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Ugh. So frustrating! I have 40+ hens and only get 6-10 eggs a day! There have been a lot of changes for them (which can affect egg laying) but this is ridiculous!! My 7 female ducks gave me 5 eggs. (2 are still too young!). So, what's with the chickens?
 
Flowerbh said:
So, all day DH was having us do work. Put the wood chips out, and then DD and DH fixed the gravel. Ate lunch, then DH wanted to weed eat. I didn't want to. Every time we started heading down to do it, it started to rain. 3 attempts and every time it would start raining. So I decided to start cleaning the kitchen. I saw DH and DD go down later to start weed eating. A few minutes later, DH calls and says they got in a yellow jacket nest! DD jumped in the lake. Got about 50 bites!!! DH got about 20! God tried every way he could to stop us! If I had gone down with them, I would have died! I am allergic to them!
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wThe good lord was watching over you .
 
Flowerbh said:
Ugh. So frustrating! I have 40+ hens and only get 6-10 eggs a day! There have been a lot of changes for them (which can affect egg laying) but this is ridiculous!! My 7 female ducks gave me 5 eggs. (2 are still too young!). So, what's with the chickens?
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. Same thing is going on here if it wasnt for the new birds I would be get two eggs from 8 birds . Three of the birds I got in spring are laying so five eggs is all I am gathering ans three of the five are smalls .
 
Flowerbh said:
So, all day DH was having us do work. Put the wood chips out, and then DD and DH fixed the gravel. Ate lunch, then DH wanted to weed eat. I didn't want to. Every time we started heading down to do it, it started to rain. 3 attempts and every time it would start raining. So I decided to start cleaning the kitchen. I saw DH and DD go down later to start weed eating. A few minutes later, DH calls and says they got in a yellow jacket nest! DD jumped in the lake. Got about 50 bites!!! DH got about 20! God tried every way he could to stop us! If I had gone down with them, I would have died! I am allergic to them!
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Glad you didn't go with them and I hope they are ok, that is still a lot of stings

carlene lamolin said:
. Same thing is going on here if it wasnt for the new birds I would be get two eggs from 8 birds . Three of the birds I got in spring are laying so five eggs is all I am gathering ans three of the five are smalls .
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Just think when they finally get to cranking out eggs you'll be saying "What am I to do with all these eggs!!"
 
My DH took eggs in to a Mexican worker this am, and then called and said he miss understood him he wants hatching eggs, do you think my girls could give me a dozen eggs today, noooooo got 5, but they are now going to go to him for free cause he paid my DH for the eggs and he got to keep a dozen eating eggs, so I filled in with some eggs I put in the fridge last night, so hope fully they will hatch, I have heard that they will if they are not in the cool for several days.
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but DH only got 2.50 for the eggs, so I think I might be ok, or I might be giving more eggs away DH's should not negotiate egg prices, 2.50 crazy.
 
katsdar said:
My DH took eggs in to a Mexican worker this am, and then called and said he miss understood him he wants hatching eggs, do you think my girls could give me a dozen eggs today, noooooo got 5, but they are now going to go to him for free cause he paid my DH for the eggs and he got to keep a dozen eating eggs, so I filled in with some eggs I put in the fridge last night, so hope fully they will hatch, I have heard that they will if they are not in the cool for several days.  :fl   but DH only got 2.50 for the eggs, so I think I might be ok, or I might be giving more eggs away  DH's should not negotiate egg prices, 2.50 crazy.  
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I'm actually about to put some eggs in to hatch and I pulled some out of the fridge to add in because one of the hens I really wanted to hatch from stopped laying after I cleaned them all for eating last week.
Not the best plan, but I figure if it doesn't work nothing really lost.
 
I am in the process of my worst hatch yet. I learned a good lesson on this one. Gathered eggs for about 10 days but left them in the basement at 79 degrees. Put 10 in the hatch and 1 has made it to day 21 (which is pipping). I only had 2 develop - one stopped at about a week.

Lesson learned - keep the eggs cool! Previous hatches have been at 90% plus but those have been in the winter/early spring where I stored the eggs closer to 60 degrees. I'm pulling another batch now but keeping them in a breathable cooler at 58 to 62. hopefully that goes better.

@katstar , @ShadesofSable - when are you guys starting the incubation? My next batch is going in on Friday evening. Focus on Maran's and Olive eggers w/ a few BCM over White Leghorn crosses.
 

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