The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

Morning everyone and welcome to the Home @ColoradoCarol

Didn't do much of anything yesterday except lay on the sofa. Yeah, the dreaded Prolia rearing it's ugly head.

I started feeling better later in the day but never really felt like I was in gear and hitting on all 8 cylinders. Today is better and it's only getting into the mid 80s so time to roll!

They finally showed up to do our field. It's just so cool to watch them mow with these huge Belgium draft horses. They should be back tomorrow to rake and bale. They use a team to rake but a rented tractor will come in to do the baling.

Needless to say that it's really strange to see an Amish teenager in the cab of a tractor, driving it.

 

[Peep_Show]

Don't know if I mentioned there were a few Trader Joe's eggs in the last hatch. I had forgotten just how pecky they are...

Also in the hatch is an F2 olive egger. Hope it's a she with a blue egg gene!

ColoradoCarol -- Marans are nice docile birds and their eggs are gorgeous, BUT they eat a ton and definitely are not production layers. Occasionally they go broody. Combs might suffer a little frostbite in extreme cold. My best layers are the Marans crosses. The birds that are of English body type (heavy set) tend to eat while Mediterranean body type (light, like leghorns) tend to be more thrifty on the feed spectrum.

My egg customers love the color assortment. I do have one chef client that wants only the Marans eggs. However, I make more $$ selling as hatching eggs or incubating for chicks on my own, so the chef has been without lately.

 

[ColoradoCarol]

Don't know if I mentioned there were a few Trader Joe's eggs in the last hatch. I had forgotten just how pecky they are...

View attachment 2239796

Also in the hatch is an F2 olive egger. Hope it's a she with a blue egg gene!

ColoradoCarol -- Marans are nice docile birds and their eggs are gorgeous, BUT they eat a ton and definitely are not production layers. Occasionally they go broody. Combs might suffer a little frostbite in extreme cold. My best layers are the Marans crosses. The birds that are of English body type (heavy set) tend to eat while Mediterranean body type (light, like leghorns) tend to be more thrifty on the feed spectrum.

View attachment 2239803
My egg customers love the color assortment. I do have one chef client that wants only the Marans eggs. However, I make more $$ selling as hatching eggs or incubating for chicks on my own, so the chef has been without lately.

Good to know! Thank you!

 

[microchick]

I wish there was a Trader Joe's around here. I think the nearest one is in Kansas City.

 

[Perris]

Don't know if I mentioned there were a few Trader Joe's eggs in the last hatch. I had forgotten just how pecky they are...

View attachment 2239796

Also in the hatch is an F2 olive egger. Hope it's a she with a blue egg gene!

ColoradoCarol -- Marans are nice docile birds and their eggs are gorgeous, BUT they eat a ton and definitely are not production layers. Occasionally they go broody. Combs might suffer a little frostbite in extreme cold. My best layers are the Marans crosses. The birds that are of English body type (heavy set) tend to eat while Mediterranean body type (light, like leghorns) tend to be more thrifty on the feed spectrum.

View attachment 2239803
My egg customers love the color assortment. I do have one chef client that wants only the Marans eggs. However, I make more $$ selling as hatching eggs or incubating for chicks on my own, so the chef has been without lately.

that's a great colour assortment you've got there. The Marans is an especially nice chocolately brown.

 

[Peep_Show]

Thanks! The roo throws a nice darkness, too. A lot of local breeders have been buying chicks and hatching eggs to improve the color in their flocks.

Stew the Roo (yes, we named him that) was destined to be flock king from the start as he was a VERY burly chick who sort of thundered around the brooder pen. He's quite a good size and, luckily, has a nice temperament so he's not obnoxious nor dangerous. He does bluster and rush the coop door after I've exited to let the ladies know he's boss (sorta.) His cockerel offspring have been spectacular. Alas, poor Stew is in a coop with a feather picker, so is minus his tail feathers and, ergo, not very impressive at present. Looks kind of like a field goal football on legs.

 

[ronott1]

Don't know if I mentioned there were a few Trader Joe's eggs in the last hatch. I had forgotten just how pecky they are...

View attachment 2239796

Also in the hatch is an F2 olive egger. Hope it's a she with a blue egg gene!

ColoradoCarol -- Marans are nice docile birds and their eggs are gorgeous, BUT they eat a ton and definitely are not production layers. Occasionally they go broody. Combs might suffer a little frostbite in extreme cold. My best layers are the Marans crosses. The birds that are of English body type (heavy set) tend to eat while Mediterranean body type (light, like leghorns) tend to be more thrifty on the feed spectrum.

View attachment 2239803
My egg customers love the color assortment. I do have one chef client that wants only the Marans eggs. However, I make more $$ selling as hatching eggs or incubating for chicks on my own, so the chef has been without lately.

It muse feel good to hatch those chicks from trader joe's eggs!

 

[ronott1]

I wish there was a Trader Joe's around here. I think the nearest one is in Kansas City.

Not all Trader Joe's sell fertile eggs!

 

[Peep_Show]

I L-O-V-E Trader Joe's, but with this Covid thing it is extremely rare that I enter one. Foraging is mainly curbside pickup these days or rummaging around the freezer and pantry.

 

[Peep_Show]

It muse feel good to hatch those chicks from trader joe's eggs!

They were 5-day-old eggs. Kind of surprised that only two progressed, but thrilled nonetheless!