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In a message dated 4/21/02 10:58:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< >Blood spots don't show up in candling.
Then how do they separate out the ones with blood spots that they sell for
pet food? Maybe what someone said about it being hard to spot them in
brown eggs applies?
Tia >>
We saw the start of the chick within a couple days of incubating our eggs.
Just a spot at first, then a web of blood vessels.
I remember seeing it very soon and it seems like it was just a little spot.
Of course these were incubated, fertilized eggs. Never candled a
non-fertilized one.
The brown ones were almost impossible to see anything inside of when candling.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< >Blood spots don't show up in candling.
Then how do they separate out the ones with blood spots that they sell for
pet food? Maybe what someone said about it being hard to spot them in
brown eggs applies?
Tia >>
We saw the start of the chick within a couple days of incubating our eggs.
Just a spot at first, then a web of blood vessels.
I remember seeing it very soon and it seems like it was just a little spot.
Of course these were incubated, fertilized eggs. Never candled a
non-fertilized one.
The brown ones were almost impossible to see anything inside of when candling.
Ren
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In a message dated 4/22/02 9:00:11 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Anyone know how many years chickens reliably lay eggs for? >>
My SIL had Aracanas (sp?) that laid reliably for several years. Chickens go
through a "moulting" period every year in which they either quit laying or
back off production by quite a bit. Once that period is past they start
laying their usual amount again.
We hatched some chicks a few years ago...three to be exact, and they are
still laying eggs.
The factory farming methods are very hard on the birds. And the crap they
feed the poor things comes through in the eggs (hormones and anti-biotics).
That's why I choose organic, free range eggs.
Sorry I can't give more detailed info. on how long they lay....I suppose it
varies according to breed. This is just some of my experience.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< Anyone know how many years chickens reliably lay eggs for? >>
My SIL had Aracanas (sp?) that laid reliably for several years. Chickens go
through a "moulting" period every year in which they either quit laying or
back off production by quite a bit. Once that period is past they start
laying their usual amount again.
We hatched some chicks a few years ago...three to be exact, and they are
still laying eggs.
The factory farming methods are very hard on the birds. And the crap they
feed the poor things comes through in the eggs (hormones and anti-biotics).
That's why I choose organic, free range eggs.
Sorry I can't give more detailed info. on how long they lay....I suppose it
varies according to breed. This is just some of my experience.
Ren