Texas

[chickletteSarge]

my girls have been layin in the neighbors yards! i checked sat. and found over a dz! WOW! Today my DW brought in 3 this mernin and when i got home from school i got one from the nxt door and then 4 more from the community nest box! so 8 total!!! i cant wait to get a full dz from my girls! almost there!!! all brown layers! the only one that lays white eggs is my sumatra so far but she dont lay daily....

 

[galanie]

Hopefully soon you'll have two green egg layers. I have 10 currently, 9 of laying age, and get one egg a day. Many of them had a really hard molt this year and are still recovering from it. And one of my California Whites, a sex linked breed, went broody! Everything goes broody round here. Some day I expect to see the neighbors cats go broody. Anyway once you break them it takes a while to start laying again. Hopefully soon I'll get at least 2 eggs a day.

It's so funny though, this time of year the laying always goes down. I patiently explain to my egg customers, the same ones, every year, the same thing. That their bodies just need a rest when the days get shorter. They nod as though they understand but i know I'll be explaining this again next year if I'm still in this house.

 

[Poultry Couture]

Lol. Exactly I don't know how many times I tell my mother that " THEYRE MOLTING!" she always asks " why do we only have ONE egg in the fridge? Are you putting them in your incubator?" and I look at her and walk away. Lol ! I explain this to her at least twice a week!

 

[abrameit]

To those of you who sell your eggs:

How much do you sell a dozen for?
Do you wash them first (mine are clean)
Did you get any testing on them before you sold to friends/neighbors or at farmer's markets?
If you refrigerate them pointy side down, how "late" do you sell them?

Thanks, Ann Abrameit

 

[mamawolf544]

To those of you who sell your eggs:

How much do you sell a dozen for?
Do you wash them first (mine are clean)
Did you get any testing on them before you sold to friends/neighbors or at farmer's markets?
If you refrigerate them pointy side down, how "late" do you sell them?

Thanks, Ann Abrameit

I am tested with the State I have a Texas Pullorum-Typhoid certificate, the test is free of charge and very easy to do.

I only charge $2.00 a dozen for chicken eggs, I have had the same price for years.
I never wash my eggs, I sell most of mine at a meat market, and I have a paper that is hung on the wall explaing eggs to them.
I always keep all my eggs pointy side down and I never refrigerate my eggs.
I don't have eggs long, and I do not remember how long they keep. But you must keep in mind most store bought eggs are 6 weeks old before you buy them.

 

[Poultry Couture]

Yea, I sell mine around $2.00 also. So excited about my quail! They're pipping now!

 

[mamawolf544]

Yea, I sell mine around $2.00 also. So excited about my quail! They're pipping now!

I'm so glad. I have 160 due to hatch on the 25th. And I just put 13/15 Coronation Sussex in lockdown.

 

[Poultry Couture]

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[chickletteSarge]

Anyone here have and breed D'uccles? i asked this ? on their thread but noone ever answered it....
When should i expect my 1st eggs? my pr hatched 23 May.... so they are 6moish....

 

[jockeyeba]

To those of you who sell your eggs:

How much do you sell a dozen for?
Do you wash them first (mine are clean)
Did you get any testing on them before you sold to friends/neighbors or at farmer's markets?
If you refrigerate them pointy side down, how "late" do you sell them?

Thanks, Ann Abrameit

I get $3.00 a dozen, don't wash them it takes the "bloom" off & they won't stay fresh as long, of course sometimes you have to wash off dirty spots but I have a customer that takes 2 -2 1/2 dozen a week so I'm not worried about those eggs not staying fresh lol I keep any eggs older then 2 weeks for myself, only sell the freshest ones. Your supposed to store them pointy end down