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[themadchicken]

so i have a friend that has a small farm. and get this, she has a hen that has gone broody and thinks several baby pigs are her babys and is trying to keep them under her like a hen does with chicks. yep baby pigs lol

That is so funny. She should get some video and put it on youtube.

 

[the-bird-man]

my new toy. Gonna be fun rabbit hunting tomorrow with it.

beautiful! is that a 20? or is it a 12? very nice gun. i bet that will be fun

 

[Cynthia12]

so i have a friend that has a small farm. and get this, she has a hen that has gone broody and thinks several baby pigs are her babys and is trying to keep them under her like a hen does with chicks. yep baby pigs lol

That is just hilarious! I agree..they should at least take a photo.

 

[Cynthia12]

Wow Tell, what did you do so nice to deserve that? ey? J/K! You're a good kid, you deserve a fun toy like that. Watch out rabbits!! I can't remember, do you eat the rabbit, or use the fur? Or both?

 

[sillycmoy]

Hey everyone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We had a great Christmas, and of course the kids got way too much stuff. Everything here is just fine. The girls all seem to be doing great outside in this weather. The have been out sun bathing the last few days in the warm sun. So I'm sure they are happy.

Now as far as eggs, I'm only getting maybe 1-2 a day down from the 5 day, with 18 of them outside. Which isn't bugging me any. We couldn't keep up with eating them. I'm going to be in for it in the summer with 18 of them, that's for sure.

But my question today is… The last week we have noticed a white dot in the yolk. We sometimes get an egg with a blood spot. But we are now getting them with a white spot, some are white spots are bigger then others, is this from it being cold outside and them freezing or something? I go out every morning, put out a fruit or veggie for the day, and some scratch, and of course give them fresh unfrozen water. And usually I go back out around 4 to get the few eggs, and they are usually extremely cold.

My husband was joking around yesterday with them that I have a mystery rooster out there, and they are fertilized…He did this to tease my 5 year old into thinking she was eating baby chicks. I don't think we have a Roo out there, but now he got me thinking about it, what is the white spots.

And if there is a Roo out there, I'm sure its my Hokey Pokey that I got from Lisa. I really need to get a photo of that SG/NN mix. She/He has the softest feathers, almost silkie like, but then not really. And is a very dirty white look, and of course has the polka dots. But the top feathers on the head are so crazy. That I've been questioning if its a Roo. If it is, I've never heard a peep. So hopefully that won't change, because I love my funky looking chicken outside.

 

[sillycmoy]

Okay, I decided to take some photo's. These eggs are probably at least a week old in the fridge.









Lisa here is the pokey chick I got from you. Just ran out and took it.





No he/she is not dirty, that is the normal color. I love it.

 

[themadchicken]

Karen, it is normal and nothing is wrong with your eggs. The white spot on the yolk is called the germinal disc. Fertilization takes place through the germinal disc. If the egg is fertile the germinal disk will have rings around it and it will look like a bulls eye with the white dot being the center of the bulls eye. As the hens mature the dot is more noticeable.

 

[sillycmoy]

Karen, it is normal and nothing is wrong with your eggs. The white spot on the yolk is called the germinal disc. Fertilization takes place through the germinal disc. If the egg is fertile the germinal disk will have rings around it and it will look like a bulls eye with the white dot being the center of the bulls eye. As the hens mature the dot is more noticeable.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with them, we still ate them this morning. Yummy…. I just didn't know if they were fertilized or not, because then I have a silent Mister outside. That's all. I've just never noticed the white dots before last week.

 

[themadchicken]

what i meant was nothing is wrong as not fertile

. look at post #14638 by thebirdman. its a good picture of the bulls eye.

 

[tellorton]

Wow Tell, what did you do so nice to deserve that?  ey?    J/K!   You're a good kid, you deserve a fun toy like that.  Watch out rabbits!!    I can't remember, do you eat the rabbit, or use the fur?  Or both? 

I just had to ask for it for Christmas is all I had to do. Haha. I just skin them and sale the firs. I also trap miskrats and foxes and raccoons so I do the same with all of them.