YO GEORGIANS! :)

[Flowerbh]

My hatch is winding down.....18 or 21 eggs. That's about 86%. I always wonder why chicks get to the very end and then just don't hatch. So sad.

 

[Henthused]

My hatch is winding down.....18 or 21 eggs. That's about 86%. I always wonder why chicks get to the very end and then just don't hatch. So sad.

I know. It is sad. I had a hatch this spring, and after day 21, I candled 3 of the eggs that were floaters and wiggling in the water. I could see the little ones pipping at the inner membrane. But, they never pipped the shell. I felt really bad for them.

 

[feathersaloft]

Hard to see, but I gave my chickens a pumpkin today. We came home from dinner, and my Swedish flower rooster was sleeping in the pumpkin. I helped him out and put him into the coop.


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[Red Banks]

Today I walked out to the coop and one of the pullets was in my wicker basket. Chicken in a basket. She looked so cute but...... your rooster in a pumpkin really made me smile.

They are so entertaining.

 

[katsdar]

A friend who raced pigeons passed away this summer. This was his loft. B


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Oh sorry about your loss

 

[Coach C]

My girls are 8 month old Cream Leg Bars. I assume they should be laying by now. If I just got them and moved them to my house, how long before I can expect them to start back laying with the change in home?

 

[Flowerbh]

Hard to see, but I gave my chickens a pumpkin today. We came home from dinner, and my Swedish flower rooster was sleeping in the pumpkin. I helped him out and put him into the coop.


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Too cute!

 

[feathersaloft]

Oooh! Since my race was postponed due to weather, where is the info on the meetup today?
Who is going?
Anyone willing to share gas costs?

 

[rossfam06]

My girls are 8 month old Cream Leg Bars. I assume they should be laying by now. If I just got them and moved them to my house, how long before I can expect them to start back laying with the change in home?

I would say up to a month. I got some POL hens and well....I got about 3 eggs out of one and thats it. I have had them now for about 3 weeks. Lol.

 

[Flowerbh]

I would say up to a month. I got some POL hens and well....I got about 3 eggs out of one and thats it. I have had them now for about 3 weeks. Lol.

Don't forget that most chickens slow down or stop laying eggs altogether when the daylight hours get shorter than 14 hours. Right now we are getting just a tad over 12 hours. A lot of people will put a small light in their coop on a timer that is set to come on around 4am, so that they will have 14 hours of light. Some people opt to let their chickens take a break and rest during this time of year.