Thank you Shannon. I put my white rocks into their little coop house after the winds ripped their roof of 3 heavy duty tarps that were not only tied down but had ropes every 5-6 ft over the entire pen to hold them on. H went out and pulled the awning away from the chick barn door so I can get into them, in the morning. Plus if the power goes out I will be able to get in to give them a flashlight so they can see to huddle up in a big pile. Made a few pullets unhappy tonight by putting them in the little chick pen, trying to cover my bases. The wind has picked up again so I am going to go make another check in a little bit on all of the barns.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
On Sunday, November 17, 2013 8:09 PM, "sidesaddle5@yahoo.com" <sidesaddle5@yahoo.com> wrote:
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I gather it's more the amount of daylight (or substitute) they get that determines whether the egg production stays the same. Unless you have a light that will come on inside the coop (with a timer) to add a few hours of "daylight" to their morning, they will probably drop off their production. I think extreme cold without sufficient feed and/or coddling to help them maintain their body heat and weight would certainly also cause a drop in eggs... But we had long periods of extreme cold (teens and lower) last year, and my coop was then not all that well insulated, without any change in their laying--they did have the morning light bulb plus extra goodies.
(And I've gotten the first few pullet eggs from this year's new ones!)
< One day as my wife was attempting to convince the girls it was time to go back in, she found one straggler in the bushes under a small apple tree, the chicken came out, and my wife found
10 eggs there, well obviously that girl did not lay 10 eggs, so we figured they must have been the 'missing' ones, not sure how long they had been there we Googled 'how to tell if eggs are still good'.
The article said put them in a bowl of cold water, if the sink, they are good, well they all sank, but she was not real sure so she pitched them into the composter. Any thoughts?>>
Last year I had several times when I found caches of up to 20 eggs. I went by the weather--if it had been hot, then I'd scramble or boil them for the chickens, dogs, or cat, but if it had been cool, I'd certainly eat them. I did crack the eggs individually into a small bowl first, in case one was bad (none was). I got pretty good at locating where I'd heard cackling, or where I saw the girls sneaking around... Maybe got to thinking like a chicken, too--kinda scary, that...
Rhonda
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I gather it's more the amount of daylight (or substitute) they get that determines whether the egg production stays the same. Unless you have a light that will come on inside the coop (with a timer) to add a few hours of "daylight" to their morning, they will probably drop off their production. I think extreme cold without sufficient feed and/or coddling to help them maintain their body heat and weight would certainly also cause a drop in eggs... But we had long periods of extreme cold (teens and lower) last year, and my coop was then not all that well insulated, without any change in their laying--they did have the morning light bulb plus extra goodies.
(And I've gotten the first few pullet eggs from this year's new ones!)
< One day as my wife was attempting to convince the girls it was time to go back in, she found one straggler in the bushes under a small apple tree, the chicken came out, and my wife found
10 eggs there, well obviously that girl did not lay 10 eggs, so we figured they must have been the 'missing' ones, not sure how long they had been there we Googled 'how to tell if eggs are still good'.
The article said put them in a bowl of cold water, if the sink, they are good, well they all sank, but she was not real sure so she pitched them into the composter. Any thoughts?>>
Last year I had several times when I found caches of up to 20 eggs. I went by the weather--if it had been hot, then I'd scramble or boil them for the chickens, dogs, or cat, but if it had been cool, I'd certainly eat them. I did crack the eggs individually into a small bowl first, in case one was bad (none was). I got pretty good at locating where I'd heard cackling, or where I saw the girls sneaking around... Maybe got to thinking like a chicken, too--kinda scary, that...
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
Sidesaddle Hall of Famer
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