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bearfretworks · 01-04-2009, 08:33 PM

.....Tiger Woods is thnking of ordering a dozen..

We have 13 hens, 1 rooster....the hens lay 8-10 eggs a day....the rooster smiles a lot!

Max · 01-04-2009, 08:37 PM

Looks like one is a Golden Comet. We have 5 of them and get 5 eggs every day without fail. What is the type is the other one?

bearfretworks · 01-04-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Max

Looks like one is a Golden Comet. We have 5 of them and get 5 eggs every day without fail. What is the type is the other one?

Actually, that is a Buff Rock...the only survivor. We also have 5 Barred Rocks, 3 Partridge Rocks, and 4 Black Australorps. The rooster is a P. Rock.

cj53 · 01-04-2009, 11:10 PM

I have 14 hens and 2 roosters but they have slowed way down laying since the weather got cold. I love my girls!

CJ

Jr_Ranger · 01-05-2009, 04:07 PM

Bear,
Thanks for sharing these pics. I used to raise chickens and guineas, never ate them but put the eggs in an incubator and had more. I sure did enjoy watching them. After the coyotes (got through an electric fence

) got them never felt like raising them again. Seeing your pics makes me want to do it again.

texas hillbilly · 01-05-2009, 06:26 PM

i'll take a dozen wait make that two since i seem to find every waterhole on the course lol

bearfretworks · 01-06-2009, 02:30 PM

Thanks folks, it is fun! We got 12 eggsyesterday....from 13 hens. Amazing to me.

cj53 - put a light in the coop if you can. Giving them at least 14 h of light (including sunlight) will increase their lay.

I can't wait for summer so I can finish the coop........... Meat birds "home" on left, egg layers on right............scrounged/salvaged about 2/3 of the materials...........

And the coop today (about 15 min ago!):

lucky788scroller · 01-07-2009, 03:14 AM

I see you really have those painting skills !!!!!!

Khalid · 01-07-2009, 12:51 PM

Why the colors of egg so different... The white one seems Farm egg

Ramjet · 01-07-2009, 03:15 PM

Is there a reason for a white golf ball in each nest ? I'm guessing it may have something to do with stimulating the hen to lay eggs? Just a guess ?
Nice coup . It reminds me of my first marriage . I lived in an old converted chicken coup .
Roger

01-04-2009, 08:33 PM	#1
bearfretworks Retired Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Buse Township, MN Posts: 1,367	my chickens lay more than eggs.............. .....Tiger Woods is thnking of ordering a dozen.. We have 13 hens, 1 rooster....the hens lay 8-10 eggs a day....the rooster smiles a lot! __________________ I love the smell of burnt gunpowder.....it reminds me of a full freezer

01-04-2009, 08:37 PM	#2
Max Dismembered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Independence, Ky Posts: 383	Looks like one is a Golden Comet. We have 5 of them and get 5 eggs every day without fail. What is the type is the other one? __________________ Dan ___________________________________ "Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again." --L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

01-05-2009, 04:07 PM	#5
Jr_Ranger Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 869	Bear, Thanks for sharing these pics. I used to raise chickens and guineas, never ate them but put the eggs in an incubator and had more. I sure did enjoy watching them. After the coyotes (got through an electric fence ) got them never felt like raising them again. Seeing your pics makes me want to do it again. __________________ Sylvia Support Our Troops

01-06-2009, 02:30 PM	#7
bearfretworks Retired Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Buse Township, MN Posts: 1,367	Thanks folks, it is fun! We got 12 eggsyesterday....from 13 hens. Amazing to me. cj53 - put a light in the coop if you can. Giving them at least 14 h of light (including sunlight) will increase their lay. I can't wait for summer so I can finish the coop........... Meat birds "home" on left, egg layers on right............scrounged/salvaged about 2/3 of the materials........... And the coop today (about 15 min ago!): __________________ I love the smell of burnt gunpowder.....it reminds me of a full freezer Last edited by bearfretworks; 01-06-2009 at 05:54 PM. Reason: added picture....

01-07-2009, 03:14 AM	#8
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	I see you really have those painting skills !!!!!! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

01-04-2009, 11:10 PM	#4
cj53 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 13	I have 14 hens and 2 roosters but they have slowed way down laying since the weather got cold. I love my girls! CJ

01-05-2009, 06:26 PM	#6
texas hillbilly Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: denton texas Posts: 13	i'll take a dozen wait make that two since i seem to find every waterhole on the course lol

01-07-2009, 12:51 PM	#9
Khalid Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pakistan Posts: 313	Why the colors of egg so different... The white one seems Farm egg __________________ http://my-woodcarving.blogspot.com/

01-07-2009, 03:15 PM	#10
Ramjet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,096	Is there a reason for a white golf ball in each nest ? I'm guessing it may have something to do with stimulating the hen to lay eggs? Just a guess ? Nice coup . It reminds me of my first marriage . I lived in an old converted chicken coup . Roger

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