Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[ChickNmamma]

Quote:
A shed right outside the kitchen will make a nice place for your hubby. It will be convenient to pass food out to him and check on him at night to make sure he is warm enough.

 

[caj1985]

A shed right outside the kitchen will make a nice place for your hubby. It will be convenient to pass food out to him and check on him at night to make sure he is warm enough.

LOL! Her DH is only home two weeks a month anyway. He doesn't need a full room in the house, right?

 

[Sahwithchicks]

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?

Well, fbcm ate kind of passé, but I would be happy To donate a dozen eggs to you for this, for just shipping. I love that some kids are still learning this... Definitely not taught in schools.

Let me know what you have to trade.  We can go from there.

Well, I have eggs from
Fbcm, black/blue Dutch bantams, quail, and hens choice from BCM, Dutch, salmon fav, -and quail. I have some metal candle molds I could trade, they are like $15 new so that would be a decent trade if you wanted to start making candles, umm... I have some seeds, some raspberry starts, seeds, chocolates, pickled quail eggs... Ummm. I think that's it? I can draw up plans for chicken coops... But I doubt you need that lol.

 

[krazykat0373]

Quote: lol! that is true...and besides he has a nice large shop there with a full bathroom in it....he would only need to come to the door and get his food...or if I am feeling generous, I will carry it out to him!

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Two of the SFH from KYT hatched today.

 

[madamwlf]

This evening was rather productive. Got the bantam orp coop/pen completed and they are moved in now. Looks like I may finally broke all 3 hens of their broodiness. Got their old coop completely cleaned and moved the chicks from the basement brooder out to it. Tomorrow is the Wyandotte coop so I can finally get my quad moved and take a look at what I have left for Wyandottes. We also put in a sand box for the Brahma pen. I'm beat.

 

[mama2my4]

I had to make DH a promise of no more chicks brooded in the house after this year.  LOL  Luckily, we don't have those brutal winters, and I can hold to that promise without too much hardship. 

Ha! I made MYSELF that promise!

 

[WVstruttin]

This evening was rather productive. Got the bantam orp coop/pen completed and they are moved in now. Looks like I may finally broke all 3 hens of their broodiness. Got their old coop completely cleaned and moved the chicks from the basement brooder out to it. Tomorrow is the Wyandotte coop so I can finally get my quad moved and take a look at what I have left for Wyandottes. We also put in a sand box for the Brahma pen. I'm beat.

sounds like you got a lot done

 

[madamwlf]

sounds like you got a lot done

I still have a lot to do but we're getting it done.

 

[ProfTi]

This evening was rather productive. Got the bantam orp coop/pen completed and they are moved in now. Looks like I may finally broke all 3 hens of their broodiness. Got their old coop completely cleaned and moved the chicks from the basement brooder out to it. Tomorrow is the Wyandotte coop so I can finally get my quad moved and take a look at what I have left for Wyandottes. We also put in a sand box for the Brahma pen. I'm beat.

I wish I could be as productive!!!!