How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[5Australorpasaures]

After night lock up came in the back door told DW 4 for 4, oops, 3, dropped one on the kitchen floor.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

After night lock up came in the back door told DW 4 for 4, oops, 3, dropped one on the kitchen floor.

All 4 hens did THEIR jobs, though!

 

[ChookaPete]

Nope! After a while if you shake it, you will just hear the mummified contents rattling around. If you try to poke holes in it, you will most likely destroy it.

Goodo! I shall just keep it in a safe spot so it does not roll away, then into a small shallow tray so it can sit on my mantelpiece.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Clover and Coriander recently were broody (one for the second time).

Here's Clover, Cardamom, and Cumin all laying eggs inside my front porch cupboard.

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And here is Clover's little mini egg (from last Saturday), next to one of Coriander's (from before she went broody). Her fairy egg looks so cute! I want to treasure it forever.

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It is cute! I love their names.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

 

[Tookie]

Monday: 11! 7 duck eggs and 4 chicken eggs.
Tuesday (yesterday): 9. 7 duck, and 2 chicken.
Wednesday (today): 10! 7 duck eggs yet again, and I got 3 chicken eggs.

 

[LaFleche]

6 wonderful eggs yesterday, and the best part: my 6 year old favourite French BCM started again!

 

[thistlewick]

Here:

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I saw these!! But I was worried about the chicks jumping up and falling in! D:

The little chicks already jump all over the brooder plate lolol they are w i l d haha

 

[thistlewick]

So cute!

It may have been mentioned already, but many people use pans with cooling racks over them. They put the waterers on top so the water falls into the pan through the rack, and so they can't get to the water.

With my ducklings I cut a hole out of a milk jug and there was less mess compared to a regular chick waterer.

Ohhhhh this is a genius idea -- would chicks get stuck between the little cooling rack rows?

I always think about naughty chicks jumping on everything and what might happen.

This is why I'm just like, aw hell I will just replace lots of bedding every day lol

But I consider this, because I'm thinking even if they did jump up there, they'd get unstuck pretty easily. They also aren't unsupervised all day, we are constantly in there - they probably only go a few hours without a check every day.

Thanks for this!!

edit; Just had the idea to cable tie the rack to the bottom of the waterers legs (while they are locked closed), then cable tie the rack to the bin so it's just one piece to mess with. Just need to find a bin the right size.


Honestly, sometimes, finding solutions for 'problems' for your pets/livestock is one of the most fun parts of all of it.


2nd edit; 13 eggs yesterday \o/

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Might be a good idea to separate the chicks from the ducklings if you're worried about chicks having problems with the duckies' waterers.