Comments on: Building My Nest Egg(s)

By: james

james — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:23:16 +0000

if you want a hen that will sit and hatch out eggs get you a group of silkie hens that will do the trick i practicaly have to pry mine off of a nest just to collect eggs

By: eddiegirl

eddiegirl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:21:32 +0000

I finally had to pen up the chickens & ducks, cuz the ducks always stayed at our front door & would look in, hubby would say they are asking for dog food, he’d give to them; so they would surely stay. SO NICE TO GET THEM BACK IN THE COOP. Messy little critters! We love to eat duck eggs along w/ our chicken eggs.
You know what I learned? How to tell the sex of a hen & a rooster when they are young…A hen her feathers are all the same length & the rooster his is uneven. This is best to know when you have lots of roosters of which you don’t want to keep till they are full grown; there’s lots of fighting, and at 18-20 months is best to butcher them for the stew pot, any later they are tough.
Eddiegirl

By: Minna

Minna — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:19:04 +0000

We used to have some ducks and geese. They weren’t any more interested in in sitting on their eggs than your chicken, but their eggs sure were big.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:06:49 +0000

I can’t believe none of them will take credit for the eggs. *G* Maybe if you offer them a cookie? *G*

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:57:18 +0000

:mrgreen: I remember getting to gather eggs with my aunt, on her Ranch in Texas, once, when I was young. She had a little chicken coup. It’s not REAL clear, but I seem to remember two rows of nesting boxes – one about my chest level and one lower…I was a young girl…so they couldn’t have been real tall….but I remember how FUN that was!! I sooo need to live on a farm. LOL

Hey and the French would NEVER use a cold egg to bake…so there you are – fresh warm eggs!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:51:27 +0000

You could get Coco to sit on them, after all a dog’s work is never done!

By: Estella

Estella — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:39:59 +0000

Gorgeous rooster!
It usually takes a while after a hen starts laying for them to want to set.

By: Tori Lennox

Tori Lennox — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:06:33 +0000

I had the same idea as Tressa. Put a nanny cam in the henhouse.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:24:06 +0000

I like your mystery eggs.

By: Tressa Nelson

Tressa Nelson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:36:33 +0000

I have the song “Secret Agent Man” going through my head…

You should put a hidden camera, an “Egg Cam” if you will, in the hen house. In fact, you could have a “live” link on your blog.