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[broodytood]

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Just waking up!
Gonna be sunny and 75* today they say!!!!!

And most of the week!!! I hope they are right!

 

[VelvettFog]

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Stuck at work

And it's going to be a wonderful day. At least I'm done by 2pm !

 

[VelvettFog]

I need help selecting a breed. There are so many wonderful birds to choose from. I had thought I was partial to Wyandotte's but then someone here said that they eat too much for the amount of egg production they give! Ack! Now what do I do!


I want good egg layers, who lay brown (ok, just not white) eggs.

I liked the Wyandottes because they were colorful, available in a variety of 'flavors' and I didn't they they were too rare, nor too popular. But if they are going to eat me out of house and home, then I need a bird that lays more eggs!


Here is your assignment, should you choose to accept it;

Suggest to me a new breed, and why.


Good luck Jim. This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Just about anything besides leghorns, production Reds, production Barred Rock, Red and Black Stars etc will eat more for the amount of eggs you get. If you want to spend the least amount of money on feed and get the most eggs the latter would be your best bet. If you want eye candy then it's going to cost you more. A plus to getting the heavier breeds is there is also more meat should you choose to process.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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With out a doubt Rhode Island Red BANTAMS !!!! And The reason Well they lay (light) brown eggs, thier eggs are nice size for the size bird s/m on the egg scale, They eat much less than LF and they are very friendly easy going birds.

 

[hallerlake]

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I introduced my Brabanters to a coop in a run a couple of weeks ago, and I'm doing it again tonight with the spitz. I put the birds in the coop at sunset, and let them out into the run in the morning. With the Brabanters, I had to catch them to put them in the coop for a couple of evenings. By the third evening, they went in by themselves. I wouldn't want to keep them shut in a box for any length of time. Your coop may be more open than mine.

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[hallerlake]

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I introduced my Brabanters to a coop in a run a couple of weeks ago, and I'm doing it again tonight with the spitz. I put the birds in the coop at sunset, and let them out into the run in the morning. With the Brabanters, I had to catch them to put them in the coop for a couple of evenings. By the third evening, they went in by themselves. I wouldn't want to keep them shut in a box for any length of time. Your coop may be more open than mine.

One of the spitz found the gap at the bottom of the gate (darn round corners) within minutes of being let out this morning. It didn't like being separated from the others, and I'd taught them the cracked corn call already, so it wasn't hard to get it back in. I'll just have to keep flower pots at the gate until they get too big for the gaps.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Could you use a wet/dry vac to get a hive?

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Just about anything besides leghorns, production Reds, production Barred Rock, Red and Black Stars etc will eat more for the amount of eggs you get. If you want to spend the least amount of money on feed and get the most eggs the latter would be your best bet. If you want eye candy then it's going to cost you more. A plus to getting the heavier breeds is there is also more meat should you choose to process.

I was the one who mentioned the eggs per feed thing, but also mentioned better meat carcases in the same sentence. And it's important, if you're hatching eggs at all, to consider what you're going to do with surplus cockerels: my beloved Hamburgs are tiny, narrow-breasted, dark boned and probably unsalable beyond my family, where there's a lot of wild-eyed gourmet cooks. If you're going for egg production, get a chicken bred for egg production, otherwise a dual-purpose breed will serve you better.

Speaking of which, I'm stripped of eggs for the first time in weeks: we had pancakes and eggs for Father's Day breakfast, my sister took a dozen and the Boyfriend three, because that was what was left.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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