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Thanks! I just have no idea how many we could do at once with our property. I like the idea of doing a few batches but I'm late the the game this year. I bought eggs to hatch hoping to get a few layers. I found this thread while waiting for the hatch and wondering what to do with the roosters...

fell better soon Oz. Good luck with Christopher. Staffing sounds like a major pita! I had to cull one of the blacks. He couldn't poop (never did), had a bloody herniated belly button and a deformed leg. Bleah that was not fun.The other one got the bandaid treatment for splayed legs and is now...

Oh yes borrow a pig! lol I have enjoyed reading about your chicken adventure but I totally get why you can't say much anymore. I wanted a pig but I think everyone here would get attached. One of adult dd said to just say it was going to the diet farm for the winter. Like they'd fall for that. I...

I agree with you Jessica. They are out to make money of course. A lot of people are like that! Frustrating. Good that you have enough customers without that silly lady. I don't want to pay that much either which is why I eat crappy mass produced eggs from Costco.

MM that's a good point. I don't think it would be possible to grow all our chicken that we would eat. We are just too many. Maybe I'll have to stick to cooking home grown in a different way so we won't be able to compare. I'll never have to worry about selling eggs or birds. We buy 10 packs of...

MM Good that you were able to get them processed. Sorry you couldn't grow 'em as big as you'd hoped. Too funny @ Banshee! Sunny sounds like a smart bird. I'd hang out in the garage too. It rarely gets to 100 here. I can't imagine working outside in it. I hope you can get your dream farm. Your...

I started at the beginning and read almost everything. Thank you for starting the thread! It's a fun read and educational too! And addictive. I never thought I'd want to raise meat birds lol We have 10 kids at home and people always tease us that we need a cow. We don't have room and they are a...

Thanks! One of the blacks started jumping off the water dish and pecking the others so I moved him in with the yellows. He is fine. The other two still aren't walking very well yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

Cinnamon is beautiful. Lots of spunk too. Blue eggs sound fun. Socks and sandals? Even I do that. Dark socks and dark sandals. I get hot feet. Flip flops though that's different lol Processing beverage has alcohol in it except holms. Beef is the dish of choice. Even Jessica has no idea how...

Hi, the title of this thread caught my eye because I had ordered 24 eggs to hatch. I figured half of what would hatch would be roosters and I'd want eat them. After reading this thread I want to get some Cornish X. And turkeys. Anyway 11 chicks hatched yesterday and today. The three that...

The last one hatched this am. The whole time I was worried about the ones near the door. I was opening it 5x a day. Well, when I went to increase the humidity I realized that the inner glass had a bad seal. 8 of the 12 near the door hatched. The other 4 were full size but lifeless. One pipped...

4th egg has pipped! A couple months ago I was reading a renovation blog. She got chickens to help with compost. She said they liked to scratch and poop which helped the compost compost faster. I have tons of unwanted badly composted compost. So I ordered 24 eggs from the feed store and built...