Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[GableBabble]

Has anyone been able to talk to CPL lately? She asked me to tell everyone that she would be on the thread and catchup but that has been a week ago

She has been on Facebook alot

 

[madamwlf]

She has been on Facebook alot

Glad I'm not the only one noticing that.

 

[Ridge Farm]

Quote:Originally Posted by tdhenson86


For those of you wondering why I am so frustrated. Let me explain. I thought I made our pens impossible to get into since we have a problem with possums, raccoons, and coyotes. Here is what we did: we built pens with metal at the top and at the bottom with the middle wire. It is like a window. Somehow, the raccoons and possums have found a way to climb up halfway and eat through the fence there. Here is a picture of what I'm talking about:




If there's a way to use your electric fence to make a "field" for the donkey that surrounds your chicken house, I'd do it. That way anything has to get past the donkey to get to the chickens.

we deliberately build our chicken house in the pasture with my 26 yr old horse - who absolutely hates other animals in his pasture. You can see tracks in the mud when it's rained - coyote walks up the hill toward the chicken house, and runs back down, with horse prints right behind. I haven't lost a chicken in 5 years since we put them in the pasture.

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Mulan
Brother Bear
Over the Hedge
The Incredibles

If those 4 aren't claimed, I'll make a deal for them. Let me know what you are asking

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Disney has a working farm complete with chickens on it

a hydroponics garden where they grow all of the greens for salad used in ALL the resorts. The new additions over the last two years have been amazing at WDW too

We did the tour at Epcot when we went and we were amazed! I would so love to do that set up at our farm. I can imagine how much they have added since then.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I've never seen them do auctions like that and it didn't work in their benefit.

are you serious!! Was it on RBA? I was just there a few hours ago and didn't see anything.... dang it!

 

[tdhenson86]

If there's a way to use your electric fence to make a "field" for the donkey that surrounds your chicken house, I'd do it. That way anything has to get past the donkey to get to the chickens.

we deliberately build our chicken house in the pasture with my 26 yr old horse - who absolutely hates other animals in his pasture. You can see tracks in the mud when it's rained - coyote walks up the hill toward the chicken house, and runs back down, with horse prints right behind. I haven't lost a chicken in 5 years since we put them in the pasture.

That's a good idea. I'll try that. Thanks!

 

[ProfTi]

I am taking a poll! I hope you will put in your two cents. I met a local family that home schools and one of their projects is that their kid's create and run small business. So, they contacted me to see if I would show them around and they could look at the set-up because the 9 year-old daughter has an "egg business" that is apparantely very successful and has been saving to increase her business. I was trying to find a way to support her "small" (pun intended) business because I think it is really, really cool. She even has board meetings and has to account for her investments!

Anyway, after a lot of thought, I came up with an idea. I am going to provide her with the breeding stock of three different rare breeds of chickens. Next year, she will give me 12 hatching eggs for each chicken I gave her and then sell me any extra hatching eggs for $1/each from Febuary to April. The rest of the year she can sell chicks, eggs, hatching eggs or whatever and keep all the profit. Pretty good deal for us both, huh??? Since I can't have roosters, it is a way to breed. Anyway, here is my poll: If you could have only three breeds of chickens to raise for breeding purposes in Minnesota, which three would you pick for ease of care, temperment, hardiness and profitability?

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I am taking a poll! I hope you will put in your two cents. I met a local family that home schools and one of their projects is that their kid's create and run small business. So, they contacted me to see if I would show them around and they could look at the set-up because the 9 year-old daughter has an "egg business" that is apparantely very successful and has been saving to increase her business. I was trying to find a way to support her "small" (pun intended) business because I think it is really, really cool. She even has board meetings and has to account for her investments!

Anyway, after a lot of thought, I came up with an idea. I am going to provide her with the breeding stock of three different rare breeds of chickens. Next year, she will give me 12 hatching eggs for each chicken I gave her and then sell me any extra hatching eggs for $1/each from Febuary to April. The rest of the year she can sell chicks, eggs, hatching eggs or whatever and keep all the profit. Pretty good deal for us both, huh??? Since I can't have roosters, it is a way to breed. Anyway, here is my poll: If you could have only three breeds of chickens to raise for breeding purposes in Minnesota, which three would you pick for ease of care, temperment, hardiness and profitability?

first off, I think this is an awesome idea! Go Profti! I think Orpingtons are the best- they are well known- almost everyone wants them- they lay very reliably- and they come in so many new colors! Its better than having a shoe collection! My orps are all sweethearts and come up to me and let me handle them and I have never had a rooster that was mean to me or my kids- or anyone else for that matter.

 

[flocksalot]

I am taking a poll!  I hope you will put in your two cents.  I met a local family that home schools and one of their projects is that their kid's create and run  small business.  So, they contacted me to see if I would show them around and they could look at the set-up because the 9 year-old daughter has an "egg business" that is apparantely very successful and has been saving to increase her business.  I was trying to find a way to support her "small" (pun intended) business because I think it is really, really cool.  She even has board meetings and has to account for her investments!  

Anyway, after a lot of thought, I came up with an idea.  I am going to provide her with the breeding stock of three different rare breeds of chickens.  Next year, she will give me 12 hatching eggs for each chicken I gave her and then sell me any extra hatching eggs for $1/each from Febuary to April.  The rest of the year she can sell chicks, eggs, hatching eggs or whatever and keep all the profit.  Pretty good deal for us both, huh???  Since I can't have roosters, it is a way to breed.  Anyway, here is my poll:  If you could have only three breeds of chickens to raise for breeding purposes in Minnesota, which three would you pick for ease of care, temperment, hardiness and profitability?

SFHs
FBCM
BLRW

Those breeds seem to sell very well around here.

I would also add that since she will probably be selling mostly to the kitch market of city/town dwellers you should see what is mostly looked for in your area.

I personally would go for anything that doesn't have a single comb. Since frost bite can reduce fertility.

No roosters! I

love

listening to all the crowing coming from down the hill where the coops are. That would be sadly depressing.