I want to find out. And should I put in some water and food in the nesting box so that the bird doesn’t have too get out so he or she can sit on the egg for a while? And how long do chicken eggs take too hatch? My chickens keep on having sex andlaying eggs yet they never hatch.
I just got a rooster
So we are going to start buying hens and eating there eggs they produce. The only problem is……. I have never been raised on a farm nor do I know the first thing about them (With the exception of picking the eggs from the coop when I was little at Friends house) I just feel like something is missing. Can you really just go by hens and eat there eggs without getting sick? How do I know I am not going to get some parasite by eating it? How do I know the egg wont make me sick if the chicken is sick? Does it even pass through to the egg? Do I wash the egg or not? I am studying my butt off so I know what to do with the hens and I am getting confused. What is a perch? What is a nesting box? what is a roosting box? do I need all three? Can you get bird flu by eating an contaminated egg? If not bird flu what can you get? How do you make sure the egg don’t get contaminated? Please!!!!! someone help me, I am begging you! So, I know my chickens will have everything they need.
I think I seen it on 20/20 or Nightline but they were showing how they make fragau(dunno how you spell it but Duck liver)They force feed them poor birds to fatten up the liver before they off them.And they were also talking about KFC and how some of the farmers tourture the chickens before they off them too.Personally I feel bad for the birds BUT at the same time they’re gonna die anyway,so I’m not sure where I stand on that matter.Does this affect what you eat?
My chickens are still laying but not as much over the previous few weeks. It’s been really hot for this time of year and I have also just introduced new chickens to the flock.
I have also had an egg with a soft shell today. They are fed Layers Pellets, kitchen scraps, corn as a treat and have a pot of oyster shell. Fresh water available all the time.
Plenty of cosy quiet nest boxes in different areas. 6 nest boxes for 12 birds.
All seem happy and healthy and the new chickens seem to have mixed in quite well and settled down.
Two of the chickens are 16 weeks old (Speckledy Hens). Could one of these have layed the soft egg??
Any Ideas please!
i cant decide what i am going to do to keep my feed costs down. many people prefer corn-fed chickens. but i have heard that corn feeding them means more fat on the bird?.. anybody know?
I have 3 Plymouth Rock buff Bantams. They are 27 weeks old or there abouts. Not one single egg as yet!
I have a Bantie Rooster with them, feed them layers pellets, fresh water, clean housing, nest boxes, plenty of outdoor space, option to be in or outside anytime of day. Plenty of sunshine (Yes really, sun in England in April!)
Oh they also have grit should they need it. They are all very
healthy clean lovely birds but I just can’t wait for the little eggs!
Is this unusual?
Please someone tell me it will be any day soon!
Thanks
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