hey all you chicken people

[jeanette]

what kind of chicken lays the largest eggs?

[trudy]

Jeanette when I order chickens I use these sites/catolog as a reference: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/category/books_and_more.html
I don't order from McMurray cuz of the # of chicks that have to be ordered. My last order came from:
www.ideal-poultry.com/ You can order however many you want. But usually no matter where you order from there is a good description along with each breed. A lot of things can determine the egg size, such as general health, housing, age of the hen. Mine I ordered last spring are all large egg producers an have lived up to there expectations so far.

[jeanette]

thanks trudy..
chickens through the mail.. ;D ain't life grand..
you know, i'd get a bunch of chickens if they didn't poop. we go through a lot of eggs around here..

thanks again for the info.

[crazy1]

Well the chicken poop is a good fertilizer Jeanette.
Also chickens are great for the garden, they eat almost all of the bugs.
But you gotta keep em away from the tomatoes. They do like to eat em.
We're thinking about getting some and "penning" them in the garden area this year. But we're just thinking........and that hurts sometimes.

[Adeltia]

My babies came in a week ago and so far only 3died. Thats with everyone sitting on top of each other. but now they r over the week and i dont have to worry about then no more. Man they grow fast i have 17 babys. They came from ideal Poltry and shipping was not to bad. right now they r inside warm with us but comming March they are out with my other 6girls and 3roos. And yes i killed 12 and ate them(yumm) i love fresh chicken.

Egg size to me means nothing when getting fresh eggs.

If you really want big eggs, order turkeys...Thats what i'm doing for the spring. There eggs is like 4 small or 2 regulars. Taste is the same. I had Pursy she was beautiful white turkey but had to give her up when we moved. I gave it my neighbor who had a very large Tom (who was in love with Pursy) . That was his Thanksgiving Turkey but since i gave him my girl he let Tom live. Last i heard, she had 6chicks but that was 2005.

Anyways you'll have fun with them

[Wrennie]

I'd love to get some chickens for the eggs, bug eating, and fertilizer but my tiny piece of land and all the predators that wander through I dont think I'd have much luck.

[jeanette]

turkeys huh? they could defend themselves better too i bet.. i bet they could do some damage in the garden though...

[lilsparrow]

I don't know about the "large" eggs, but I got the Ameracaunas last summer and they starting laying their eggs for me on Christmas Eve!!! what a Merry Christmas!!! anyway, they lay green eggs. Pretty cool. and they are very tastey too!!! I recently got this guy to stay out in the yard with them to prevent any more predators in the yard:



this is my daughter and Sampson

[Laura]

Pretty dog there DAP. Bigger then your Daughter too from the looks of it. Are they in your yard?
Nothing bothers our 3 chickens. Not even the cold. The cats enjoy the chickens too.