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

[bamadude]

Off to google guzzumped

 

[Wisher1000]

Let me know what you find, Dude.

 

[FridayYet]

HEY!!

It was my idea!

Seriously, though, you could get iron pipe, weld a plug in one end, fill it with sand, cap the other end, and use the lift and release method that was mentioned earlier.....OR....... you could build the mill stones from concrete on sight..... just thinking out loud.........

Sorry Wisher! Didn't go back in the thread far enough to verify the source. My apologies, it's a great idea!

 

[bamadude]

Lol. Google is confused too

 

[vehve]

Oz, that's pretty much up to the baby bunnies themselves. I figure once they can get out, they can get in as well. But the nest boxes are kept inside the bunny pen, and mommy can move in and out of it freely to make sure the dairy bar is available for the kits. The boxes are just there to provide a draft free, slightly insulated (bedding and straw) space.

 

[ozexpat]

Off to google guzzumped

Let me know what you find, Dude.

Off to google guzzumped

Lol. Google is confused too

Correct spelling is gazumped. its archaic meaning is to be swindled.

modern use is when somebody agrees to sell you something at a price but then accepts a higher offer.

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, that's pretty much up to the baby bunnies themselves. I figure once they can get out, they can get in as well. But the nest boxes are kept inside the bunny pen, and mommy can move in and out of it freely to make sure the dairy bar is available for the kits. The boxes are just there to provide a draft free, slightly insulated (bedding and straw) space.

nice idea

are you eating bunny?

 

[vehve]

Quote: Tonight was bolognese. But on a more general level, yeah, we do. That's what we got the bunnies for. We've had two litters (7+8) so far, kept two does from the first batch. After this third litter, using the price of store bought french bunnies for comparison, we'll be in the black, also taking into account feed costs.

The chickens are about half way to paying for their coop after a year and a half. And that's not taking into account feed, but not the fact that we've eaten some birds either. Egg laying has been a bit slower than expected. I'm looking at getting our one thousandth egg around Christmas. Originally I thought we would have been around 1500 by now already. And here I'm using organic/free range eggs for price comparison, although honestly our's taste a lot better.

 

[ozexpat]

My birds are on the increase with eggs. We are now getting enough that we eat about 6 dozen a week between the boys and my family.

Inday took 12 roosters to butcher back in Bacolod Saturday and the boys eat three per week.

I think I can get around $80 to $100 for the bucklings as upgraders for native goats. They are ideal to develop breeding stock to then cross with Boer for meat production.

 

[vehve]

I haven't eaten that much eggs lately due to us being down to a single layer for some time, but now production is on the rise again, so eggs will play a larger role in my breakfast again.