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| MaryP |
Posted - Sep 16 2008 : 11:13:41 PM
Hurray! My first full dozen eggs! Those pullet eggs are so cute and puny.
It's hard to tell the light coloured eggs are green!
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 10:49:32 AM
Awesome!
Teresa Sue
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| MaryP |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 10:45:40 AM
I just feed mine scratch, crumbles, grass, and fruit (and whatever bugs they can scratch up). When I make scrambled eggs they are yellow and white. *shrugs* |
| Kelly Wall |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 4:12:51 PM
Huh, that is interesting, so what do you feed the chickens for the yolks to stay light, I know my kids won't eat orange scrambled eggs. LOL.
Kelly
Farmgirl #238 |
| MaryP |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 10:16:04 AM
Currently I have 2 araucanas, 2 black australorps, and 5 bantys (that aren't laying yet). I ordered 2 red star, 2 silver laced wyandottes, and 2 anconas.
I don't have anything special planned for the eggs, I ate some, and cooked the rest up for the dogs and cats. Then I baked the shells, crushed them up, and gave them to the chickens as a calcium supplement.
Yolk color is dependent upon what the chicken eats. If you feed chickens a colorless diet their yolks will actually be almost clear! The yellow color comes from plant pigments known as xanthophylls. So if you feed marigold petals it will actually change the color of the yolk! |
| Kelly Wall |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 09:51:32 AM
Hey ya'll, Those eggs are pretty, I am going to get hens in the spring, what kind are good layers? I would also like eggs that the yolks aren't so orange. Any suggestions?
Kelly
Farmgirl #238 |
| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 4:57:09 PM
mmmmmmm, are those from aricana's?
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 12:25:34 PM
Wonderful! Aren't chickens just the best pets? What are you going to make with all those yummy eggs?
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| Hanalu |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 10:13:13 AM
Those are beautiful eggs! I wish I could have chickens! |
| QueenofQuiteAlot |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 09:05:28 AM
yay! DOn't you love that?!
Dalyn
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| Kris Sherrill |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 07:55:35 AM
Beautiful eggs!!! How many chickens do you have? Aren't they fun? |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 07:25:47 AM
Mary,
HOW AWESOME~
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 06:49:36 AM
Congratulations! I hoarded my first week's worth of eggs, too, until I had a good pile built up! ;) Enjoy them!
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 05:13:34 AM
They come out green on my screen! What a great dozen! I bet having those fresh from your own chickens makes you feel so great!
Alee
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