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Post by centralilrookie on Feb 24, 2024 16:30:12 GMT -5
gardendmpls, a question for the resident chicken professor, I believe we have three hens that were supposed to lay green eggs now we’re getting an egg regularly that is a pretty pale blue. What’s going on??
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Post by breezygardener on Feb 24, 2024 17:07:27 GMT -5
I believe we have three hens that were supposed to lay green eggs now we’re getting an egg regularly that is a pretty pale blue. What’s going on?? Not the resident "chicken professor", but green egg layers - like the popular "Olive Egger" breed - were developed by crossing egg layers of brown & blue eggs, thus the occasional hen will lay brown or blue eggs instead of the hoped-for green.
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Post by centralilrookie on Feb 24, 2024 19:49:24 GMT -5
breezygardener, Thank You for quick lesson in egg genealogy. I was surprised and confused what was going on…..
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Post by centralilrookie on Mar 10, 2024 20:22:47 GMT -5
Oh happy day!! Ten girls of age and for the first time 10 eggs collected today. Way to girls!! Just happened to buy a new feeder yesterday that holds approx 40lbs of feed. Put it out this afternoon and once they got the hang of putting their heads in the holes they seemed quite content.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 11, 2024 11:13:55 GMT -5
I’ve posted previously that Neighbor to the North keeps us supplied in eggs. He brought some last week, and his girls are passing out “double yolkers”.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 11, 2024 13:08:41 GMT -5
and his girls are passing out “double yolkers”. I fondly remember how excited we'd all get when we came across some of these - both from a local farmer's birds & then from our own.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 26, 2024 20:59:15 GMT -5
The continuing saga with a neighbor's chickens... Was loving having them wander through as they free range along our lane. However I am now feeling like they have become a nuisance. They are slowly destroying my landscaping. Talk #1 with neighbor about this yielded her suggestion that she buy some motion detectors (I truly appreciate her willingness to work with me on this) that will spray them when they wander in. However, it has been too cold to set up hoses and the detectors and we have decided we really don't want the detectors since they will spray ours and any vehicle that drives through our circle driveway. Talk #2 is coming up. I'm thinking that it isn't our job to do what we can to keep the chickens off our property (whether it is the detectors, fencing, etc). I'm feeling it is her job to keep them contained to her half acre property. Does that seem reasonable or am I off base here?
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Post by centralilrookie on Mar 26, 2024 21:08:41 GMT -5
desertwoman , not off base at all! It’s her chickens that are becoming a nuisance, her problem…..
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 27, 2024 14:27:02 GMT -5
I'm feeling it is her job to keep them contained to her half acre property. Does that seem reasonable or am I off base here? You are definitely NOT off base here. Her critters; her problem. You should not have to be inconvenienced one tiny little bit by whatever it takes to keep her chickens at home. Getting you involved is what's called having "big brass ones", if you know what I mean. We had a problem like that with a neighbors' dogs. For some reason they seemed to think it was our job to continuously chase their loose dogs off our property, even when our own dogs weren't allowed out loose. We hated to be the meanies in this situation, but it finally came down to our advising them that we wouldn't be chasing their dogs off our property anymore. We would just be containing them so that Animal Control could come by & pick them up. Suddenly & automatically, we never saw the dogs on our property again.
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Post by datgirl on Mar 27, 2024 17:08:41 GMT -5
desertwoman,I agree it's not your problem, but it kinda is a problem. I don't have an answer for you, but I hope talk #2 comes up with a solution.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 27, 2024 20:59:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the confirmations and support. centralilrookie, breezygardener, datgirl, I'm thinking I will suggest she hook the motion detectors, she bought, to her hoses to keep the chickens home, on her property, rather than give them to us to try to keep her chickens away from our property. Keeping them contained to her property will put a limit to their walkabouts but I would think a half acre should give them some good ranging at home. I will miss them sitting under our fruit trees but will not miss the destruction they are starting to wreak.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 27, 2024 21:09:03 GMT -5
There is something called a poultry fence or netting. Some are portable so the chickens can be moved around to enjoy new spots. Some poultry netting is electrified to keep predators out. That might be a good solution. She doesn't have to fence the whole property, just move it around. How many chickens does she have? If they are young/lightweight enough to fly over the top, their wing feathers can be clipped on one side.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 28, 2024 9:11:28 GMT -5
She has 7 chickens and they are about 2-3 years old. gardendmpls, I'll pass on your suggestions, as well.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 28, 2024 9:53:18 GMT -5
A half-acre is plenty enough for 7 chickens. They would not need too big a fence. They are supposed to be easy to set up. She could use a smaller, lower priced fence if moved more often. They can be set up, with no tools, in about 10 minutes. Here is one company, but there are others: www.premier1supplies.com/poultry/fencing.php?fence_id=30Videos: This is a larger fence, but it went up so fast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_wb6T6fbUBy the way, it is called poultry netting.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 29, 2024 21:10:43 GMT -5
Talk #2 went well. I approached it gently. She "completely understand"s. She is going to take responsibility, and start "training" them, will place the sprinkler motion detectors along her unfenced property line. She is of the opinion that "aggressively spraying" them with a hose does wonders to make them "scared" to approach certain areas. She says she will train them to keep out of our yard or else they will only get to free range briefly when she and her young son are with the chickens, to supervise. She and her son are going to come over tomorrow, a couple of times, and "aggressively spray" the chickens as they wander in. Hopefully I will be able to start repairing the damage soon.
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