True Blue Whiting info please?

[JRNash]

That was yesterdays haul. I will get some pictures tomorrow against a white background in natural light

 

[pioneerchick816]

@JRNash

I'm happy to get 7

Are the blue ones just WTB?

 

[JRNash]

The egg that blew everyones mind at the office where the DW works was the dark green one. The blue's are a very light pastel color. The green jumps out at you. Like a really dark Maran egg.

 

[JRNash]

@JRNash

I'm happy to get 7

Are the blue ones just WTB?

Nope, I have one EE that was running wild in town that lays a blue egg that is darker than the wtbs.

 

[JRNash]

My goal is 6dz a day. Today I picked up 5dz. I have around 80 young pullets that should come into lay over the next two months

 

[pioneerchick816]

You have a great egg business up & running! Congrats

I'm so excited to get my WTB & some OE in April. By next spring I should be to my 2Doz/ day goal

 

[JRNash]

Its stress relief for me. The only advice I can offer is get twice as many hens as you want eggs and then be happy if you get a 1/4 of that number.

 

[JRNash]

I wish you the best of luck another thing about MY wtbs, they are more flighty than my Leghorns

 

[pioneerchick816]

@JRNash
I'm bummed about them being flighty

I have a brown Leghorn and an Andalusian. The BL has calmed waaaay down since starting to lay but the Andalusian...not so much

. As long as they are consistent, I guess I'm ok with it. Thanks for the advice

 

[Eggscoozme]

I found my Leghorns to be more flighty than my Whitings. To me, flighty means it's hard to get near to a bird because they freak-out and fly away, AND are UP on things like fences. Whitings, at least mine, are not like that. They stay on the ground, and are highly intelligent - they will easily get out of your reach should you try to pick them up - it's pretty amazing how they do that even though they can be 2 feet in front of you (they will intentionally zig-zag to throw you off course and get you away from the main flock as a means to protect the flock - I think?) ; HOWEVER, you can give them treats with arms stretched way out.

Some other nice features are: they do not bully others nor do they get picked on. They are independent thinkers.

I really wish McMurray would sell smaller quantities of chickens like MPC and Ideal do. It is a turn off from purchasing from them.

I'd rather pay, in some instances, the express shipping fee to have a small order shipped than order more chickens than I want to satisfy a companies minimum requirements. Oh well.