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I know what you mean. My eggs go for $10 a dozen. Or free. If they take the free ones they get all we have, maybe 8 dozen if it's been a week. Next time they buy one dozen for $10. :D EDIT: OK, we don't sell the eggs. Neighbors and family get them it seems We are the egg-men. I am the...

So I look at my roos, and think the third from any breed, and any EE roo are candidates. I pick them up, hold them in front of my face and say firmly "I am a-gonna eeet yew!" Then he pecks my nose.

Nice, two roosters?? lol. Something to talk about anyway. And hear.

I could be wrong, fodder is sprouted grain, and ...what is the fermented feed, "fodder" as well?

Interesting. Did it have a powdery white "foam" over the water in the container? Mine smells like beer, maybe because of the barley. The enzymes help. My birds stop fighting just to eat it.

well. Saving while you are working will make it so you dont have to borrow. Three buckets and 5 min a day EDIT: Pour off the liquid from one day's batch onto the freshly started batch. Don't stir after the first mix. I drain as much liquid off as I can before mixing in the soy meal. We...

What breeds did you use for the roo and hen? Do the offspring reproduce reliably?

Got a Mercedes for sale?

Ferment your feed and it will save you cash. I ferment cracked corn, milled corn, whole wheat, and whole barley. Much cheaper. Oh yeah, I stir in some soy meal right before feeding. Scratch mix is whole corn, cracked corn, wheat, and yellow peas. Trying to sprout oats now for winter, they...

Not nice at all....

Because even on a small scale, you compete with professionals.

10 weeks for the Rock Cornish max. The only way they are profitable is if you butcher them before your feed costs get too high. If you are selling your roo heritage breeds you will need to raise them longer. $10 for a naturally feed organic chicken seems to be the rate. That's why chicken...