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[Old Man Tom]

View attachment 1380435 Good morning all time to get going on butchering Cornish X again it’s never ending. Had a new best egg day yesterday 62 eggs

How many hens ? Do you sell eggs? I give mine to the Senior Center in Brewster. Usually about 5 dozen a week. My Marans hens have quit laying, again. TOM

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have 5 customers that come after mine but have that to a science

 

[mixedbreeds]

How many hens ? Do you sell eggs? I give mine to the Senior Center in Brewster. Usually about 5 dozen a week. My Marans hens have quit laying, again. TOM

Yes I sell them to make feed cost. So why are the Marans not laying are yours molting? I’m having a heck of a time getting you eggs I have some but one is broody it was one of the darkest layers another one that lays a dark egg every once in a while so three others that are laying sometimes it all went like this about a week after I put the rooster in with them he’s been in there for 5 weeks now he’s being nice to the hens and me. I have around 90 hens need to get rid of some slackers.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Mine are all getting old enough to lay all of them
added new from the auction even adults added will take time to adjust to new surroundings

 

[Old Man Tom]

Yes I sell them to make feed cost. So why are the Marans not laying are yours molting? I’m having a heck of a time getting you eggs I have some but one is broody it was one of the darkest layers another one that lays a dark egg every once in a while so three others that are laying sometimes it all went like this about a week after I put the rooster in with them he’s been in there for 5 weeks now he’s being nice to the hens and me. I have around 90 hens need to get rid of some slackers.

I swapped roosters a week ago. I have 3 roosters I want to put over these six hens. They are my darkest layers. I'm going to up my protein to 21% All Flock. My pullets are molting and laying every other day. I will just set what ever we get on the 14th. Tom

 

[pennyJo1960]

Tom why do you have three are you worried about fertility or just want the variety

 

[Old Man Tom]

Tom why do you have three are you worried about fertility or just want the variety

All three roosters have different qualities I like. Some I don't like. I want to see what they produce. # 1 rooster too much color in his breast will make better hens. More copper in the hackle feathers. #2 rooster bad comb but a real big guy! I have hens that will fix that. #3 rooster looks real good, do not know what he will produce. I am not looking for perfection, but "that which produces perfection!" Mostly dark eggs.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have e3verything in my basket but the real dark brown that is why I am
hatching marans from @mixedbreeds for dark eggs

 

[pennyJo1960]

Anyone alive here

 

[mixedbreeds]

I’m alive still butchering Cornish x never ending job, I’m making it worse though as I’m cutting them up this year making smaller meal size packages. I don’t know what I was thinking last year freezing 7 to 12 pound chickens I could only eat a small part of it ended up eating chicken 3 days in a row plus noodles on the fourth day and still couldn’t eat it all.