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PapaChaz said:
@ Calima you should be selling some of those. I plan to ask $3.25 a dozen or $3 if they give me a carton.... I expect to get some regular customers up and down my road
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That's exactly what my husband says!

Question? How long will they continue to lay eggs? I believe that I read somewhere that they stop for a period of time and then they start back.
 
Calima said:
That's exactly what my husband says!

Question? How long will they continue to lay eggs? I believe that I read somewhere that they stop for a period of time and then they start back.
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in winter when the daylight gets shorter, they'll slow down. Most likely will go into a molt, during which time they'll stop laying

Some people use artificial light to make it light in the coop for more hours during the day to prompt them to lay more, but, a hen is only born with so many eggs to lay, and once they're gone they're gone. I personally feel like nature should be left alone and let them get the rest they need and get eggs for another year or so instead of getting those eggs during a time when their body needs to rest.

some breeds, lay more continuously though, one of the reasons I wanted some leghorns, they don't slow down as much when the other hens will during winter
 
Hi fellow Georgians,
I picked up 2 EE chicks a couple of wks. ago, and I have them quarantined at the present time. I was told they were 4 wks. at the time, but I suspect maybe a little younger. They are in a wire 3'X3' wire cage, and I layer straw and shavings to protect their feet. I have dusted them twice with Garden & Poultry dust that I bought from TS. I have not seen any pecking between them, but of course, I am not with them but 2-3 times a day.
Today, I took them out to play with them and was shocked to see large bare areas on the yellow chick, so I checked the brown chick and found a couple of small bare spots on her too. I am attaching pictures and I hope that maybe some of you might have an idea of what is going on. I am not sure when they are completely feathered, but this does not look natural to me. Any help will be appreciated, and thank you.






Oh..., I should have checked smaller before submitting. I'm sorry for taking so much room.
 
PapaChaz said:
in winter when the daylight gets shorter, they'll slow down. Most likely will go into a molt, during which time they'll stop laying

Some people use artificial light to make it light in the coop for more hours during the day to prompt them to lay more, but, a hen is only born with so many eggs to lay, and once they're gone they're gone. I personally feel like nature should be left alone and let them get the rest they need and get eggs for another year or so instead of getting those eggs during a time when their body needs to rest.

some breeds, lay more continuously though, one of the reasons I wanted some leghorns, they don't slow down as much when the other hens will during winter
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So pretty much from November to March, NO EGGS at all? 4-5 months:( ?
 
Flowerbh said:
I have my license and sell my eggs for $4.00. That is what all the locals sell their eggs for around me.
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THAT is awesome, do you do your own labels, or do you order the whole thing printed up like that? My reasoning behind $3.25 is that $3 is pretty much the going rate around here, so if I can get some regular customers and get them to give me back my cartons, I'll make the same as everyone else and not have to buy cartons, LOL although I may have to check into cartons like that if you order them somewhere.....

@Calima, she's talking about a candling license. You need that to sell at farmers market type setups. Actually think you're supposed to have it to sell eggs anyway, but I'd bet the vast majority of people I see advertising on craigslist don't have them either

You can check the GA Dept of Ag website, click the calendar for your area and find out where and when the next one is. It's one of those, "we make sure no one fails" kind of deals
 
Henthused said:
Hi fellow Georgians, I picked up 2 EE chicks a couple of wks. ago, and I have them quarantined at the present time. I was told they were 4 wks. at the time, but I suspect maybe a little younger. They are in a wire 3'X3' wire cage, and I layer straw and shavings to protect their feet. I have dusted them twice with Garden & Poultry dust that I bought from TS. I have not seen any pecking between them, but of course, I am not with them but 2-3 times a day. Today, I took them out to play with them and was shocked to see large bare areas on the yellow chick, so I checked the brown chick and found a couple of small bare spots on her too. I am attaching pictures and I hope that maybe some of you might have an idea of what is going on. I am not sure when they are completely feathered, but this does not look natural to me. Any help will be appreciated, and thank you. Oh..., I should have checked smaller before submitting. I'm sorry for taking so much room.
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From what I can tell it looks normal. As long as there is no clear skin irritation or bugs, it looks to me like it's just a "hot weather" feathering stage. When they stay hot they will still lose down but won't grow the feathers as quickly. I wish I had a pic of some of my Brahma cockerels from a few weeks back before I sold them.. Brahmas are slow to feather to begin with.. Boys feather even slower than the girls. Throw in the high temps we've had and it looked like I had a cage full of leper chicks. It was plain embar'sin'!!
 
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Thank you carcar80 for your quick reply. I definitely don't want to overtreat w/pesticides, etc. I have been searching BYC, and I will be going back to check them after dark for critters that mostly show up at night. I figure one more week in quarantine until I can put them in a separate pen in the run for the other older chicks to become accustomed to having around, but, I don't want to intoduce any unwanted critters to the main flock.
 

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