Salmon faverolles are a great idea. In my showing days I some goliath Jersey Giants. I might only be able to fit half as many as the other breeds in a pen if I get higher quality ones.
I should have some of the top laying breeds to compete with large hatcheries, although I don't enjoy them as much as bantams. The bantams will come later. BBS Ameraucana, Wheaten Ameraucana, White ameraucanas, EEs, barred rock, RIR(not production reds!), leghorns of a few colors, australorps...
I could quarantine for a long time, but it's still so risky that they may be carriers. I'm not saying it isn't the best way hypothetically, I just don't want to risk it.
I do not want to bring in any adult birds because of disease. I have battled roup for years with my previous flocks as a result of bringing in new chickens and taking them to shows. I will be buying SQ hatching eggs from trusted breeders and using the top males I hatch.
I haven't been active in years since I sold my birds, but when I left there was a huge craze for light Sussex and lavender Sussex. Did this die down? Does anyone still have them?
Years ago my plan was to have a strictly show quality hatchery, but that would take decades to build. That is my end goal. But the investment of the building I am going to build, the incubators, and equipment couldn't be supported by a SQ hatchery at first. Partially because I can't get the...
I will have artificial lighting for the birds to lay virtually every day year round, or to maximize it to the highest extent. And yes, I will have extra males. I do plan to sell them at very low prices online. I also have a few connections in the area of people that raise meat chickens all...
If no bantams, the issue is choosing the best 36 breeds/varieties of LF. That will be difficult when there are 100's of breeds and dozens of colors of most breeds. Stressful just thinking about it. Lol
Hatcheries that produce LF for egg production are a dime a dozen though. I need to find a niche market and there is no way there isn't one for bantams. If you go on eBay there is a wide variety of hatching eggs and you will notice the ones with bids and a good price tag are bantams. I'm not...
Enola(my phone autocorrected to Ebola lol!), I would love to have experienced chicken lovers work at my hatchery. I plan to have no employees right off the bat but I will need some after the first year or so! Coincidentally, my mother retires the same year I want to open the hatchery, and she is...