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If both roos were good for meat, I wouldn't mind combining them, but George is pretty small as far as roos go. I have a black leghorn hen and he is no bigger than she is (if you've ever seen a leghorn in person).
The delaware and his hens I have had less than a month. I've been talking about starting a dual purpose flock for awhile, been researching, but just now am getting some birds to work on it.
I have 4 coops, actually
(hubby is my builder - I am spoiled).
In one coop I have bantam cochins, because A) they are cute and B) they are in sort of higher demand around here, and I figured I could breed them and sell chicks.
In another coop I have a mix of bantams (mostly oegb) that I could get rid of, if I needed the room. I may need the room, soon, because I also hatched out (recently) some large cochins, and will need a coop for them. The banty coop is the largest coop (8x12), and I want to put the dual purpose flock into it. It has a nice run on it (8x16), too - so if I did alternate free ranging, then on days they had to stay in, they could at least go outside into the run more.
I have the dual purpose (all 4 of them, at the moment) in an 8x8 coop. But, I have at least two chicks who will be joining them, and I just had two buff orps hatch out today (with a few more eggs to go) that are part of the dual purpose group, and I want the white rocks and delaware hens, too. The dual purpose flock will be the largest of the flocks, once I get it going well.
Also, if I had the duals in the big coop, I could keep the chicks penned in the run, if needed. It is the most well built of the coops, as it was a pre-built building, and has a bit thicker boards for walls. Would be better for brooding babies in there.
I'm probably going to the local auction tomorrow night, because I am looking for some weanling calves and feeder pigs. I am taking some of the birds along to sell, too.
I'd like to be set up by spring, so I can A) get these dang birds out of my house
and B) begin hatching for raising to eat meat birds. Plus, my neighbors have been calling me for eggs, and I only have 5 hens (out of 10 in the laying flock) who are laying right now. The three hens in the dual flock are still recovering from moving, so haven't laid at all yet. The other 5 are over a year old, and have decided to take the winter off, I guess.
Ok, gonna hit post and read back over this to see if I missed anything
Hubby had the computer most of the day, so I need to catch up on my chatty fingers.
meri
If both roos were good for meat, I wouldn't mind combining them, but George is pretty small as far as roos go. I have a black leghorn hen and he is no bigger than she is (if you've ever seen a leghorn in person).
The delaware and his hens I have had less than a month. I've been talking about starting a dual purpose flock for awhile, been researching, but just now am getting some birds to work on it.
I have 4 coops, actually
In one coop I have bantam cochins, because A) they are cute and B) they are in sort of higher demand around here, and I figured I could breed them and sell chicks.
In another coop I have a mix of bantams (mostly oegb) that I could get rid of, if I needed the room. I may need the room, soon, because I also hatched out (recently) some large cochins, and will need a coop for them. The banty coop is the largest coop (8x12), and I want to put the dual purpose flock into it. It has a nice run on it (8x16), too - so if I did alternate free ranging, then on days they had to stay in, they could at least go outside into the run more.
I have the dual purpose (all 4 of them, at the moment) in an 8x8 coop. But, I have at least two chicks who will be joining them, and I just had two buff orps hatch out today (with a few more eggs to go) that are part of the dual purpose group, and I want the white rocks and delaware hens, too. The dual purpose flock will be the largest of the flocks, once I get it going well.
Also, if I had the duals in the big coop, I could keep the chicks penned in the run, if needed. It is the most well built of the coops, as it was a pre-built building, and has a bit thicker boards for walls. Would be better for brooding babies in there.
I'm probably going to the local auction tomorrow night, because I am looking for some weanling calves and feeder pigs. I am taking some of the birds along to sell, too.
I'd like to be set up by spring, so I can A) get these dang birds out of my house
Ok, gonna hit post and read back over this to see if I missed anything
meri
