[mdueal]

Our sultan is a very reliable layer of white eggs and she is comical and docile too. We had a four year old walking round carrying her for most of one afternoon! This was her first egg - they have got a bit bigger since then but in for example a cake recipe requiring 4 eggs I would use 6 bantam eggs which is great considering we can get up to 7 a day!!

[naturesparadise]

7 eggs aday sounds good to me how many birds to get 7 eggs aday

[babe]

honestly, you need polands.

not only are they toilet trained, they can drive you home if youve had a few too many

[Aunt Sally]

    Fabulous pictures Babe.  Can you come round and toilet train mine please  

[mdueal]

Youve just had us laughing till i needed my inhaler!! Still laughing.....

[babe]

and people wonder why im only growing one carrot, no time left once ive finished playing with the chooks

[Foxy]

Babe, I think they are amazing!! Is that Elvis driving.....?
your chooks are sooooo clever    

[mdueal]

ok - giggles.... ehem...

7 eggs a day - we have 7 hens so some days we get 2/3 some days we get 7 it varies but they are getting more towards all laying each day as it gets lighter and they get older (they only started laying in Dec). We have a variety so get some white eggs some regular coloured and one hen lays blue eggs which was a bit of a surprise as we got her (and four others) from a rescue centre so they are of the heinz variety!

The diff coloured eggs look great - when we make up egg boxes to give to friends we put two of each colour in (we have to put a bit of chopped straw in the bottom of the box to make them fit in regular box but that looks great too and we make our own labels - people are so chuffed to get them and we can reuse the boxes when they want more)

[naturesparadise]

thanks for the info i may mix it up have some normal chooks and some bantams

[babe]

thanks for the info i may mix it up have some normal chooks and some bantams

cough cough hur umm...are you ignoring me by any chance :?

[naturesparadise]

thanks for the info i may mix it up have some normal chooks and some bantams

cough cough hur umm...are you ignoring me by any chance :?

no no im not i was thanking all for the info

and thank you for the pics but i think they need some hair gel lol    

[Selkie]

cough cough hur umm...

  Babe, you need to cut back on those cigarettes!!

[Fat Hen]

Just noticed those pics :!:   Brilliant, your as daft with your hens as me    

[Jellyhead]

Its that Elvis again He so lovely Love the Sultan too.

[chicken soup]

Babe those photos made me giggle so much but .....................   I can vouch for Polands too. I have a white crested black and she is called Frothy hubby wanted to call her Guiness but I said that was too manly     They lovely large eggs and everyone always comments on them (the eggs and the chicken).

I would love a gold laced or silver laced one too wonder if I can sneak a few more hens in without hubby noticing