The Leghorn is a great breed. It will supply you with eggs almost everyday of the year for at least two years of its life while not eating very much food. Leghorns also produce most of the U.S.'s...
We have been using the 3 Gallon Little Giant unit for about a year and a half. Our local co-op got these in for us at a bulk price. The lady we deal with at the co-op told us we really needed...
I installed the door, photo sensor and solar panel last year. Once I got it set up it has worked flawlessly ever since. The only small problem I had was getting the connections to the battery to...
I can't say I have a ton of experience, but I do have a nine day old Mallard duckling named Pyrrhos(getting her some companions on Friday or Saturday). She is very talkative, but I don't mind the...
If these waterers aren't fairly level they leak -- that's pretty obvious. We don't have a lot of flat level spots in our chicken areas, so decided to hang our waterers and let gravity level them...
oldrooster, as I said, I did decide to get MtHealthy's special of 200 cockerels for $50 and then sold majority of them a week later at the flea market section of the auction barn and sold them for $1 each or $10 a dozen and made enough money back to cover what I spent on the entire order including the pullets I bought for myself.
Clint
Hatching eggs are no longer avaiable from any breeds until further notice due to predator problems and birds being too old .
rareroo how did you present these chicks as meat birds or sex unknown buy at your own risk type of deals? I don't know how I wish to sell them either as you did a few days weeks old or wait until maturity and sell them off at a higher price. part of it is I need to figure feed costs for 200 chicks for 3-4months....
I did Cackle's Fry-pan special once. It was great. I only ordered 25, and I had also ordered 25 sexed pullets. They sent me 26 sexed pullets and 36 Fry-pan roosters in Red Sex-link, Barred Rock, Production Red and Buff Orpington, Oh, and one California White male - I had ordered CW hens, I think that's why they threw him in for me. Very nice of them, I thought. All beautiful, healthy birds.
The RSLs dressed out the best if you're looking for fryers.
So the chicks are 10 weeks old now, the Delewares are actually White Leghorns and Golden Comets. All 26 made it so far. Butchered 5 of them, each weighing between 2-3 lbs dressed weight. Ate 1 so far, nice and tender and they taste great! You have to like dark meat though because it is mostly dark meat, barely any breast meat, a lot of leg and thigh meat. ( Don't know the cost per bird).