Crazy! Not surprising when they had to kill millions of birds though!
Hens dont lay forever!
Just went online for Walmart to check here. Only kind available are organic and cage free, everything is out of stock!
Us too, my oldest has troubles. I have had to buy her to lactaid pills so that she can at least get some milk. it is helping.
Mine too, I get about 7 a day. Right now I have to throw out the one from the girl on antibiotics but we are still ahead. I just froze a dozen and have 18 in the cellar water glassing. I suspect next spring is when mine will slow down. I hope to get us through this winter and then look at getting new birds next year. I wanted to add this year but with the avian flu I am not going to chance my original hens getting sick, McMurray just had an announcement that they had the avian flu in one of their barns and farm site so high bio security measures or not it isn't worth the risk to me.Crazy! Not surprising when they had to kill millions of birds though!
Thank goodness my girls started laying! 4/day - just about all the eggs I can use.
I'm still thinking about adding 4 more chicks this year.
oh wow, unfortunate that Murray McMurray got hit.
I was going to buy from the farm store, but heck, maybe I'll skip this year. My hens are in their first year of laying. I don't need to replace them for a couple years anyway
Egg demand peaks in the last week of March and drops off in April and May. The price normally goes up mid-March too. Here's data from last year to compare: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/f...les/2806/2021-04-28/443200/ams_2806_00062.pdf
Yeah, that's how I went from 6 to 25 in three years....
I'm still thinking about adding 4 more chicks this year.
