Biggest Chicken Regret - What's Yours?

[NC chicken man]

Farmerchick where do you live we process our own chickens we have all of the equipment i got pics on meat birds thread and we live in Mt.Pleasant in Cabarrus Co.west of Concord.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

Buying a one acre piece of property in a subdivision... didn't I know 16 years ago that one day I'd want chickens and wouldn't want to be limited to 6 or less? What was I thinking?

 

[Chicken Salad]

Not starting sooner (because I lived in a frickin' townhouse with a postage-stamp sized yard).

 

[Redfeathers]

My biggest regret is that I didn't put the feed into metal bins. Now we have mouse and rat issues. I know better now, but if I had known before hand, I would have probably prevented this issue. I think many of us are dealing with more mice and rats in this area this year. Ugh. I set traps for the mice, the rats drag off the mice bodies and the traps. I put poison out for the rats and they take it all, even the bags of it that I haven't even opened yet. I never see them but I'm finding holes in the yard all the time.

 

[English Chick]

No regrets other than wanting more.....and more and more....

 

[FarmerChick]

hey NC chicken man

you are about 1 1/2 hours from me being in Mount Pleasant.

I searched forever trying to find a small processor to do this and only could find the one in Siler City. Too far.

I always needed to put travel time and gas etc. on the cost of the processing etc. and the profit wasn't there if I had too much expense into this venture.

Do you process for others? Like 50-100 birds at a time? That kind of thing?

you got me curious now...thanks for any info!!!!

 

[Laskaland]

Buying Silkie eggs from ebay and letting the fluffy demons steal my soulllllllllllllllllllllllll
And, noticing that there were eggs in different colors...and wanting eggs in different colors... from many chickens... all kinds of chickens...and finding a chicken with horns....and wanting a chicken with horns..... and... and.... and...I need a therapist....

 

[jnjross]

not making coop/run easy to divide for breeding, not having a floor, and putting the nest so you have to go in the coop to get the eggs..

 

[debilorrah]

My regret is calling the Town offices to find out how many we are allowed. No one was complaining and we went and called. 5 hens 1 roo. See signature line......

 

[Picky Chicky]

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As I always say... ask for forgiveness, not permission! And oh! I'll never tell!