Growing chicken feed help

What a wonderful sight, the first egg, shown fresh - here on GC! . As M says it is a miracle of Nature and I now remember helping to collect my Aunt's hens' eggs and having one or two that were still warm...
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Maybe William and Kate's hatching will follow soon...

 

Brilliant Joolz.........i was so excited with my first egg i blew it and varnished it and my dog had a mini omlette....

 

Hee Hee loli i would never of thought of varnish
We are off to see another chicken breeder tomo i hope i dont come back empty handed

I may let they free range in autum,winter & early spring they could clear up the slug problem it would be nice to see my hostas flurish for a change M x

Thanks jenny,here is egg number 2,looking a lot better than the 1st egg and it was very warm! it must of just been layed when i checked x

A question about storing freshly laid eggs,are they better in the fridge or not??i usually put my shop bought ones in the fridge x

 

Hey a two egg omlette Joolz one more and you got yourself a nice sponge cake

Erm...what was that about Hostas flourishing


I don't put mine in the fridge Joolz but that's just my personal choice not sure what others do..........

Can't wait to see what you come from the breeders with

 

how long do the eggs last then Loli ? i always thought eggs would go 'off' if not refrigerated ?

one of our Quail hens actually laid an egg right into my hand once joolz68! it was kinda gross & amazing all at the same time the quail are quite tame & have little fear of hands, well she was poking around my hand looking to see if i had anything yummy & was just standing there on my palm when she suddenly fluffed herself up & looked 'odd'...ill even! "oh god" i thought "she doesn't look well at all"....then out popped one perfect egg right into my hand i dunno who was more startled her or me

 

I couldn't really tell you Honeybunny because they soon get eaten....

Awww how cute ...your little quail laying in your hand.....

 

I dint know chickens loved hostas as much as slugs thanks loli x

Wow..thats is some trust you had going there HBim so far as they all eat out of my hand,can stroke 2 and loli lets me pick her up(shes the leader)
Ive had 6 eggs up to now ..not bad in first 10 days so no fridge been needed(if needed) yet lol
I gave them yogurt to try today .. in plastic cups ..big mistake! they loved the yog but their wattles where covered in it........and like wet dogs they shake!!!!
I was splashed!

 

gosh you're doing well with them ain't you, in such a short time too!
yeah the quail are very trusting little fellas i must say i love how they come zooming over when they see you coming & hop all over your feet...im starting to think maybe they actually want to be stepped on, my goodness you have to be so careful ! they'd never stand being petted though but i think that's cos they're so itty bitty...although one of my old boys quite liked to have his head/face feathers tickled with a finger

i've just discovered they absolutely adore nasturtium leaves so i'll be growing that every year from now on so

 

I will grow some next yr aswell,im about out of chard from the allotment they love it !
I know i would be too clumsy around quail they are very small but cute
We got another 2 additions on thurs,white sussex,1 took a bit of a bruising(bad limping) so i seperated them for now.

 

oooh aren't they yummy Joolz ,
Jenny

 

Oh wow Joolz....

Hows the poorly chook doing? have you got them all together now?how did the intros go?

 

And the chook addiction begins ....

Sussex are good layers Has your poorly girl recovered?

I had an Orpington, "Fatty Hatty" who arrived with a limp and never lost it. Never stopped her though: at first sight of the mealworm bucket she would Gallump across the lawn at a pace which put some of the other girls to shame

 

Hi,..i dont know how to work quote now its all changed again
Loli,the intro went really badi snook them in when its was dark like i was advised but come 4.30 am all hell broke loose,they are at the bottom of the garden(150ft away) and the noise woke me up so up i got to try sort them out to no avail by 7.30 i made the decision to remove them,as 1 was limping badly (i emptied my 6x4 shed temporary)
It seems a lot better now thanks..i say it because after the photos i seen on the net im convinced its a cockrel,im being told it isnt but it aint as girlie as the other one
M.. i like orpingtonwe went to matlock yest and i seen signs for chicken racing on 3rd aug,wouldnt mind watching it i bet hatty could of won that then
We bought a coop and run today for them both,just finised erecting the coop and wil try and do the run tomo,i shall take some pics in the morning i will have no garden left soon
Im worn out xx

 

That's the part i don't like about keeping chooks...the intros.....they can be quite vicious but they won't give up until they've sorted out who's boss....you just have to let them get on with it...unless ofcourse it gets too brutal then you have to intervene....it's not nice though is it......hopefully they'll sort themselves out soon and settle down....

 

Loli is boss end of she hasnt laid thou i dont think..is that normal? im getting 2 eggs a day from the 4 hybrids,which i think is great given it takes 25hrs to make an egg and they are big eggs
Hope my white sussex settle this week in their new set up xx