Announcement April Fools 2011 - NEW BYC Program & Partnership - Sell Your Extra Eggs!

[All-American-Chick]

id like to join

i have 7 LF laying right now and get 3-4 dozen eggs week
i also have pullets growing up and probably keep 6 of them.
they are free range all day,locked up at night
renee

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[HenThymes]

Good one Nifty!!! You got allot of us.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

This is SO AWESOME!! I'd love to participate; it may be a few months before I jump in though...

I have 3 laying EEs (Sunny, Scrambles, and Shania) and four chicks in the brooder. I am currently averaging 15-16 eggs a week. I'm just worried that if I start now and more than one of my EE ladies goes on strike I'd have an Issue meeting the 2 doz minimum.

As for my chicks. They are currently 6 and 7 weeks old, so a bit further to go until they lay. Velvet the Australorp, Freckles the Speckled Sussex and Salsa the Hamburg. Tiny the Light Brahma is currently suspected of being a roo but we'll see. We'll probably keep Salsa's eggs, they're suppost to be on the small side so I wouldn't want a restaurant owner to think I threw in Bantam eggs.

 

[PaleMelanesian]

I think this is just fantastic! Best news of the day. And the response is great, too. That's what's great about BYC - the excitement and sense of community.

I have 14 hens, so the 2 dozen requirement will take me only 2-3 days.

 

[geosheets]

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I personally think that kids can get by on a lot less food than they consume... I would reinvest the first egg monies you get and buy MORE chickens just to be sure you have the maximum 10 dozen eggs every 2 weeks. Let those kids be a little hungry for a couple more months. Consider it your contribution to helping out an already obese nation(myself included). Soon you'll be up to the maximum of 10 dozen eggs... just think of all the groceries you'll be able to buy with an extra $14.85 a week, the fine educations you'll be able to afford all 5 kids, and the overall improvement of your everyday lifestyle.

Thanks so much for your kind advice! I really think i wll just stay with the extra 20 hens i just bought. My kids are such a blessing, and they have already given up so much! When i left their daddy, we had to move in with my mother and granny, who live in a small trailer.Not even a double-wide, so you can imagine how cramped it is. The way I look at it, is every little bit helps, and I'm just thankful that BYC is making this new egg selling program available!
Jess

That does sound cramped. Another advantage to reducing the kids intake is they won't grow as fast which will allow for more 'breathing' room in that trailer. Keep looking forward to your big payday. If you can get by with just one bag of feed a week at 14.50 a bag... your investment will have paid itself off in roughly 11 years... then it will be pure profit from there on out.

 

[D_Mom549]

What an awesome Idea!

I have 19 hens currently laying
1 Buff Orpington - Dagny
1 Barred Rock - Princess
2 Partridge Rocks - Laurie and Tracy
1 Brown Leghorn - Misty
1 Welsummer - Cornflake
1 EE - Moxy
1 Australorp - Sadie
1 Black Mutt - Sophie
1 Barred Mutt - Jill
1 Red Mutt - Ginger
5 RIR - One Eye, The Ugly One, Blossom, Brittany, Flora
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte - Gwen
1 Black Copper Marans - Paresseux
1 Blue Jersey Giant - Amalthea
They lay 54 eggs a week on average

I will have 15 more soon. Delawares, Silver Grey Dorkings, White Rocks and Dark Brahmas! I'm waiting to give them names until they get a little older.

 

[misschickenlittle]

I want to do this too! Anyone else in MO on board yet?

 

[Thomas423]

Count me in for the NorthEastern Maryland zone.
I have currently have 10 hens and have an extra 2-3 dozen eggs per week.
I have more pullets that will be laying in a couple of months and expect to have even more eggs.

I believe that by the standards I can put alot more hens in the coop, but only plan on having what I feel is good for them.
That was why we built it bigger and better to begin with.
Happy Hens make better tasting eggs.

 

[bookerdog]

Is there a zone leader for oregon or washington yet. Would love to sell my extra's

 

[ams3651]

that would be great, my friends always say they want to buy eggs but when i have them available nobody says a word. Im just not sure how many square feet I have, they are comfy but I guess i will have to measure.