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Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales
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 Posted: Tue Jan 24, 17 9:22 am Post subject: Eggs |
 
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I have such clever chickens... the old dears have started laying again and I have had 3 eggs from Roadrunner (our turkey).  |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands
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My new pullets are just starting up. Hurrah for (nearly) spring. |
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Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales
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Always so satisfying. |
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Bodger
Joined: 23 May 2006
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My two setts of geese have both made nests, I don't think it will be long before they lay.
My older hens and pullets are laying but after being kept in for a couple of months, the yolks have gone very pale.  |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
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with them being in are they getting an increasing day length from either windows or keeping the lights on a bit longer each day?
i'm curious about how much difference lighting makes to the timing of the spring lay
(and thinking whether the winter egg strike could be avoided entirely with a small domestic flock) |
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Bodger
Joined: 23 May 2006
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My geese have laid their first egg of the season today and its a whopper too. :chufted: That's pretty early I reckon.  |
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Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 17 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Very early. When we had geese, they normally only started laying mid to late Feb. |
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Woodburner
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 17 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| Bodger wrote: |
My two setts of geese have both made nests, I don't think it will be long before they lay.
My older hens and pullets are laying but after being kept in for a couple of months, the yolks have gone very pale. |
If you feed them mash, try mixing in some chopped alfalfa. (No point with pellets or grain, it just goes to the bottom and gets left.) |
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Bodger
Joined: 23 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 17 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Sod that, the eggs taste just the same. |
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