grannys gone and done it

[ChickenLady2014]

You don't really save money, they are like having chickens for eggs. You do it because they taste better than the store bought birds

People i got mines from, I traded them some Raw milk fer. LOL

They get thier feed custom milled and save A TON

That's the way to do it. My BIL farms & he knows the system well with TSC. He as always manages to get the meat birds for a quarter to 50 cents. Because he works right close to the store he checks in often. The workers get tired with dealing with the birds as a get a little bigger. Most people are wanting day old chicks. So he will go in & offer to take 25-50 older chicks off their hands for a song. He's pulled it off every year. So he's the man!!

 

[LocalYokel]

had a bantam cornish once wide breast, friendly thing. I was very sad when I found out what it was because I thought it would die soon. It just kept doing its thing and I kept waiting . LOL

LOL

Cornish live fer awhile

Sounds like a cute lil bugger

 

[LocalYokel]

That's the way to do it. My BIL farms & he knows the system well with TSC. He as always manages to get the meat birds for a quarter to 50 cents. Because he works right close to the store he checks in often. The workers get tired with dealing with the birds as a get a little bigger. Most people are wanting day old chicks. So he will go in & offer to take 25-50 older chicks off their hands for a song. He's pulled it off every year. So he's the man!!

Wow.
What a Guy!

 

[LocalYokel]

all caught up again hello everyone.

 

[LocalYokel]

That's the way to do it. My BIL farms & he knows the system well with TSC. He as always manages to get the meat birds for a quarter to 50 cents. Because he works right close to the store he checks in often. The workers get tired with dealing with the birds as a get a little bigger. Most people are wanting day old chicks. So he will go in & offer to take 25-50 older chicks off their hands for a song. He's pulled it off every year. So he's the man!!

yeh and the Raw Milk was free.

Besides geting up at 3 AM !

 

[ChickenLady2014]

 


so it could be toned down a little ?

Oh and granny it can be toned down

Depending on how much ya feed em

Yep you can feed them less, they just won't get to weight as soon. I think it would be much healthier to slow them down a bit, but I'm not the one raising them. If I raised them here I would try that approach.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

from what I am hearing I wouldnt raise them. the cornish I would though.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

That's the way to do it. My BIL farms

Wow.
What a Guy!

Yep we are very blessed. We don't have money change hands with the birds cuz hubby does a lot of building projects for him. They exchange services

 

[rIrs roost]

Its worth it

If you can get locally milled feed fer cheap, even better by the barrell

I don't have a local mill that I know of. I still wanna do it though.

had a bantam cornish once wide breast, friendly thing. I was very sad when I found out what it was because I thought it would die soon. It just kept doing its thing and I kept waiting . LOL

Still waiting?

This is the most important part.

Its not right to be in a barn and never see sunshine, or feel grass

X2 even if you process them, they at least had a good life and got to be chickens instead of living side by side nose to tail in a building with no sun and grass.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I gave her up when I had surgery.