Marking hens to tell age

[Dunkopf]

Pierce their ears and hang names on them.

 

[MsPony]

I don't know whether to laugh or roll my eyes on you Dunkopf

 

[glenolam]

Pierce their ears and hang names on them.

I love that idea! Would this work on their combs?

 

[patandchickens]

I am envisioning (in a good-humored way, please understand) certain BYCers with $5,000 4x6 Martha-Stewart-y coops seizing on this idea and getting diamond stud earrings installed in all their chickens...



Pat

 

[glenolam]

Me too, Pat....me too.

 

[MsPony]

Seriously. Remember that thread on how much people spent?! Omg, my chickens are happy and cozy in the $50 coop.

Anyways, I see that happening too. I have a little brahma that thinks she's a dog, she prob wouldn't mind diamonds.

 

[FarmerChick]

we didn't have 'loose hens' hanging around

lol

our first lot, yup, that trouble, bought 50 from X person, raised 50 for ourselves, bought 25 from X person and all the same breed, bought another 40 from X, threw them in and WHAT THE, who is who HA HA

we sold all hens, started with 250 of the same breed and knew our exact age to sell and premium egg production


honestly you can't tell who from who when you get into that 30-50 bird range.....yea always the few who stand out, have that crazy personality, lol, but most are the same chicken

 

[VickiLynn]

At our local farm store, they have packages of O rings for chickens. They are plastic, with several different colors in the bag. They have a cut in the ring, so you can pull it apart to put on the chicken's leg.

 

[ORChick]

I am envisioning (in a good-humored way, please understand) certain BYCers with $5,000 4x6 Martha-Stewart-y coops seizing on this idea and getting diamond stud earrings installed in all their chickens...



Pat

It wouldn't work, not for differentiation. You would need diamonds this year, and rubies next year, and emeralds the year after ... then it would work.

My method is easier ... I have a very small flock (4 hens today; after tomorrow there will be 5 more pullets), and all my girls are different breeds The *lawn art* factor is enhanced, and I can tell the difference between the hens, and between the eggs (my brother was amazed that I could tell which hen had laid which egg - "You mean, they always lay the same color egg?" )

 

[Denim Deb]

Can't you just look at their teeth, or count the rings in their legs?