South Carolina

[Lroach711]

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The one laying the brittle egg may take another year before she starts laying a decent egg or she may improve next spring. I had a Faverolle that never laid an egg without calcium bumps on it. I often do find eggs in the laying coop that feel like sandpaper but it isn't always from the same hen because color and shape seem to be different.
I credit it to what they happen to be eating, how they are digesting and absorbing their nutrients and how stressed they are. Your lady may get a lot better as time goes on.
It should not bother what is inside the egg. I have always kept those eggs back for myself unless the neighbor's kids want them. They like all those odd eggs.

I think I saw part of the problem today. These eggs are sooo very brittle that when she lays them they almost always have a broken spot. I saw her lay one today and she proceeded to eat it

Also, I'm almost positive that when she is laying, she's laying 2 of them a day. Very very weird. Since I've only got 7 hens in that coop I can tell most of their eggs apart bc I spend so much time watching them. I have seen each of them lay and know what their eggs look like. I really hope she gets her "egg factory" straightened out. She's my favorite and I really hope she starts laying some pretty dark eggs like she's supposed to!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Whew! Thank goodness! I was sweating losing more money on chickens!

 

[Patsy29332]

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Whew! Thank goodness! I was sweating losing more money on chickens!

Oh don't say that...I hope mine will at least eventually pay for their "keep"...

 

[dixiebeast]

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Whew! Thank goodness! I was sweating losing more money on chickens!

Oh don't say that...I hope mine will at least eventually pay for their "keep"...

I am not losing much money right now!!


I seem to be selling enough eggs( getting 8 a day) to pay for feed right now!!

If I dont count treats!!

I have them fighting over eggs at 2 bucks and a carton at school! I sold 4 doz yesterday and 4 last week and I had an extra doz I could have sold today!! Thats 16 bucks in 2 weeks...I spent 14 on a 50lb bag of feed and that does me a lil over 2 weeks! YAY!!

I dont count the pokie eggs as we are eating those and a few browns on weekends...no time to cook eggs duiring week morns!! And I dont count chick starter either...just layer I buy for 16 birds!!But I still feel my layers are feeding themselves!!

 

[RedBugPoultry]

Well my DH has told me if I hatch any more eggs this year they better be under a hen. So I took some silkie eggs I had saved and put them under a broody hen. Not sure if she will stick with them this time of year but I will see. I may grumble but I really do need to shut off the incubator and give hatching a break. I am getting tired of the brooder cleaning myself but I still have some marans eggs in the bator, plus a few others.... I did give some chicks away today to make more room for the marans chicks and the bbreds!

Amy, some of the first eggs I want to start hatching in the spring are Blue Marans if you think you will have any! I have to start planning now so I have focus! And I will not have such an empty feeling when I shut off the bator.

Oh, the rest of the Polish are going on Monday--that will include my buff laced....

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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Oh don't say that...I hope mine will at least eventually pay for their "keep"...

I am not losing much money right now!!


I seem to be selling enough eggs( getting 8 a day) to pay for feed right now!!

If I dont count treats!!

I have them fighting over eggs at 2 bucks and a carton at school! I sold 4 doz yesterday and 4 last week and I had an extra doz I could have sold today!! Thats 16 bucks in 2 weeks...I spent 14 on a 50lb bag of feed and that does me a lil over 2 weeks! YAY!!

I dont count the pokie eggs as we are eating those and a few browns on weekends...no time to cook eggs duiring week morns!! And I dont count chick starter either...just layer I buy for 16 birds!!But I still feel my layers are feeding themselves!!

Wish my feed bill was that low....

 

[huckleberryfarm]

Just to add to the Ameraucana/Araucana/Easter Egger discussion.

If your chicks came from a hatchery or Tractor Supply, they are Easter Eggers. There is no such thing as AmerIcanas. It's a made up name. Hatcheries and places like TSC call them that to confuse an uneducated buyer into thinking they are Ameraucanas. Ameraucanas and Araucanas can only be bought through a private breeder. Nothing wrong with Easter Eggers. They lay pretty eggs and are generally great birds. But they are not anything other than a mix of a colored egg layer and something else. Some can look very much like Ameraucanas but a breeder can tell the difference.

Olive Eggers are a result of a blue egg layer crossed to a brown egg layer. Usually this is an Ameraucana and a Marans but it could be others. My Olive Eggers looked a lot like my Ameraucanas but wrong comb. Beautiful egg! Everyone loves an olive egg.

So much confusion out there on these breeds. It pays to do your research if you care what you have. If you just want pretty eggs, then it doesn't really matter.

 

[gvilledh]

WYFF just had a teaser up for tonight's 11:00 news. It said, "Some people have turned away from raising cats and dogs and started raising chickens.". Could be an interesting story...
I had a patient yesterday that works in the control room there. I told him a great story would be on the number of people with chickens in their backyards in Greenville. He was surprised that so many had them. I don't think this is the result of our conversation since he wouldn't have gone back into work until late last night.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I will have hatching eggs available for you.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I've got Fox 21 running right now but may try to stay awake for that info. Or I could catch it on their website tomorrow.

You might have given him the idea, you never know!

Sure is a coincidence.