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Greetings all:

I am curious as to how many people are shifting their poultry plan this year, and how are you doing it.

Last year I wanted to get some Orps, RIR, Amers(EE), and Jersey Giants. I was able to do that, and also added some BLRW.

After having them all for a year, I am shifting focus a little. I am going to order Giant eggs from numerous sources over the next few years (Incubator addition makes this possible) I have added Marans (At my wife's request), and I will probably eliminate the BLRW and RIR. I got rid of the EE's and got Amers, and moving forward will try to focus on the Giants, Amers, and Wheaten Marans. If I could convince my wife that I needed a second coop, then I could keep all, but it makes it hard trying to separate for hatching.

I have a horrible case of morehens disease and my wife helps keep it in check.

Framac

 I am switching things around. Last year, for some strange reason.....I wanted new breeds, so I got, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Lavendar Orpingtons, Coronation Sussex, and of all things SILKIES!!!!

I swore I would NEVER have those funny looking, good for nothing, Silkies! Well, it must be old age, cause I now just LOVE my silkies.....

I also love my Lavendar Orpingtons and Coronation Sussex. Not so much inlove with the Silver laced Wyandottes...having a harder time with them, and might just let them go.

My main flock were Marans and Blue laced red Wyandottes until last year.

So, I will be keeping my Silkies, Lav Orps, but paring down my Marans, and already am down in numbers in the blrws.

Who would have guessed?

Greetings all:

I am curious as to how many people are shifting their poultry plan this year, and how are you doing it.

Last year I wanted to get some Orps, RIR, Amers(EE), and Jersey Giants. I was able to do that, and also added some BLRW.

After having them all for a year, I am shifting focus a little. I am going to order Giant eggs from numerous sources over the next few years (Incubator addition makes this possible) I have added Marans (At my wife's request), and I will probably eliminate the BLRW and RIR. I got rid of the EE's and got Amers, and moving forward will try to focus on the Giants, Amers, and Wheaten Marans. If I could convince my wife that I needed a second coop, then I could keep all, but it makes it hard trying to separate for hatching.

I have a horrible case of morehens disease and my wife helps keep it in check.

Framac

I hope you don't pare down the marans so much that you can't sell hatching eggs next year!  I hope that to be next years pet project!

 No worries, I will still be keeping enough..only the darkest layers

Stopped down to preview the auction items at the Broome County fairgrounds, for this weekend's Farm Bureau auction (find it on the Manassee Auction site).  The place is packed with everything you never knew you needed!  Equipment of every shape and size.  They run 2-3 auctions at once, but still dont know how they are going to get through all of it.  Auction starts tomorrow at 3 with 'small stuff' then livestock at 4.  There is beef cattle and chickens, lots of chickens!  I took pics on my iPod, in case anyone wants to see them.  Royal Palm turkeys, peacocks, guinea hens, rabbits, some ducks, 1 naked neck roo and chickens of all breeds, including silkies and maybe frizzle?  They also had boxes of chicks.  Repeating to myself: I do not need more chickens, I do not need more chicks... But I think everyone else here does!

And they had some homemade layer cages/show cages?  2 big multi-cage units with individual feeders and cup waterers.  Somewhere in that pile my dad had seen a couple waterers and long feeders, may try to get those if I can find them! And eyeing a small tractor w/ bucket.  May need to stay home from work tomorrow to go to the auction. And I am getting a sore throat anyways.  Honestly I am!  See how I'm doing in the morning.