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

[Ravynscroft]

Wow I am 40 posts behind. I had to go off air for 36 hours

I will catch up

Pig 1 lost her piglets - which I was expecting from before we attempted indcuing her.

We keep moving forward.

Pig 6 looks good for tormorrow or the day after.

Chicks are hatching. 

Stuff is getting done.

Sorry about that, Oz... Seems like it's been harder for you to get piglets than to get imported chicks to hatch... :/

Onward and forward! GO PIG 6!!!

 

[piglett]

Yes I am excited to see their eggs.
Out of 10 EEs I think I only have 3 pullets. lol

how will you decide who becomes adobo?

or will you keep the boys in their own coop?

another thought is sell off some of the extra boys

& use the money to buy more birds

 

[Ravynscroft]

@mickmeek your EE's are gorgeous! Love the first one best!

 

[mickmeek]

how will you decide who becomes adobo?

or will you keep the boys in their own coop?

I will keep them as brood cock.

Yup I will sell some of the extra roo, Easter egger is rare in the Philippines.

 

[Ravynscroft]

just 1 Orp, that will never do

maybe once it warms up i can sell you a few chicks  

OMG!! Would love some of your stock!!

Only 1 Orp cuz he was an extra added to my group of Am's, then Jim fell in love with him... he's an awesome roo, great temperament and huge, lol...

 

[mickmeek]

@mickmeek your EE's are gorgeous! Love the first one best!

Thanks. Time flies. They grow fast.

 

[mickmeek]

I would love to have Orps someday. They are on my list. Need to save money first.

 

[piglett]

I will keep them as brood cock.

i'm sure they will like that idea

will the local hens that they mate lay blue or green eggs?

or does the hen have to be an Easter egger?

 

[mickmeek]

i'm sure they will like that idea 

will the local hens that they mate lay blue or green eggs?

or does the hen have to be an Easter egger?

The extra roo will be a brood cock with some of our native hens.

 

[ozexpat]

I need to stay away more often!

@perchie.girl she was to be sold regardless of her outcome.

I have her daughter that will replace her. Her daughter (pig 17) is 220lbs at 150 days. She will be bred in around 8-10 weeks.The sire of 17 is a nucleus class boar. She will be inseminated with another boar of similar quality and the best of those gilts will be my multipliers to market breeding stock to locals at the per kilo price to make decent breeding stock available at a decent price. A long process to change pig dynamics in Southern negros