Thursday, April 20, 2006 - Turkeys? Guineas? |
We ordered our spring chicks this week! We're fortunate to live close
enough to a hatchery that we can pick them up rather than having them
mailed. That means no minimums! As long as we order at least 6 birds.
Here's what we're getting:
12 Rhode Island Red pullets (for eggs, of course)
10 Muscovy ducklings (for mosquito control)
2 Bronze-breasted turkeys (for the freezer)
4 French guineas (for tick control)
4 Pekin ducklings (because they look pretty on our pond)
This is our first time trying turkeys and guineas. We'll see how it goes! They'll be yard roamers.
In other bird news, we discovered why our year-old chickens weren't
giving us any eggs. They were laying them, but they would eat them
almost as soon as they were layed! Our son saw them do it one
afternoon. After that, we let them out of their pen every morning, and
now they're laying eggs throughout their territory, and so far we've
been able to find them before their compatriots do. I guess the
chickens won't eat their own eggs. Or maybe it's just the change in
scenery and the availability of new spring grass and bugs.
Spring blessings!
Amey
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 - Egg protection |
| Posted by spinninggrandma |
Hmmm is there anyway you can get your nest boxes to have a drop or roll area so that the egg will roll somewhere you can collect them and the hens can't get at them to eat? This is a bad habit and is extremely difficult to break - I hope that they don't teach the habit to your little ones. Perhaps you should have them housed separatly so that the now-laying hens don't eat the new eggs when your babies grow up.
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