Recent content by lprofancik

  1. lprofancik

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Beekissed, where did you order you good batch of CX from? We have a group right now that isn't growing well and I need to find another place to buy from. Thanks! :)
  2. lprofancik

    Are we CRAZY?

    It's possible! I've been prepping to do the same and have read several great books on the subject. Here are my 2 favorites. Pastured Poultry Profits and You Can Farm
  3. lprofancik

    Anyone raise broilers in winter?

    Well, I'm still finishing up my broilers and here in Indiana we've had snow, ice, 28 degree temps and freezing cold flooding. My CornishX have faired really well. We processed the first few later then we wanted because of Thanksgiving (8.5 weeks) and they were around 5.5 lbs dressed. I used a...
  4. lprofancik

    Meat chickens

    I think there is a profit to be made depending on how many you want to raise. We plan to do 300 next year and should make about 2,000 and that's after taking a portion for ourselves and accounting for loss. If we up that number to 750 birds we would profit about 6,000. We have 10 acres and run...
  5. lprofancik

    Great Pyrenees livestock guardian

    I just wanted to share what worked for us as far as our Pyrenees puppy. He was from good working lines, but was raised with minimal human contact and was very timid when we got him. We tamed him-well hard to stay timid with 4 kids loving on him all day. Around 4-5 months killed a chicken. I...
  6. lprofancik

    Anyone in Indiana have plucker I could rent?

    Thanks! We did 5 CornishX yesterday by hand just to stock up on chicken and take care of the larger birds. I'll keep looking for a plucker, but in the meantime ordered the Whizbang instruction manual and the Kent fingers so we can make our own. I think we can gather up the rest of the parts...
  7. lprofancik

    Anyone in Indiana have plucker I could rent?

    I had a mother plucker lined up to rent today and the owner said the last guy who rented it hasn't returned it. Our birds are already 8.5 weeks and I can't wait much longer. If anyone in central IN has one they would be willing to rent, that would be AWESOME!
  8. lprofancik

    Chestnuts what to do with them???

    We just gathered about 5-6 gallons as well. I gave 2 gallons to family and froze the rest. After researching, it seems that they freeze quite well for up to a year. And there are tons of recipes out there if you get tired of roasted chestnuts.
  9. lprofancik

    HOOSIERS Only - INDIANA - Ru1?

    Does anyone know where I could buy organic feed near Indy or on the southside? I'd love to switch my flock to organic, but so far haven't been able to locate any feed. Of course if I do switch I may have to sell some extras to keep the feed bill in check.
  10. lprofancik

    Looking for organic feed source in Indianapolis or south of Indy

    We live in Franklin and I came across a thread about a small company that sells organic feed in Lebanon, but that's just too far for me to drive to get feed-it would be a 3 hours round trip. Are there any sources in Indianapolis or near the southside? Thank you so much!
  11. lprofancik

    Is it too late to raise meat birds before winter?

    Yay! Thank you so much! I feel so much better now and we're excited to try our first batch of meat birds. Now to see if I can find someone that I can watch process chickens before I do if for the first time.
  12. lprofancik

    Is it too late to raise meat birds before winter?

    I decided I wanted to jump on the meat bird band wagon a little late in the year. I have an order placed for some red broilers, but they won't ship for 2 more weeks. I was wondering if I should cancel the order and wait until next spring. I didn't want to keep them confined although I do have...
  13. lprofancik

    My flock

    They are beautiful!
  14. lprofancik

    Manure uses

    Quote: Do you compost it over the winter? I have a pile started, but wasn't sure how long to let it sit.
  15. lprofancik

    Hey, wait a minute...

    Haha...we have a few that will do that too! So cute!
See more
Back
Top Bottom