Chicken/egg question

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Nothing else is needed if the eggs aren’t washed. Store bought ones are always washed so preserving them with mineral oil works. For us with laying hens, don’t wash them. No refrigeration needed! I’ve kept mine for many months in a big wire basket on the counter...in the heat of summer. No problems whatsoever! I do test the older ones once in awhile to make sure they are ok.

To test them, just drop into a glass of water. If it floats on top, throw it away.

 

[DrHenley]

Nothing else is needed if the eggs aren’t washed. Store bought ones are always washed so preserving them with mineral oil works.

He talks about that in the video.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Nothing else is needed if the eggs aren’t washed. Store bought ones are always washed so preserving them with mineral oil works. For us with laying hens, don’t was them. No refrigeration needed! I’ve kept mine for many months in a big wire basket on the counter...in the heat of summer. No problems whatsoever! I do test the older ones once in awhile to make sure they are ok.

To test them, just drop into a glass of water. If it floats on top, throw it away.

We never wash our eggs either unless we're selling some to the store. We'll float test any egg that we're unsure of the age.

 

[Duestate584]

Okay. I have a broody hen. I left her in the nesting box with her 4 eggs. Today I go look and the other ladies have been giving her eggs and now she has 12.

I'm sure its an instinctive, save the species thing.

Question for chicken people. Should I have separated her and her eggs from the other hens when she first went broody or leave her in the nesting box?

I don't need 12+ baby chicks every time a lady goes broody. I was hoping to get 4 babies to replace the ones the fox ate.

Depends on your goal. If you wanted four chicks, then yeah, separate, if you are wanting to increase you flock then leave it be,

 

[Psalm7]

We have 2 bunches of baby chicks right now . See if we can keep the varmints out of them .

 

[user 7704]

We never wash our eggs either unless we're selling some to the store. We'll float test any egg that we're unsure of the age.

I don't wash either unless they drop one in poop. I don't keep them long enough to go bad. I have a customer that supplies his family, so he gets 3 or 4 dozen per week now that they are finally laying.

My husband actually buys store eggs to boil because fresh eggs don't peel easily. I hate eggs.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Just had a hawk grab one of our hens. He dropped it and the hen is fine. The hawk was gone before I could get my gun out.

 

[user 7704]

A hawk tried to get one of mine about 2 weeks ago. She was too heavy, but feathers were everywhere.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I dont know what all this debate is about. The Rooster came first!

 

[Brent S]

I dont know what all this debate is about. The Rooster came first!

Typical male......

 

[Mountain trapper]

Now that our ducks are laying they make the chicken eggs look tiny.

 

[Kevin L]

I've heard that coating fresh eggs with isinglass (sodium silicate), which preserves them for months on end without refrigeration.

I've seen this done with duck eggs, and it seems to work.

See link below:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw1QMSmXWKYdv6KNu3n4T5xH&cshid=1586219298820

 

[Mountain trapper]

I dont know what all this debate is about. The Rooster came first!

Of course. We all know that. And the hens have been nagging ever since.

 

[user 7704]

My rooster has been a royal pain for 3 days. I have to carry a 1" PVC stick to protect myself. He got me the other night when I had my back turned.

I need to go work on the bees today to find a queen and can't have him attacking when I have a frame mm of bees in my hand.

I hate to but I'm going to carry a gun to the bees and if he comes at me, I'll first shoot at the ground near him and the next will be a kill shot. (Hopefully).

HE has been aggressive with the other rooster this week too. Major fights. They grew up together so have always gotten along.

 

[Dani]

My rooster has been a royal pain for 3 days. I have to carry a 1" PVC stick to protect myself. He got me the other night when I had my back turned.

I need to go work on the bees today to find a queen and can't have him attacking when I have a frame mm of bees in my hand.

I hate to but I'm going to carry a gun to the bees and if he comes at me, I'll first shoot at the ground near him and the next will be a kill shot. (Hopefully).

HE has been aggressive with the other rooster this week too. Major fights. They grew up together so have always gotten along.

I ended up kicking the cra p out of one of ours. He stopped for awhile but eventually ended up in the pot.

 

[user 7704]

I ended up kicking the cra p out of one of ours. He stopped for awhile but eventually ended up in the pot.

A few months ago, this one got smacked with a stick and has been good until this week

 

[Dani]

A few months ago, this one got smacked with a stick and has been good until this week

A good pot of Chicken Dumplins sound good.

 

[user 7704]

This is odd. Today is the date that the first eggs under the hen should hatch. The other ladies are standing around the garage door like it is a maternity ward.

They've never stood around like that.

 

[Lilgurlblue]

This is odd. Today is the date that the first eggs under the hen should hatch. The other ladies are standing around the garage door like it is a maternity ward.

They've never stood around like that.

Hey Robinjopo, I just skimmed over the posts and didn't see what I'm about to write. When we were growing up and even as an adult, have always had other hens wanting to contribute to the broody hens nest. Sometimes we would catch two hens squeezed inside the nest box, side by side to lay eggs. My momma taught me to mark the eggs with a black permanent marker. For example, once our sitting hen reached 8 eggs, we would mark them with a big black X and take everything after that.
I used to have 40 chickens. Sold them all. My daughter got 4 baby chicks last Easter and 3 Bantam chicks this Easter weekend. I was glad to have the eggs again especially after the Coronavirus hit in the U.S. I ordered 25 more from Murray & Mcmurray that are due to arrive June 1, 2020. Looks like I'm back in the chicken/egg business.

 

[Petoski]

I've heard that coating fresh eggs with isinglass (sodium silicate), which preserves them for months on end without refrigeration.

I've seen this done with duck eggs, and it seems to work.

See link below:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw1QMSmXWKYdv6KNu3n4T5xH&cshid=1586219298820

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I never understood the refrigerating eggs thing. The supermarkets keep them on a normal unrefrigerated shelf. I have had eggs sit in the cupboard for more than half a year and they were still good to eat.

 

[Kevin L]

I never understood the refrigerating eggs thing. The supermarkets keep them on a normal unrefrigerated shelf. I have had eggs sit in the cupboard for more than half a year and they were still good to eat.

I am squemish when it comes the things like food poisoning, so I tend to be overcautious.

I was in a motorcycle accident once and broke two ribs. The next day, I got food poisoning, and had the dry heaves for six hours with two broken ribs at the same time.

First, I was afraid that I was going to die . . . and then (a few hours later) I was afraid that I wouldn't.

 

[user 7704]

I never understood the refrigerating eggs thing. The supermarkets keep them on a normal unrefrigerated shelf. I have had eggs sit in the cupboard for more than half a year and they were still good to eat.

In the U.S., Store eggs have been washed and it takes off the protective coating or Bloom. Air and bacteria can then enter pores, thus refrigeration is needed.

 

[user 7704]

Hey Robinjopo, I just skimmed over the posts and didn't see what I'm about to write. When we were growing up and even as an adult, have always had other hens wanting to contribute to the broody hens nest. Sometimes we would catch two hens squeezed inside the nest box, side by side to lay eggs. My momma taught me to mark the eggs with a black permanent marker. For example, once our sitting hen reached 8 eggs, we would mark them with a big black X and take everything after that.
I used to have 40 chickens. Sold them all. My daughter got 4 baby chicks last Easter and 3 Bantam chicks this Easter weekend. I was glad to have the eggs again especially after the Coronavirus hit in the U.S. I ordered 25 more from Murray & Mcmurray that are due to arrive June 1, 2020. Looks like I'm back in the chicken/egg business.

For some reason this hen decided to nest in the garage. Never had that happen before. When mine decided to go broody in the coop nest, I mark with the date so I can remove extras. I thought this hen was dead because if a hen goes missing here, she is dead. Mine do not miss going to roost at night.

 

[user 7704]

No new chicks yet.

 

[DrHenley]

I never understood the refrigerating eggs thing. The supermarkets keep them on a normal unrefrigerated shelf. I have had eggs sit in the cupboard for more than half a year and they were still good to eat.

Eggs are refrigerated in our supermarkets.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I left 8 dozen eggs outside last night and they all froze and split open. I guess the dog will be getting plenty of eggs. I did bring a few in this morning and made an omolet.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

I left 8 dozen eggs outside last night and they all froze and split open. I guess the dog will be getting plenty of eggs. I did bring a few in this morning and made an omolet.

You must have a lot of chickens!

 

[Mountain trapper]

You must have a lot of chickens!

We've got 24 laying hens and 3 ducks. We get around 20 eggs a day right now. Usually when I collect the eggs I keep them in the feed room for a few days then take them to the house. Last night I left them on the front deck. I didn't expect it to drop down to the teens.
The wife recently ordered 50 meat chickens, some replacement layers and a dozen ducks for June delivery. We don't expect all the meat chickens to live. At our elevation we usually lose about 10%, but the layers and ducks do great.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

No new chicks yet.

Any new little peeps yet?

 

[user 7704]

So far no chicks. I think she laid infertile eggs. I caught another hen eating 2 of the eggs. No babies inside.