He was sexed wrong. I was supposed to get 2 Jersey giant pullets. His brother was rehomed because he was a wild child and very human aggressive.
Squatch is like a dog. He follows me everywhere and is always wondering what I'm doing.
I have a jersey giant rooster...
The hens are Delaware, red sex link, and barred rock.
Here's Squatch with Ophelia
Squatch with one of his offspring
Jersey giant barred rock offspring (11 weeks)
Jersey giant Delaware offspring (11 weeks)
Eggs I'm incubating right now (that dark...
That sounds a lot more realistic.
I do know that the cost of feed gets very expensive when you have several chicks.
We just had 20 meat checks and we were going through 5 50# bags of feed every month. We sold the 20 chicks for $100 so $5 a piece. Funny thing is they're not using them as meat...
I also sell at a price that everyone can afford because I would rather see someone who really needs food to buy one than someone who can afford many of them.
I'd rather just sell so people are eating healthier. I'm not worried about what I put into them or what I get back.
It's almost like when you get a truck and you put a lift kit and all this stuff in it... You go to sell it and you can't sell it for what you put into it because the vehicle is...
In my opinion I would never charge that much for a meat bird because you can buy one at the grocery store for cheaper than that, which is also organic and already done. If it was a bird that somebody was going to keep for a long time, I could see spending $40 or more on it, but they are just...