cow bay rooster
In the Brooder
So 4 weeks ago I decided I wanted 2 or 3 hens to supply me with a couple eggs per day. Well wasn't there an add for 10 hens for $25. How could I resist that price right? So I get them home that night settle them into the coop and the next day I count 9 hens lol he short changed me a hen but I was more then happy to get 9 for $25. He offered to give me another but I was worried how I was going to be able to consume all the eggs. The very first morning they gave me 8 eggs. These hens are 21 months old and half ISA Browns and ISA Bovan (brown).
So I'm panicking trying to figure how I'm going to handle that many eggs per day so I ask around work to see if anyone is interested and now there is a waiting list for eggs : ) The first two weeks they laid 51 eggs for me both weeks, then the second weekend I picked up Rhode Island Red rooster for $1 from a Shelter and low and behold the egg count went up to 59 eggs week 3 and 61 eggs week 4! I'm smart enough to know roosters don't lay eggs but have no clue where the extra 8-10 eggs came from lol.
The reason I got the rooster was to be able to replenish my flock before these hens stop laying. The rooster has been quite busy with the hens and I plan on incubating the eggs (2 dzn) from the next 3 day and starting incubating on Friday. How is that for my first month with chickens? lol
Looks like this is going to be fun, I'm hoping for a decent hatch and will be interesting to see what colors the chicks come out.
Marc.
So I'm panicking trying to figure how I'm going to handle that many eggs per day so I ask around work to see if anyone is interested and now there is a waiting list for eggs : ) The first two weeks they laid 51 eggs for me both weeks, then the second weekend I picked up Rhode Island Red rooster for $1 from a Shelter and low and behold the egg count went up to 59 eggs week 3 and 61 eggs week 4! I'm smart enough to know roosters don't lay eggs but have no clue where the extra 8-10 eggs came from lol.
The reason I got the rooster was to be able to replenish my flock before these hens stop laying. The rooster has been quite busy with the hens and I plan on incubating the eggs (2 dzn) from the next 3 day and starting incubating on Friday. How is that for my first month with chickens? lol
Looks like this is going to be fun, I'm hoping for a decent hatch and will be interesting to see what colors the chicks come out.
Marc.
) It's interesting that he sold you Isa Browns and Bovans Browns, which are essentially the same hybrid. Isa Brown and Bovans Brown are two of many labels under which some hatcheries market their Red Sex Links which are produced by crossing a red gene rooster with a silver gene hen. Not only can the offspring be sexed by color from hatching, but they are egg laying machines, outlaying either parent breed. It's one of the interesting quirks of hybridization. Other labels under which hatcheries market Red Sex Links include Brown Sex Link, Brown Shaver, Red Shaver, Babock Brown, Lohmans Brown, Red Star, Gold Star, Gold Sex Link, Golden Buff, Cinnamon Queen, Golden Comet, Hyline Brown, Gold Lines, Bovans Goldline, etc. You should get loads of eggs from those girls. 
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