The Middle Tennessee Thread

[DMRippy]

Jenski, I feel the pain on the weeding! This is the first year ever we used a lawnmower! Still can't find the tomatoes! Should have never planted a garden this year! But yours, free is working for you!!! Green is good!!!!

 

[DMRippy]

Got my first pullet egg today from one of Holly's New Hampshire babies I got back in April!!!!

My eldest son eat it before I even got to see it

 

[HBuehler]

Congratulations! I got 2.5 eggs today the half was one of my bantam's contribution to breakfast

I actually had a few more but they were instantly stolen and claimed by my ladies as theirs.I'm horrible though and my broody Ameraucana hen is so nasty I tossed her in a pen and took her eggs..she acted like I stole her kids or something so I put the eggs back and Witchy..(in case kids are reading it it's normally spelled a bit differently) back on top...5 Blue Copper Marans x Blue Wheaten Ameraucana it could be worse

 

[DMRippy]

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I had 5 layers and now the new girl...only got 1 egg from the 5 layer...did they go on strike because of the new girl!!! Dinner maybe in the works. The barred rocks I have are tiny and lay a small to med egg and are slacking. No breeding them

we will see if the feather pulling mean things make it past fall. My cherry egger is a gonner too she has blood spots in her eggs too often and she looks like she has been molting for 8 months

what is up with that!!!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Holly- I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with psycho ameraucana hens. Mine are CRAZY, hateful little beasts when they have eggs. I routinely have bruises from their pecking. Little beasts!

 

[Countrypunk92]

Anybody selling pullets or pairs?

 

[HBuehler]

DM-it's the heat..all are slacking well my leghorn ladies are fine but rest of the ladies are on a summer heat vacation.As soon as the temps drop you will see an increase in the eggs and in the size
If they are eating feathers and not laying eggs they are lacking protein...it takes tons of protein to make one egg in good weather.Feathers are full of protein so they will pluck and eat them for it.Also if they are molting a very long time extra protein helps speed up the process...also an increase in the good vites and minerals..can't forget how important a balanced diet is for them.So often people complain about the lack of eggs and size but they don't feed them correctly since they are "just chickens" My new birds were only free ranged with corn..look awful lay as bad so I'm fixing that now with a good diet.Blood spots in eggs are quite common if she's a pullet-meaning under a year old.She's just working out the kinks in the system.
Barred Rocks don't lay small eggs once they get up to real eggs not pullet..can take awhile to get past pullet though so if they are still laying small eggs and tiny little birds you may have bantam Barred Rocks

and that would explain both the size and the egg size

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

What flavor?

Have some EE pairs available. I have a herd of black ameraucana cockerels looking for new homes as well.

 

[DMRippy]

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I got these girls used! They are pushing two years old! The BRs have never laid a good size egg and the feather pulling they are just mad at the new red pullets I threw in with their sugar daddy! I did some pen swapping and they are now being bullies! May not even be real BRs who knows not a bantam too big for that. Don't look anything like the Splash Rocks I got from you. I got all 5 girls and the RIR as a group 2 are Ameraucanas and I will keep them to breed with but the others are just not worth keeping, not breeding material or decent layers. I have been getting 3-5 eggs even back in the real heat until today and that is ok. Pullets are going to put them out of business soon. They are now on that feed from Edwards so if protein was an issue with the layer feed they where on maybe this will be better. They also have a bug zapper to give some extra treats!

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Holly have you ordered your chicks yet? If not which hatchery are you going to use?When do you plan on ordering if you have not?