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[superchemicalgirl]

Not maine. Manager would toss it in his pickup

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is a great plan!

The problem is not shell thickness it is the size of the chick compared to the space in the egg.

Chicks get out of the shell because of the egg tooth. If they do not get out, then the egg tooth was missing. I have had this happen--A perfectly healthy chick did not even pip! No egg tooth on that one.

The problems with pullet eggs are many. Size being primary with a finite amount of space and nutrition.
Hatchability is lessened for various reasons. The only advantage is that albumen in pullet eggs is of higher quality.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869849

Similar here. I've had zero egg days from a not small flock. I started collecting every other day so it seems like I get more eggs. We are down to 3 eggs in the fridge and a mild panic is setting in.

I've been doing that too.
I was down to a single hen laying and another occasionally. Now I have at least 3 hens and 3 pullets laying.

Apparently, the deer was road killed. These two guys field dressed it, and phoned a friend to come collect it. They decided to wait for the friend in the Walmart. The manager didn't approve of their idea; he told them to leave, and take their dead animal with them.

I'm fond of road kill deer. No time wasted hunting, they're just delivered to your door.

 

[Kusanar]

I'm fond of road kill deer. No time wasted hunting, they're just delivered to your door.

Wish I could find a good fresh one... Not for me, but I go through 10 pounds of meat in 3 days feeding the cats and dog... a deer would be a welcome help...

 

[Bunnylady]

Ooooo...organizing, as a former inventory management supervisor I can definitely say I love organizing. sigh. Unfortunately the company I have been working for has eliminated the IMS system and now I dare say the back room is a wreck. Anyway, the 21st will be my last day there....but I am still looking for another job. I just can not work under this store manager any longer,



Besides I need some rest....the menieres is kicking my butt.

Hey, JD!

Hope you find something suitable soon; sorry to hear about the Meniere's playing up. Does that have any sort of "triggers," like maybe, stress?

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks Raven.

Wow Ron where do you keep all those chickens? hahhahhaa

Scg your little Gomez is cute.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks Raven.

Wow Ron where do you keep all those chickens? hahhahhaa

Scg your little Gomez is cute.

The chickens are everywhere!

 

[ronott1]

The problems with pullet eggs are many. Size being primary with a finite amount of space and nutrition.
Hatchability is lessened for various reasons. The only advantage is that albumen in pullet eggs is of higher quality.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869849

I've been doing that too.
I was down to a single hen laying and another occasionally. Now I have at least 3 hens and 3 pullets laying.

I'm fond of road kill deer. No time wasted hunting, they're just delivered to your door.

The study compared 25 week old broiler breeders to 32 and 37 week old broiler breeders. The conclusion was:

Quote: It seems from the study that very young pullets can have hatch ability problems but that is at 25 weeks old. Things seem fine after 37 weeks old and the study also mentioned that broiler breeds have smaller than average eggs. This has been true from my experience with meat breeds. Dorkings for example lay medium to large eggs and rarely go bigger even when several years old. Egg laying breeds and Dual Purpose breeds may not have this problem because the often start out laying eggs in the 40G range. Some broiler breeds may not lay eggs even that big.

Thanks for the link!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:

I believe it.

 

[chickisoup]

Not maine. Manager would toss it in his pickup

 

[chickisoup]

And the stuff that loves to stick to shoes, of course (and steps and porches and sidewalks and floors and carpets and small children)