Breeding and Raising and Hatching of Barnyard Chickens!!!!!!!!!!

[poult]

Oh I've seen that movie it's pretty good

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Oh I've seen that movie it's pretty good

Yes, it is awesome.
Btw, I do love the avatar pic...lol

 

[poult]

Yes, it is awesome. 
Btw, I do love the avatar pic...lol

Oh thanks

 

[poult]

This thread will most likely be very slow until this spring when I start up my incubator hope you can understand but so far my flock is very cold and it's very muddy!

 

[uzisuzuki]

Same weather conditions here! But I'm hoping to try incubating in February for my first barnyards! Fingers crossed I can get my ladies to lay some eggs then (I only have one of four currently laying). I don't know if I'll be able to wait until February - I'm terrible at waiting, just like a five year old.

 

[poult]

I think my patience level has risen but I still am very impatient I've got 5 hens 0 laying :/ and when they do my turkey hen eats them if I don't get to them first and in these temperatures I don't want to even try raising chicks I did last winter pheww that was a mess they all lived but it just increased the labor

 

[uzisuzuki]

That was my issue - I realized that if I tried hatching next month, any that actually made it would be ready for flock integration during the wettest month here. And that sounded like a bad idea to me, especially since I'm already having a bit of a difficult time keeping my current flock dry & happy. Today was definitely a nice but painful reminder that waiting would be a very good idea.

 

[poult]

Yeah I understand my flock is very unhappy the temps are real low for where i live so nobody wants out of the coop but at the same time they want a bit of freedom

 

[batchhatchin]

Can anyone tell me what the value of 4 week old straight run mix breeds should be? I've got a pile of em. Wondering what to sale them for? Been trying to give them away to friends with no luck. What's the best avenue to peddle these things?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I think my patience level has risen but I still am very impatient I've got 5 hens 0 laying

and when they do my turkey hen eats them if I don't get to them first and in these temperatures I don't want to even try raising chicks I did last winter pheww that was a mess they all lived but it just increased the labor

OMG. I will never hatch at the beginning of winter again, unless I'm hatching for someone else...lol I do hope to be able to do an Easter hatch, but I really want to find good quality show girl eggs for it. If not than I probably will get another couple barnyard mixes and see what I get. Then about the time they are hatching I will be finishing the coop and run and these guys will be headed for the great outdoors and brooders will be free.