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Record breaker?
Pat B:
Just think of the wings and drumsticks. :OK
upstatenybowyer:
Hawk's comment about the omelette made me hungry, so I ate it. -C- Two big yolks inside! Yum
No rooster Rob. Just 5 ladies.
Ed, I wish we had some different breeds. I've heard those RI Reds are very good layers. All we've got is white ones. They were the last ones left at the tractor store.
Never heard of candling before Trevor. Do tell!
Maybe Zuma, thought I saw some strange lights over the coop the night before the egg arrived.
Pat, the wings and drumsticks came and went w/ the meat chickens. They were delicious! Probably do it again next spring. )P(
osage outlaw:
Upstate and his chicken
Mesophilic:
That's an impressive egg.
Back when i lived in farm country one of my chickens laid an egg with no shell. It was just a transparent membrane thst was surprisingly tough. I imagine thst hen had a relatively easy go doing her job that day.
TrevorM:
--- Quote from: upstatenybowyer on September 19, 2018, 02:05:32 pm ---Hawk's comment about the omelette made me hungry, so I ate it. -C- Two big yolks inside! Yum
No rooster Rob. Just 5 ladies.
Ed, I wish we had some different breeds. I've heard those RI Reds are very good layers. All we've got is white ones. They were the last ones left at the tractor store.
Never heard of candling before Trevor. Do tell!
Maybe Zuma, thought I saw some strange lights over the coop the night before the egg arrived.
Pat, the wings and drumsticks came and went w/ the meat chickens. They were delicious! Probably do it again next spring. )P(
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candling is very easy, go somewhere fairly darker and just hold a strong light like a flash light (or a candle if you want to do it old school) to the back of the egg. It'll half shine through it, kind of like if you hold a light to your thumb. You can use this to check the eggs before you crack them open. It's a good check for bloody and fertilized eggs, not sure if you'd see a second egg or not. If you google "egg candling" you'll find lots of info about it.
As for breeds, I prefer the australorp (at lease the one we have).
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