Chicken/egg question

[Robinjopo1]

Ive given up on that. Videos I've watched show too many different ways. I've been checking wings where they say hens have basically 2 layers with longer and shorter, roo's have even single layer. There several I've watched that show this method:

I've tried a few too. I was wrong. The people who do this as a job, must know a secret.

The guy at TSC and I measured wings and something else but he said he was clueless too. I was wanting a roo so I bought 6 straight runs and got 2 that I had for years. They died last yr and a neighbor gave me her spare.

 

[GaRp58]

The 8 eggs we incubated last Sep. provided us with 7 birds....one died and FIVE!!!! from the 6 were roosters...
Two were already traded away at the market and another given away. The next one will be given away tomorrow. Hopefully She is wrong about the next-to-last one also being a rooster.

 

[GaRp58]

 

[Amish Heart]

Had to laugh....the Rock barred "pullets" I bought for cheap (two bucks) at the Atwoods farm store....out of 6, 5 are now crowing. Pullets, right, ha.
Maybe the Scotts can dress up their chickens and call them "therapy pets"...they can identify as cats or something.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

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No one is being fooled. This is so they can claim there is a horrible bird virus and KILL all the birds. We are only a short time from being STARVED!!!

 

[GaRp58]

Had to laugh....the Rock barred "pullets" I bought for cheap (two bucks) at the Atwoods farm store....out of 6, 5 are now crowing. Pullets, right, ha.

They have figured out that if they do not just destroy the males in a huge batch (meant for mass laying farms) since they only want hens and eggs for the profits, it looks like they add the males to the SALES of whatever you order to make money instead of losing it and you bite the bullet with getting the roosters......

 

[Amish Heart]

Oh, these were chicks. Couldn't yet tell if they were hens or roosters. I betcha they had straight runs in one section, pullets in another, and just mixed the two together when they ran low.

 

[Cindyd]

Caught "Tranny"..our Americana in act this morning eating eggs! (We call her Tranny cause she was given to us as a rooster and turned out to be a hen after she laid a green colored egg in her crate 2nd day after we had her quarantined before releasing her amongst the flock. .

Anyway, this is second go around with her eating eggs. I separated her before for about a week. She's did fine for few months after I put her back out, but she's at it again. If she does it again, after I let her back out this time...off with her head! She doesn't lay that often anyway for some reason. Only green egg in the bunch, so it's easy to tell. She ain't gonna freeload anymore. Funny too, the first egg that hatched in incubator was the green one (hers). That chick came out strong as heck, has been dominant over all the rest, and I think the only rooster in the bunch (based on wing check and tail feathers (has no tail feathers like the rest)...but then again, could take after it's mamma! And might not be a rooster after all!

 

[EastenerWesterner]

Caught "Tranny"..our Americana in act this morning eating eggs! (We call her Tranny cause she was given to us as a rooster and turned out to be a hen after she laid a green colored egg in her crate 2nd day after we had her quarantined before releasing her amongst the flock. .

Anyway, this is second go around with her eating eggs. I separated her before for about a week. She's did fine for few months after I put her back out, but she's at it again. If she does it again, after I let her back out this time...off with her head! She doesn't lay that often anyway for some reason. Only green egg in the bunch, so it's easy to tell. She ain't gonna freeload anymore. Funny too, the first egg that hatched in incubator was the green one (hers). That chick came out strong as heck, has been dominant over all the rest, and I think the only rooster in the bunch (based on wing check and tail feathers (has no tail feathers like the rest)...but then again, could take after it's mamma! And might not be a rooster after all!

Chicken soup.

 

[Oddcaliber]

Fried chicken!

 

[Robinjopo1]

Caught "Tranny"..our Americana in act this morning eating eggs! (We call her Tranny cause she was given to us as a rooster and turned out to be a hen after she laid a green colored egg in her crate 2nd day after we had her quarantined before releasing her amongst the flock. .

Anyway, this is second go around with her eating eggs. I separated her before for about a week. She's did fine for few months after I put her back out, but she's at it again. If she does it again, after I let her back out this time...off with her head! She doesn't lay that often anyway for some reason. Only green egg in the bunch, so it's easy to tell. She ain't gonna freeload anymore. Funny too, the first egg that hatched in incubator was the green one (hers). That chick came out strong as heck, has been dominant over all the rest, and I think the only rooster in the bunch (based on wing check and tail feathers (has no tail feathers like the rest)...but then again, could take after it's mamma! And might not be a rooster after all!

Call Kristie Noem. She will take her to the gravel pit.

I think I butchered her name.

 

[Cindyd]

Tranny is out of jail. She's my only Americana left, but she free loads again, with not laying, and eating everybody elses eggs, she's going down. Put the white hen back in crate that the rooster will not leave alone. She's back with 2 terribly raw spots on top of her back. Cleaned the wounds, put colloidal silver spray on them. 1 hen (same one) out of 22! Rooster will not leave her alone. Saddle didnt stay on long when I let let her back out. She's a small hen and I'm gonna have to adjust the snaps. Smallest one they had and it's too big for her.

 

[Robinjopo1]

My Speckled Sussex is sitting. This breed has always been my best for broodiness

 

[Arcticdude]

We have 2 runner ducks sitting now. It's been cold and snowy here so the (crazy?) wife wants me to build a little shelter over them since they're sitting outside.

 

[Cindyd]

FYI, we used colloidal silver spray on hen currently seperated, this time after cleaning with basic band aid brand wound cleaner/steralizer (that's what I had on hand for cleaning). I can already tell a huge difference in one day in the raw spots "wounds" on her back. Not healed, but very noticeable difference! Highly recommend it (corroidal silver), if need arises. I wish I would have taken before n after pics.

I think I bought the spray at a farmers market someone was selling in a Boothe, last year. I ordered some in tube from Mike Adam's web site, but it is super runny/watery, and didn't seem to work nearly as fast (still effective though). I'll have to look at brand of spray. Can't recall. I forgot n left it outside on golf cart this eve, so will check in morning. Memory on brand of the spray is mush.

 

[GaRp58]

I can already tell a huge difference in one day in the raw spots "wounds" on her back

Catch the rooster, flip him on his back and stroke his stomach to get him quiet....trim the tips off his claws and protect the hens.......

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

We have 2 runner ducks sitting now. It's been cold and snowy here so the (crazy?) wife wants me to build a little shelter over them since they're sitting outside.

What about a moveable dog house type with no floor? She probably wants them to stay on the nests. I agree with her.