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**Loolasant** · 12-10-2008, 11:43 AM

Do you still have some left?
Try to grow them!! Won't be expensive if you get eggs out of them (and the meat) in the future!

Be warned...

Unfertilized eggs, if left unwashed, and hence covered by a protective secretion from the chicken (called the "bloom") will last quite a while, weeks. Fertilized eggs will not, and will rot, and become quite explosive. Once the thing "dies," gasses will build up inside the egg. Even a slight jolt, and the thing will pop, splattering rotten egg everywhere. It reeks. Seriously. You'd think after a few years in bogu smells wouldn't get to me, but rotten egg, blech.

If the eggs have been cleaned, they don't last nearly as long, and AFAIK, can't be raised to hatching.

I started with 27 chickens. I gave 12 away. Two were murdered in the dark of night. One turned out to be a rooster, and didn't survive my attempts to make a sound-tight container. Nine were butchered and eaten for being too noisy. I still have three, and they lay pretty good. However they'll be in the freezer by the end of the month, then I'll buy more in February.

For this next batch I'm planning to go with Australorps, a breed from Australia, though I'm thinking about trying some silkies as well.

-Charles

12-10-2008, 11:43 AM	#20
Loolasant Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	Do you still have some left? Try to grow them!! Won't be expensive if you get eggs out of them (and the meat) in the future! Be warned... Unfertilized eggs, if left unwashed, and hence covered by a protective secretion from the chicken (called the "bloom") will last quite a while, weeks. Fertilized eggs will not, and will rot, and become quite explosive. Once the thing "dies," gasses will build up inside the egg. Even a slight jolt, and the thing will pop, splattering rotten egg everywhere. It reeks. Seriously. You'd think after a few years in bogu smells wouldn't get to me, but rotten egg, blech. If the eggs have been cleaned, they don't last nearly as long, and AFAIK, can't be raised to hatching. I started with 27 chickens. I gave 12 away. Two were murdered in the dark of night. One turned out to be a rooster, and didn't survive my attempts to make a sound-tight container. Nine were butchered and eaten for being too noisy. I still have three, and they lay pretty good. However they'll be in the freezer by the end of the month, then I'll buy more in February. For this next batch I'm planning to go with Australorps, a breed from Australia, though I'm thinking about trying some silkies as well. -Charles
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