Most of our eggs are on the jumbo side, we got a few tiny ones now from hens that are just hitting the age, but I’ve got one hen that just spits out huge eggs. I posted an 85g 8 months ago on here, but now this one is 100
I never thought to weigh them.
Nice! What breed was that from? I don’t get any white eggs
She’s a cream legbar. The flock is on grower pellets currently because there are pullets about, so the eggs have been a bit hit and miss recently. Usually they are light blue in colour and I get pure white ones from my Andalusian.
Oh cool, the egg production here slowed a bit too but I assumed it was do to the week of bad heat and being sedentary waiting it out, but that was just a guess off no real science. How old are your Pullets? Are they brand new? Baby chicks are always a lot of fun. (And sometimes hassle)
It’s the first time I’ve had chicks, they are 10 weeks old. It was hard work at times but I had a broody do most of the work. Now they are just part of the flock so it’s a matter of waiting for eggs now. Most of the hard work was caused by me worrying more than anything. Experience definitely will help for next time.
I’ve done baby chicks 4 times over the years and it’s always been different. The most rediculous one I did was taking the baby chicks (3-5 days old) and putting them in a hamper with pine chips at the bottom. Then put a feeder and water dispenser in there. I hung a heat lamp with a shoelace from a shower curtain rod I had extra. Every night when id shower id turn off the light and move the rod to the wall outside the curtain and put the basket on the bathroom floor. Sweep anything that may have come out of the basket up and then shower which would wash away anything left in the tub. Dry off put them back and when they were old enough/ bold enough to jump out of the tub, I integrated them with the few I had outside.
It was so dumb… But they chicks saw us whenever we went to see them and were guaranteed to have either me or my spouse in there at least 4 times a day, so we would see their food/water levels, and between the area being cleaned nightly and the exhaust vent for the bathroom, it didn’t even really smell. Having water from the tub/sink right there was great.
Sometimes stupid ideas work out.
Tiny egg for scale. The Blueish egg is 61g
That poor chicken is gonna turn herself inside out one of these days
The poor girl:
Double yolk? What breed(s)?
I haven’t cracked it yet, but probably a double yolk. We have 12 hens 1 rooster(got sexed wrong)
3 Plymouth Rocks
3 White Plymouth rocks (the rooster is one of these)
3 Easter eggers (the blue/green eggs like the 1 above)
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Australorpe (I think)
1 Golden Comet
1 unknown, maybe Barnevelder? (The Golden Comet Goldie we call her was broody for a 2 months, so I got a singular brown chicken to put under her in the middle of the night). Local feed and seed and nothing had labels.
It’s the Rhode Island that lays those giant ones.
I used to have a few more of them when I lived in Florida, but they never laid eggs this big, but always good sized Brown eggs
I’ve got 7 Rhode Island Reds and a few of them lay some big ones as well. I haven’t weighed them yet but now I shall and follow up. :) Thanks for sharing!
They are great birds. Really calm, maybe even to calm at times. I was worried when my Australian shepherd ran outside when I wasn’t there and got into the fenced area where I had the chickens. Was only 4ft so he just leaped over. Went out there and he was just laying in the middle of their area and they were just clucking around him. The dog happy to know they were herded, and them not caring at all that he was there.
Never worried after that.
I have 2 small mutts that we exposed the girls to since they were chicks. One pretty much ignores them, the other thought she was a chickie mama when they were little. They are completely chill around both of the dogs but wasn’t hesitant to peck at our cousin dog upon his sniffing around the pen.
I have reinforced regular handling/petting of them since they were little and they are very comfortable whenever we need to pick them up. I have only cared for RIRs and am spoiled to the fact that I want to stick with just that breed due to their egg production and temperment.
It always brings me joy just hanging out with the ladies. Love to spoil them with fresh fruits and vegetables along with their other regular grub treats.
Understandable, I cut up a watermelon and a honeydew melon and may have left a little more than needed on all the outsides because I knew I’d give them to the chickens. I have been lucky that I haven’t had an aggressive chicken yet. But I haven’t had anything fancy I guess. Silkies look rediculous so I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve heard they can have an attitude. I may end up with some denomination of Eater egger, Plymouth Rock mix soon enough, which I’m curious what color the eggs would be, or what it would look like. But the rooster is now 6 months old, he reminds us at 4:45am every morning now 🙄
Very cool! I’ve got 5 Easter eggers and they started a month ago. The eggs are just about average size now but started pretty small. I’m just amazed at the quantity.
They have been fun… those 3 stick together. We call them the weird sisters, not sure how it started. But their poofy cheeks probably have something to do with it. They are cute though, and I love their feather patterns. My spouses father swears their eggs taste better than the rest.
Feather patterns for those unawares
