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[ronott1]

First isbar egg today

I hope you have batteries in your Camera!

 

[Peep_Show]

Pat the Olive Egger, after a loooooong sabbatical, is back in production and it was worth the wait!

 

[bamadude]

I hope you have batteries in your Camera!

Yep.
But I have no idea how to operate it well. We have been busy hauling dirt and building coops/runs. Supposed to rain (again) tomorrow. Krista is going to help me with pics

 

[ronott1]

Yep.
But I have no idea how to operate it well. We have been busy hauling dirt and building coops/runs. Supposed to rain (again) tomorrow. Krista is going to help me with pics

That is great!

 

[Alaskan]

Oh yeah Bama... How is the drying out and building going???

Is the isbar egg blue?



Peep show, that is a GREAT color.

I think I am gonna miss the color of my Marans eggs... I am glad I sold them all... But dang, I am now awash with white eggs and light pink eggs..... And that is almost it. It was nice before when I had more colors, and the quail eggs too (I also got rid of the quails)

I have one lone olive egger.. Or I had hoped she would be (50% chance) but she didn't get the blue gene... So she is my only dark-ish egg layer.

 

[Peep_Show]

Pat is 3/4 FBCM and 1/4 Ameraucana. Just a black hen and my worst layer (she makes up for her shortcomings in personality), but her eggs are SO cool!

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah, the Marans are also for looks, not production... Which is why I got rid of them. I just need better feed to egg ratio.

 

[ronott1]

Yeah, the Marans are also for looks, not production... Which is why I got rid of them. I just need better feed to egg ratio.

Psst....The fertile eggs from Trader Joe's hatch very good feed to egg ratio hens.

 

[Peep_Show]

So true, Ron! My smallest hen (the TJ's hatched chick) lays the biggest eggs in the mid 2.4+ oz range. She doesn't eat much, but she's a protein loader.

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah, the Marans are also for looks, not production... Which is why I got rid of them. I just need better feed to egg ratio.

Psst....The fertile eggs from Trader Joe's hatch very good feed to egg ratio hens.

The only fertile eggs around here are from backyard flocks.

Remember, I live in the boonies.... in a town of 5K, so no trader joes. However, one of our two bulk food stores just started to carry some Trader Joes products. (yep, we manage to support THREE grocery stores, one "regular" and two bulk, because so many tiny po-dunk places come here to get supplies)

I like my super egg producing Leghorns... Not at good as the Trader Joe types, but mine have cute little rose combs and the girls come in lots of colors. It is just that the egg basket is no longer as varied.