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[Teva]

Guess what???!!! I got our very first ***2*** eggs today!!!!!! Pics later after company leaves

YAY! Now you can use it as an incentive to get your kids to do things. Mine is "No checking for eggs in the coop until you are out of your pj's and dressed!" and then I'll add bed made, hair brushed, etc.....hehheh.

fun things....they are all part of a Mom's evil plan.....

 

[RainyDayChicken]

hi everyone
I just finished my 3 case of peaches i made jam out of two and put the other up in halves for cobblers this winter. I also made a peach cobbler, i have two cases of toms for tuesday. My five little silkies are growing and getting frisky. hope everyone is staying cool, i am from sc so for me this is just warm.

 

[FirewifeJess]

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That's great! I think I'm going to have to add that to my daily chore chart for them as an incentive; so far I only have 2 fun things per week and 3 kids! Check the milk box from Smith Brothers Farms and Help Mom Cook. Check Nest Boxes for Eggs will be great! I rotate them weekly

 

[VelvettFog]

Now -- off to do bumble foot surgery.

Ok -- not as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe I caught it early - but the hen did have it in both feet, one worse than the other.

 

[VelvettFog]

I will take at least one!

Looks good! If you can lighten it up a bit and make it so it takes less weight to open that would be great. Could't those of us that get one just add some weight to the treadle part?

I'm shooting for around 3 lbs as the amount of weight necessary to open the feeder. Then if folks want (like you said) to make it so a lighter bird can open it, they add weight to the treadle. If folks want it to take a heavy bird to open the lid, they add weight to the lid.


I may have messed up on the shipping cost - but it's more fun to deliver them personally anyway

 

[FirewifeJess]

Back with pics! I'm just thrilled! It was around 4:30 when I went downstairs to grab something. No.Joke...I just knew. I immediately got on my sandals and went out the back door for no reason, checked the boxes and there it was! Our very first egg, laid by Scarlett my RIR who is the only one that has ever checked out the rabbit hutch nest box or gone inside to root around. They're super tiny, didn't even move my egg scale, Peewee Eggs! I brought it in to show all our company and of course all the big kids ran around to all the neighbors to tell them and soon we had quite a crowd. They all went home and I took a picture or so, put the egg in the fridge and got busy again with Jeanine's birthday stuff. An hour after the first find I went out to say hi to the girls and say "Good job!" and my nephew says there's another egg but he doesn't know if it's a dummy or real. Sure enough there was a new, fresh, warm, tiny egg in the coop nest box! Here's the pics
#1, laid by a RIR:

DD (turning 4 on Tuesday!) holding it She's so excited!

On the egg scale; so cute!

And then there were two!

The most expensive eggs I've ever eaten! Yup, they're already gone and they were heavenly!

 

[FirewifeJess]

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I would definitely love to have one too! Count me in if you do a mass build.

 

[cmsdvm]

I only bathed 7 birds to take to the fair at Chehalis Tuesday- a combination of my age and their molt...

 

[RaZ]

YAY! Now you can use it as an incentive to get your kids to do things. Mine is "No checking for eggs in the coop until you are out of your pj's and dressed!" and then I'll add bed made, hair brushed, etc.....hehheh.

fun things....they are all part of a Mom's evil plan.....

Dear Evil Mom,
I was wearing my jammies when I went out to check for eggs. My bed was not made. My hair was not brushed but my teeth were. Oddly enough, the chickens did not seem to mind.

Back with pics! I'm just thrilled! It was around 4:30 when I went downstairs to grab something. No.Joke...I just knew. I immediately got on my sandals and went out the back door for no reason, checked the boxes and there it was! Our very first egg,
The most expensive eggs I've ever eaten! Yup, they're already gone and they were heavenly!

The first eggs are the best you will ever have. And like you said, the most expensive eggs you will ever have. Worth every penny IMO.

 

[Hinotori]

Just candled the eggs under my broody and she only bit me once. All the special treats are working on her. The ones I can see into are looking good, veining starting well. I can't wait to see what types of colors I get out of them. Should be some pretty birds.