South Carolina

[EggieRowe]

junk science?

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-egg-cholesterol-smoking-20120814,0,1391259.story

I think so

RobertH

My BF emailed that story to me this morning - I think its a bunch of nonsense. To prove it I told him once our hens are of laying age, I will use myself as a guinea pig to prove its BS. I already food journal, so I will simply get a pre-experiment cholesterol test and then eat X number of eggs a day (thinking 3) for X number of days (not sure yet-a month?), then retest my cholesterol. Before I lost my previous hens, I was eating about 3 eggs a day for breakfast and was the healthiest I had been in years (and was maintaining a 40lb weight loss). When they got wiped out, I refused to eat store bought eggs and tried switching to protein shakes. Before long I was back to not eating breakfast at all and it all went down hill from there. Eggs were the lynch pin of the diet portion of my paleo lifestyle. I'm way off course now (and up 20 lbs).

Plus what's the point of eating egg whites? All the vitamins and minerals are in the yolk!

 

[riversedgefarm]

Hi from westminster area sc/ga line here on are from we build mobile chicken coops and hatch and raise
Many breeds of chickens and ducks right now we have rir,austrolorp,blue mArans,black copper marans
Dominiques,delawears,standerd cochins,blue laced red wyandotte,cuckoo maran,leghorn
I think that all of them lol I just love chickens and my ducks right now I have kikie cambells[wrong spelling I'm sure]
Jumpo pekins mascovy and black indian runners.I also raise pugs I have 4 babys diego,meme,booger,and trixie
Have couple rabbits and hogs 3 kids and a grown kid [hubby]

 

[dixiebeast]

Hi from westminster area sc/ga line here on are from we build mobile chicken coops and hatch and raise
Many breeds of chickens and ducks right now we have rir,austrolorp,blue mArans,black copper marans
Dominiques,delawears,standerd cochins,blue laced red wyandotte,cuckoo maran,leghorn
I think that all of them lol I just love chickens and my ducks right now I have kikie cambells[wrong spelling I'm sure]
Jumpo pekins mascovy and black indian runners.I also raise pugs I have 4 babys diego,meme,booger,and trixie
Have couple rabbits and hogs 3 kids and a grown kid [hubby]

What color LF cochins?? I need a roo!!

 

[riversedgefarm]

I have a 2 month old black rooster a grown black rooster in with a blue hen and a baby black hen I'm looking for more anyone no of some???

 

[riversedgefarm]

I have some dominiques rirs buffs and pairs of marans in on sc/ga line

 

[leirob007]

You are soooo right. they are lousy mothers. I'd do myself and the keet a favor and pull it or at least put down a generous supply of starter grower. The poor things barely eat enough to stay alive at the young stages much less have enough nutrition to grow much. Putting in a brooder box with starter grower makes them grow up and out 5 times bigger and faster

I have had a guinea setting on 2 eggs in a corner of the guinea coop. I left 2 old dirty eggs that I was sure would not hatch. I have been pulling the fresh eggs out everyday. She has been off the nest for half a day at a time. Was I ever shocked to walk in and find 1 keet standing next to the mom this morning. Guineas are lousy mothers in my experience, so we will see how this works out.

 

[riversedgefarm]

Hi ya I'm new to site and new to this darn phone so if I'm doing it wrong please pm me
But I have read a lot of yalls threads and I seen you post sometimes what u have for sale
Or things you looking for so I'm going to try that and again if I'm doing it wrong just let me no.
Ok I have some rir pullets. And some dominiques all ages and I have a french black copper maran pair
Hen is 5 months and roo is 7 months have a cuckoo maran pair hen around 5 nhalf months rooster 8 or 9 months
I also have a few other odd chickens mix breeds o unknown breeds also have one pair of game I tolk in to get back
Heath now they all heathy they can find new homes id like to sell or trade for other breeds
Sussex polish standerd cochins I been looking for them breeds so even if u don't want any of mine but u have 1 of them breeds
Please get in touch oh and I forgot got some indian runners they not all way back to heathy but getting there. I take in a lot of sick and wounded animals
Thx all

 

[Southern Bee Lady]

You are soooo right. they are lousy mothers. I'd do myself and the keet a favor and pull it or at least put down a generous supply of starter grower. The poor things barely eat enough to stay alive at the young stages much less have enough nutrition to grow much. Putting in a brooder box with starter grower makes them grow up and out 5 times bigger and faster

So far...so good with the baby staying with mom. She is taking care of it and the others in the pen are kind of looking after it too. I am keeping starter inside the coop and outside in the run also for it. The adults get pellets. When I go to close up the coops, she has been in the run with it under her. I walk over to her and she moves off. I pick it up and set it in the coop and she goes in. I was afraid she would take a finger off but maybe she understands that I am helping her with it. I will keep a close eye on them and if they are not taking care of it, I will put it in the pen of young silkies that has a lamp on them. When I let the others out to free range, I am going to keep her and the baby in the coop. I would love for her to raise it. If not, it will not be part of the bonded group. And since it is an only child, it might not bond when I try to join them together. They bond in groups that they are raised with. I have a group of 7 younger ones that I will be adding to the group in a couple of months. Those 7 will never completely bond with the older ones....from my past experience.

 

[riversedgefarm]

I'm glad it working for in the past it never has for me

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Quote:
Yes, Pairs are fine.
It seems where Toby Napoleon goes, Minnie Pearl Bride wants to be with him but if he is in breeding and she being a snot to anything that gets near her man, it may not be a good idea. I can certainly keep her here.