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DemeterAD9
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- Mar 21, 2024
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Well I put in my order for 2026 from Meyer! I was checking availability for the breeds I want (aiming for late March/early April) and apparently they've either sold out of some or still need to update it. So instead of dragging my feet and missing out on even more of the breeds I have my eye on I swapped things around and settled for ones I'm interested in. Sadly the hatchery choice rare breeds was unavailable so no surprises for me, a shame as I quite like the chick breed guessing game. Hatch date should be April 13th.
-2x M 1x F dark brahma
-4x Cornish cross SR
-4x white Plymouth rock SR
-1X F speckled sussex (been wanting one for a while)
-1x F silver penciled Plymouth rock
-1x F Exchequer leghorn
-1x F Partridge cochin (got one last time but it was the only chick to die on me)
- 2x freebie meal maker (likely a pullet) and homestead helper cockerel.
I plan to raise the white rocks and Cornish cross together (it will be hard to tell them apart anyways) and compare the 2 as meat birds with the possibility of keeping any white rock pullets that I end up with. I'll also be planning my own meat bird hatch around the same time to raise alongside them, aiming for 20-24 total in the meat bird department. Hoping to be done brooding chicks sooner rather than later, I hate having chicks in the house as the dust really gets to me.
If I happen to get some broody hens going I'll likely pop a few eggs under them from specific hens I want replacement breeders from, or just experimental crosses to see what feather/egg colors I end up with. If I find time to try more ducks or turkeys between the chicken activities it is likely to happen after the brooders are empty and the chicks are well on their way to growing out and being processed. Once things really get going the headache of who stays and who goes will be looming over me again come late summer.
-2x M 1x F dark brahma
-4x Cornish cross SR
-4x white Plymouth rock SR
-1X F speckled sussex (been wanting one for a while)
-1x F silver penciled Plymouth rock
-1x F Exchequer leghorn
-1x F Partridge cochin (got one last time but it was the only chick to die on me)
- 2x freebie meal maker (likely a pullet) and homestead helper cockerel.
I plan to raise the white rocks and Cornish cross together (it will be hard to tell them apart anyways) and compare the 2 as meat birds with the possibility of keeping any white rock pullets that I end up with. I'll also be planning my own meat bird hatch around the same time to raise alongside them, aiming for 20-24 total in the meat bird department. Hoping to be done brooding chicks sooner rather than later, I hate having chicks in the house as the dust really gets to me.
If I happen to get some broody hens going I'll likely pop a few eggs under them from specific hens I want replacement breeders from, or just experimental crosses to see what feather/egg colors I end up with. If I find time to try more ducks or turkeys between the chicken activities it is likely to happen after the brooders are empty and the chicks are well on their way to growing out and being processed. Once things really get going the headache of who stays and who goes will be looming over me again come late summer.
