The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[stonykill]

Can a hens egg change colors as she gets older? She is BCM/EE mix and she laid a darker egg last spring.

I have noticed this with some of my 8 year old RIR's. The eggs seem to be getting lighter in color. But boy are they HUGE! Pekin duck egg huge

 

[armorfirelady]

Can a hens egg change colors as she gets older? She is BCM/EE mix and she laid a darker egg last spring.

  I have noticed this with some of my 8 year old RIR's. The eggs seem to be getting lighter in color. But boy are they HUGE! Pekin duck egg huge 

If she is laying she is laying a light almost tan colored egg like my BRs. Hopefully where I have the camera now will catch what egg she is leaving or if she is just hanging out in the nesting box. I keep looking for a hidden nest but they are limited to where they can go.

Ducks.......they are on my wish list when I win the lottery and move somewhere with no neighbors. Have room for a 5th building on your 500'acres?

 

[stonykill]

If she is laying she is laying a light almost tan colored egg like my BRs. Hopefully where I have the camera now will catch what egg she is leaving or if she is just hanging out in the nesting box. I keep looking for a hidden nest but they are limited to where they can go.

Ducks.......they are on my wish list when I win the lottery and move somewhere with no neighbors. Have room for a 5th building on your 500'acres?

lol. I only have 30 acres. But surrounded by old farm land and lots and lots of woods and a stream.

Ducks, I have...let me count in my head.... ........ only 21 right now. The girls should add to the count this year for me

 

[Sally8]

Can a hens egg change colors as she gets older? She is BCM/EE mix and she laid a darker egg last spring.

Mine have changed from last year. They seem to be smaller and I think it's because I haven't been fermenting their feed. Tired of using a tire iron to chisel out frozen-hard-as-rock food. Time to start back up again and see. I also think they can change color but not sure about the brown spots. I'd be inclined to think if they had spots last year, they will this year. Idk.

4 houses on probably 500 acres make up my neighbors. Someone 5 miles away is still considered a neighbor

. Not a neighborhood. A GREAT life, but not a neighborhood

A great neighborhood has no neighbors!

 

[stonykill]

A great neighborhood has no neighbors!

but has lots of fowl

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Yes!

 

[Sally8]

Yes! 

X2

 

[lazy gardener]

As a hen progresses through her laying cycle, her eggs will lighten up. Then, typically, after a molt and a break from laying, after her reserves are built up, they will be darker again, and lighten as she continues to lay.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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I covet your situation. Seriously. Just haven't been able to find it

Yes!

Sigh.

 

[lalaland]

Delisha, thanks for the update and keep em coming!

It was -9 last night and booster's poor tender comb where the frostbitten dead pieces have fallen off got frostbitten again.
this isn't the worst thing. the worst thing is the little bugger flogged a milk jug this morning (I was leaning into the run to fill the water) so hard that he punched two big holes in it. I'm not convinced that he would have flogged me just as hard but I don't want to find out. so yup, he's gonna be history.

egg color changes - the sulmtalers were laying cream/tan eggs, and now two of them are laying white eggs. I haven't seen that kind of color change before, but!

trying to decide whether to breed sulmtalers (good meat, medium eggs, gorgeous birds) or to go for cream legbars. too many choices.