Recent content by dshafer

Watermelon and sunflower seed, best tasting eggs you ever had

I agree, It is not my money and I don't think that this is a good return on investment, but it not my money and he has plenty so why not. Personally, I would love to get funded to go over and teach low cost chicken raising, breeding and harvesting, but it doesn't sound like he thought any of...

You can't but it sounds "philanthropic". Lets say it is in the sub-Saharan area. You have enough heat and foraging grains so you could hatch and feed your own, but you couldn't sell to anyone. You would be good with eggs and chicken, but you are not going to make 1K a year

OK, I have a coop large enough for my 13 Chicks, clean the roost fairly often, no dropping in the coop, but they have a fenced in area of about 350 sqf that they go out from sun up to sundown and I let them out on my couple acres every other day. I put straw in the pen every so often, but it is...

I just luv my chicks and give away the eggs that I don't eat. I lose about $15 a month on my 13 chicks, but I love them and so does everyone else.

Watermelon and I get a pound of shelled unsalted sunflower seeds as well as cracked corn. Make sure they have the right proteins available and don't just rely on treats. My 13 chicks free range about 5 hours a day, so they find their own treats. Forgot to mention, I grow Cucumbers and leave...