Meet the Fowl
Chickens
We have several different breeds of hens, and usually a surplus of eggs. We've been up to figuring out who is laying which egg, but we do have several laying XL and Jumbo sized. We're looking to cut down on the ones producing smaller eggs, so we've been doing some egg trials to see who goes and who stays based on egg size.
All the eggs taste great, but those really big round eggs are just the best for over easy (which is my favorite.) They have a nice white that holds together well and holds the yolk up off the pan.
The Roo we have is a Turken (pictured above) and so far the Turken hens are laying XL. We don't keep aggressive animals here, this rooster has been a perfect gentleman around everyone. It's actually the only reason he's still here. He was an oops, not a pullet. I originally did not want a rooster and had ordered all pullets.
We just put eggs in the incubator that all weighed in at 68g and up with most over 70g. There were even a couple 78g ones that did not look to be doubles. The chicks might end up goofy looking with 50% chance of getting a naked neck if the Roo is heterozygous, or 100% naked neck if he's homozygous. If all goes as planned, all of our chickens will be producing XL or Jumbo size and we plan to be offering chicks and eggs for sale.
I will be posting hens that didn't make the cut. All but one are 1 year old, and the one is 2 years old. So far there's definitely 3 Blue Andalusian with small/med white eggs. And 2 Olive eggers that are making med/lg light blue eggs. I guess they missed the memo they were supposed to pick up olive toner, lol.
We should have our order of Welsh Harlequin ducklings next week! We selected this breed for the decent egg laying and calm, friendly personalities. We plan to offer ducklings and eggs for sale if we get enough of them. These are supposed to be easy to sex at a day old so we plan to be able to sell sexed ducklings.