ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[autumnprairie]

Stopping by to check in and say HI!

 

[elevan]

It's been a few days since I've posted. Been off learning the new BYC in preparation for the launch of the new site.

Daisy and the twins are doing great! Love to see those kids bouncing around their pen.

Yesterday I built a permanent hay rack in the shed that we put Kingston and Diva in and we added Rocky to that pen as well.

Chickens have started laying like crazy. I think this weather is confusing them and they'll probably all stop when we get a winter storm that's coming in next week.

Guineas are driving me CRAZY! The have to follow me into whatever building that I'm going in to and then YELL at me the entire time I'm there. Such a headache!

 

[terrilhb]

It's been a few days since I've posted. Been off learning the new BYC in preparation for the launch of the new site.

Daisy and the twins are doing great! Love to see those kids bouncing around their pen.

Yesterday I built a permanent hay rack in the shed that we put Kingston and Diva in and we added Rocky to that pen as well.

Chickens have started laying like crazy. I think this weather is confusing them and they'll probably all stop when we get a winter storm that's coming in next week.

Guineas are driving me CRAZY! The have to follow me into whatever building that I'm going in to and then YELL at me the entire time I'm there. Such a headache!

Thanks for the laugh. I really needed it. I had to go to my neighbors today 3x to bring my silly ones home. I so love them but sometimes.

 

[elevan]

Guineas are driving me CRAZY! The have to follow me into whatever building that I'm going in to and then YELL at me the entire time I'm there. Such a headache!

Thanks for the laugh. I really needed it. I had to go to my neighbors today 3x to bring my silly ones home. I so love them but sometimes.

Mine have started flying over my neighbors 6 foot fence and then screaming because they can't figure out how to get back

Initially I went over to get them. Just 2 days ago the neighbors dog sent them back home to me...Maddie the lab barked at them and they were back over the fence in a second! Hopefully that scared them straight...but I'm not holding out hope. They aren't especially scared of dogs. When we let our 2 inside dogs out to potty the guineas try to attack them...they surround them! Crazy birds!

 

[PeepsCA]

I'm just giggling... cuz mine stay home and are perfectly behaved and quiet

(Only the ones in the freezer!!!!)

 

[elevan]

I'm just giggling... cuz mine stay home and are perfectly behaved and quiet

(Only the ones in the freezer!!!!)

We put a few in the freezer in November and they're quite tasty. Just had eggs the other day...again very good. It's weird that one of the hens started laying in January but we've been having some weird weather here for Ohio.

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Your chickens are still laying? Lucky! My girls are on strike!

 

[elevan]

Your chickens are still laying? Lucky! My girls are on strike!

We've been having really weird weather here and then BAM! they started laying. I'm quickly becoming overrun with eggs

DH just told me that I could get up in the mornings and make him some eggs for breakfast....he gets up at 2:30am - that is not gonna happen

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Your chickens are still laying? Lucky! My girls are on strike!

We've been having really weird weather here and then BAM! they started laying. I'm quickly becoming overrun with eggs

DH just told me that I could get up in the mornings and make him some eggs for breakfast....he gets up at 2:30am - that is not gonna happen

So have we, I live in Massachusetts and it has been very warm lately. We only got one snowstorm so far and it was in October. I have 6 hens and we used to get about 4 or 5 eggs a day-- sometimes 6. But lately we are only getting one, sometimes two if we are lucky. Have your chickens gone through a molt yet this year? This is my hens' first winter. Some of them are molting (only about 2 or 3). Then we have this one hen who pretty much never lays an egg and when she does the whole state of MA knows it! She sure is a screamer that one!

That is funny about your husband. I can not blame you regarding waking up at 2:30 in the morning to cook eggs. Wouldn't happen here either!

 

[elevan]

Your chickens are still laying? Lucky! My girls are on strike!

We've been having really weird weather here and then BAM! they started laying. I'm quickly becoming overrun with eggs

DH just told me that I could get up in the mornings and make him some eggs for breakfast....he gets up at 2:30am - that is not gonna happen

So have we, I live in Massachusetts and it has been very warm lately. We only got one snowstorm so far and it was in October. I have 6 hens and we used to get about 4 or 5 eggs a day-- sometimes 6. But lately we are only getting one, sometimes two if we are lucky. Have your chickens gone through a molt yet this year? This is my hens' first winter. Some of them are molting (only about 2 or 3). Then we have this one hen who pretty much never lays an egg and when she does the whole state of MA knows it! She sure is a screamer that one!

That is funny about your husband. I can not blame you regarding waking up at 2:30 in the morning to cook eggs. Wouldn't happen here either!

I had a couple go through a hard molt in the late fall and more go through a soft molt.

I've got about 40 hens and right now I'm getting at least 10 eggs daily from chickens + 1 guinea egg. I don't do anything to increase production in the winter (like lights or heat)...but I decided to give pepper a try today (added to their feed), we'll see what happens.

The news is calling for winter like temps next week. But we've gone on a cycle of a week of cold temps then back up to the 40s for a couple of weeks all season.