Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

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ozexpat said:
I see some lurkers in the currently viewing box

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Hi! I wish I had some of the eggs you are looking for, unfortunately I don't have any of those breeds! Good Luck! I am envious of Coco Beach Farm!
 
Sally Sunshine said:
I am ordering some meaties, I think for my first go I will get some cornish x cheaply because I really dont want long term work with meaties, 8 weeks if they make it and in the pan. I am going to make a run/coop that I can dismantle for the summer and put back up in the fall for another batch. I like things to look nice and do not want to be swimming in the pool smelling chicken poop after a summer drench
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I did meaties in the winter come summer time they had to go....And they don't really need a run per say. All they do is eat poop and sleep, I had the coop door open and the only one that went outside was the rooster.... There was food out there. Other than that the Cornish X I got from Mcmurry didn't need exercise room. I think I went to 13 or 14 weeks. they were BIG birds.
 
LFchixranch said:
If hes charging $5 an egg, $2.50 for an EE, I think I'll look elsewhere
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Gotta figure though, if you need A LOT of different breeds and you can get them all from the same place, you can save a bunch on shipping. Also, some eggs are worth paying more for.... I don't personally know much about standard, but for example some folks on here can easily charge $20+ for a chick because they're quality birds.. others can only get $5.

And seeing Oz needs a bunch, he can probably work a deal
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IDK on here you can find EE eggs cheap 2 bucks a dozen. Maybe its just my cheap self but that seems really high priced for 1 shipped egg that will give you a 25% hatching rate the first time its shipped
 
Sally Sunshine said:
game birds have the same type meat? white? lol sorry I am clueless, We have only processed brahma and cochin! and as a kid I dont remember! I know geese and duck were dark ha ha ha

I am ordering some meaties, I think for my first go I will get some cornish x cheaply because I really dont want long term work with meaties, 8 weeks if they make it and in the pan. I am going to make a run/coop that I can dismantle for the summer and put back up in the fall for another batch. I like things to look nice and do not want to be swimming in the pool smelling chicken poop after a summer drench
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game birds are chickens too just much smaller than the large fowl i already raise

we have a few home brewed meaties in our brooder at the moment

not having a french Bresse roo (worlds best meat bird)

i put my 2 hens in with my splash english orpington

so far 3 hatched out but 1 was weak & didn't make it

the other 2 are getting bigger by the day

i will put them in my chicken tractor once we get into some warm weather so they have their own place to grow out.



piglett
 
ozexpat said:
Thursday the 27th - Arrive Sat, return Monday
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i'll be sending a care package on the 24th
maybe you can get your roo
hell a few to choose from would be even better
but 1 is better than nothing

something i have found out the hard way,roosters can just fall over dead
best to have a "back up boy" if you can
even if he just hangs out with other "unmarried" roosters in their own pad
 

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