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[perchie.girl]

flip book animation basics

Michael Jackson

My favorite animated cartoon

 

[Cynthia12]

Ok, I just have to, just have to mind you, share this video on a couple of sites. Why? Not quite sure.

 

[perchie.girl]

Ok, I just have to, just have to mind you, share this video on a couple of sites. Why? Not quite sure.

 

[gpeters3]

Does anyone know if young pullets, just beginning to lay will lay bigger eggs as they mature? Also, are the mites that chickens have mature chiggers? Im used to chiggers when baling hay or straw or even sometimes just handling bales but i got a case after cleaning the coop which included handling straw bales to rebed the coop.

 

[AL bamadude]

Hi. Im new

 

[ronott1]

Does anyone know if young pullets, just beginning to lay will lay bigger eggs as they mature? Also, are the mites that chickens have mature chiggers? Im used to chiggers when baling hay or straw or even sometimes just handling bales but i got a case after cleaning the coop which included handling straw bales to rebed the coop.

1. Yes, eggs usually start small and get bigger with each egg laying cycle. It takes a couple of months for breeds that start laying at 20 weeks to get to the first years size. Laying cycle is from 3 to 6 eggs usually--basically a weeks worth of eggs. The pullet will usually take a day off between cycles. Eggs will get bigger after each molt. Some will start laying huge eggs after year 3!

2. Mites are not chiggers. You will not see them in the hay. They come from wild birds or infested chickens that you bring in and do not treat. Mites either hide inside the vent or in the coop during the day. They are little and usually brown--they do not move fast and a mild infestation will look like flecks of dust moving. You can find them at night--look at the vent and under the wings.

This is a bad infestation.



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[Beer can]

Hi. Im new

Hi!

 

[Beer can]

My brownleghorns laid their biggest eggs when they were young, double yolkers. As they got older the eggs were normal large.

 

[AL bamadude]

Thinking of getting some chickens. Tired of stealing eggs. Any advice?

 

[ronott1]

Thinking of getting some chickens. Tired of stealing eggs. Any advice?

It gets harder to get them this time of the year--Are you looking for hatchery breeds?