
Moved four Australorp pullets to a breeding pen, they get a new rooster in five weeks.

Coffee is great.

 

[3goodeggs]

I'll try that. I will need to find some local fertile eggs.
I have to assume 50% male eggs, so... six eggs should get me at least two hens... right?
Oh, I know! I'll order pullets from Ideal hatchery and then slip them under a broody.
That might be a scheduling problem though.
How long does a broody need to be broody for her to believe she hatched those golf balls and got chicks?
A week? as soon as one looks all stink eye I can order a rush shipment.