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Oh my goodness! @JacinLarkwell ! I was packing the chickens into my truck this morning .. and found 17 adult roosters in the coop! I had no idea there were so many. This will certainly cut down on food costs, aggression, and let me focus on predator control now. Thanks again for the straight talk.

I did as you suggested and lowered the price to $10 per hen/rooster, and my reglar buyer said she would take all (25 or so). I will cull another 3, and take another 10 to the livestock auction. That will get the flock down to around 160. Will try to sell another 60. Seriously, my flock has...

@JacinLarkwell so I just calculated out selling hens now for $15, or waiting until October and selling for $25. With the cost of feed, it'd be a wash to wait to October ... Thanks for the advice.

I meant, keeping only the chickens that have those traits. Trying to apply more of a Moneyball attitude and less emotional.

Question on strategy for thinning the flock: let's say I decide that the main characteristics I am looking for are heavy meat bird, jumbo eggs, and predator resistance. Decided to be less concerned about color of the egg. then I was thinking only the chickens that possess two out of three of...

OK. There is a lady who takes all my cockerels when they reach 5-6 months. I noticed though that in the past couple of weeks, sales of chickens via Craigslist have slowed down considerably. I was selling 20+ chicks a week, now nothing. I also noticed that Cackle and McMurray have a much better...

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks :)

Hi All, I have too many chickens. I bought and hatched maybe 125 chicks this spring, in anticipation of the egg shortage craze. I've sold 50 so far. Another 5 or so lost to predators. There are 190 left (half are foraging adults, ages 4 months - 2 years, and half are chicks ages 1-4 months in...