Dixie Chicks

[Beer can]

I've never used medicated feed, and never heard of worming chickens until reading BYCs so I don't have plans of doing either.
My father had chickens for twenty yrs and never did either and never had a chicken die other than the ones that met a hatchet or weasel and once the neighbor's dog.

 

[hennible]

I think that last one is a myth if I have a clean coop I have clean eggs if I get a dirty coop I get dirty eggs

 

[hennible]

I've never used medicated feed, and never heard of worming chickens until reading BYCs so I don't have plans of doing either.
My father had chickens for twenty yrs and never did either and never had a chicken die other than the ones that met a hatchet or weasel and once the neighbor's dog.

Most Things have worms it only matters if the worm over run the system. I never heard of worming chickens until BYC either... And none of the old timer chicken keepers I know worm their birds or ever have...

 

[JW12]

I think that last one is a myth if I have a clean coop I have clean eggs if I get a dirty coop I get dirty eggs

X's 2

 

[JW12]

10 month old red sex links. How much would you charge for them apiece if someone wanted to buy them? They are healthy, somewhat friendly, and good layers.

Someone stopped and wanted to buy them and other things. I have 6 and told him 50 bucks.... Does that sound about right for 6 pullets?

 

[Amberjem]

you doing ok @NotAFarm ?

 

[hennible]

Sounds like a fair deal... I paid $72 for 6 ducks...

 

[Amberjem]

10 month old red sex links. How much would you charge for them apiece if someone wanted to buy them? They are healthy, somewhat friendly, and good layers.

Someone stopped and wanted to buy them and other things. I have 6 and told him 50 bucks.... Does that sound about right for 6 pullets?

typically layers here go for 20 a bird ...older birds say year 1/2 to two years about 15/10 but typically new laying pullets go for 20 a pop

I should say thats for just any ole just laying young pullet, rarer purebreds can be 20 or sometimes more......

 

[JW12]

Thank you! The guy acted like I had stole something when I said $50 so I didn't know if I was crazy high or not.
My way if thinking is I didn't really want to sell anyway, even though I need to make room for the teenagers in the grow out pen and the ones I just hatched.

 

[Beer can]

I've heard garlic and pumpkin seeds for worms but that was for humans. I wonder how pumpkin seeds work, scrub and scour the intestinal walls?
Dirty eggs come from dirty feet. Even with my deep litter method my eggs are clean usually. Just keep the litter dry and stirred up with the sawdust, the chickens do that for me.