CAMPYLOBACTER: Anyone else had it?

[skye]

Five chooks and none of them laying at the moment!

 

Our three hybrids are all moulting as it's their second and third winter and therefore having a little rest from laying. They have worked so hard for us up until now bless 'em.

 

Our two little upper class madams, Roxy and Ruby Bumbler, this year's Buff Orpingtons, have decided that they'd rather not lay until the spring now if it's all the same to us?!?!?!!

 

Being about 30 weeks now, I think if they were going to lay this year they would have done by now, what do you think?... Looks like I'm going to have to add eggs to my shopping list this week, and for a good while yet!

 

Either that... or my chicken maths is definitely telling me there could be room for two feisty new hybrid layers in the flock??!!

[karlotta]

I know how you feel! Of my 12 laying age big girls, I'm only getting 3-4 eggs a day at the mo! My colleagues at work are gagging for some spare eggs!!

 

I do have some gorgeously feathered exbatts though!

 

Don't even get me started on the bantams!!!

 

I think chicken maths would surely say you need a couple more though!

[Slim]

I am still getting eggs BUT! My kids and wife keep taking them to work / school! I had to buy 6 yesterday so woe could have ham, egg and chips last night!

[chickenNutter]

Still nothing in the Chicken Nutter household. Given up hoping for the winter.

[dippy bird]

Out of 9 hens,I get 4-5 a day.The ex bats have gone into retirement which is fine with me as I think they have worked hard enough already. All of my original girls are pretty much still laying every day without fail We have to keep giving eggs away to the family as we are snowed under with them!

[Chicken Shirl]

Lucky you Dippy Bird. Only 2 eggs every other day here at the mo. One hen broody and the older girls on strike for the winter and getting over their moulting. Bunty is due to lay any day now I think, as Sir Minky is spending loads of time with her. Still, I am alone until the 12 of December so that's enough eggs for me.

 

Raining here today, the hens are loving it. So am I, it means no work in the garden, just sitting around drinking coffee and reading my book, as well as being on here. I do have a pile of ironing to do though.

[jomaxsmith]

My and haven't laid regularly for months, none at all for a couple of months. My darling recovered from what I thought was going to be her final days earlier in the summer and has been laying 5-6 eggs a week but the whites are really runny and repulsive so we only use them in cooking.

 

I'm assuming my two freeloaders have now passed the Henopause at the tender age of 2 because they can't have been moulting for this long.

 

Jo

[Falkor]

Twenty chooks and only two eggs yesterday!!!

 

I have four teenagers who have yet to start laying but the rest are a mixture of moulters, broodies and far too posh to push!

 

 

My colleagues egg boxes are stacking up next to the egg skelter but not being filled very quickly!

[Cooks]

5 chooks and nothing yet today, 1 egg yesterday although the two orps are yet to lay the cheeky freeloaders.

[skye]

Well, it sounds like I'm not alone anyway!

 

Funny how life happens. After I wrote this yesterday I saw Becky Boo's post about the poor ex-barn hens and felt so awful for them that I called the BHWT. They've now offered me three of their surplus hens which I am picking up on Saturday. I'm not expecting them to lay as they seem really tired out, but hopefully we can give them a nice peaceful place have a nice rest and live their days out.

 

It's not all about eggs, is it... we love em really...

 

Now, you spoilt Orpy girls! Stop eating us out of house and home and Get Laying!!

 

xx

[Slim]

skye might see you there! collecting my ex-bats

[skye]

Slim - cool! We are going to Puttenham at 10.30am. What about you?

[beulah59]

2 or 3 eggs a day now, rather than the 3 or 4 we're used to ... not sure if it's just the winter, or whether one or two of the girls are getting a little erratic in their habits.

[Chicken Shirl]

Well done to all those collecting Ex Batts on Saturday. My heart goes out to them. They are going to be lucky little hens, safe and warm with you guys. Grass under there feet and the sun on their backs. I'm crying just thinking of them all

[BeckyBoo]

I'm getting two more on Saturday too!! So might see you all there - it's muddy and a really rough track just to warn you. My ex barn girls gave us 4 the first day, 1 the second day, then two and today 4 so you will almost certainly get some eggs and for a while to come just not every day which is fine by us.

 

A mini Omlet meet!! I'll be in the big red people carrier covered in flower stickers and scratches and full of excited kids!

 

BeckyBoo

[Chicken Shirl]

I'm getting two more on Saturday too!! So might see you all there - it's muddy and a really rough track just to warn you. My ex barn girls gave us 4 the first day, 1 the second day, then two and today 4 so you will almost certainly get some eggs and for a while to come just not every day which is fine by us.

 

A mini Omlet meet!! I'll be in the big red people carrier covered in flower stickers and scratches and full of excited kids!

 

BeckyBoo

 

 

What could be better than a load of excited kids going to rescue hens. You lucky lucky people. Enjoy! xx Photo's of the kids in the big red people carrier please Becky Boo.

[skye]

Me and my partner will be the only excited kids, he's tall and I'm short and chubby, we'll be in a dark green honda!