Recent content by MIKE555444

Its easy to put a few stickers on the cartons with Bible verses... and its more effective than just giving out a pamphlet that often don't get read... since they will see the Bible verses every time they cook eggs :) I think it is an wonderful and effective way to share Gods Word and help out...

The truth is we could just drop off these eggs at the local pantry and move them to a needy person but our goal is for something more personal. We walk up to to a neighborhood door and introduce ourselves. Then we offer them the free farm fresh eggs. We also let them know where we go to...

We have continued our egg ministry and now that the new flock is laying very well we are currently producing more than 120 dozen eggs a month. Selling Baby Chicks has off set the cost of feeding the hens (they eat about 250 lbs per week). God has supplied all of our needs and we are praising...

I agree with you.... wonder why these eggs are darker from the same hens?

I have been separating breeds for hatching. ALL BROWN eggs shown here are Rhode Island Whites. Most are Rhode Island Whites used to crossed with Rhode Island Reds to hatch sex-link chicks. However if you look at the bottom left side you will notice a trend of much darker eggs(they all have...

Update: We have had some hurtles over the last year. We have managed to buy a new office trailer for the ministry and have come up with some good ways to support ourselves. However we did have some issues with overcrowding that cause us to "reboot" our project. We only have a small flock...

Here is my feeder... consists of a $5 small trash can and a $1 clothes basket.

Nice Work.... great information :)

Believe it or not they are able to get some of the food out into the floor.... I have since added a 2" deep square wooden box to catch any spillage

Ok... I posted this in June of 2010 and it's now June 2013 and this is still in use as my feeder for my largest flock. :)

I have an extra hundred Rhode Island Red chicks for sale if anyone is interested. The parent stock are great layers. These are full stock and straight run. Message me :)

I have about 45 Red Sex-link Pullets available and about 50 full stock Rhode Island Red if anyone is interested send me a pm or txt 304-410-6981 Near Winfield WV

Hatching is going well this year :)

Most people put the shavings in deep.... that allows it to be work almost like cat litter being turn over and over. If done properly and with the correct amount of birds it should only need changed out 2 - 3 times a year :)

No solar... We have have it hard wired with a large underground cable. The cleaning room is 8' x 16' and is heated/cooled with an "hotel style unit". It has a 40 gal hot water heater, fridge, and two cabinet incubators and a cabinet hatcher. We also run lights for several different bins of...