I NEED FERTILE BROWN EGGS OR CHICKS-PLEASE HELP

[RBishop1965]

Hey all, I have a question. What about the Black Star? McMurry has them and says that they are egg laying machines. Does anyone raise them on pasture or know anything abut them? Thanks Randy

 

[swtangel321]

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Question for you if you dont mine me asking.... I noticed on the RIR's you have blinders on some of them, can they see at all with those things on ?? Iv'e always wondered about that ?? I know it helps with pecking, just didnt know if they could see and still get around !! Also do you leave them on 24/7 ?? Thanks.

 

[lnm03]

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I just go 18 Black Star aka Black sex links a week ago today and was told by SEVERAL people that they are great egg layers! If you search black sex links you can pull some posts about them and from what I have read they lay an egg a day!

 

[RBishop1965]

I have checked w/ McMurrey and they are sold out until sometime in Feb. But I did find chickens. WELP has several that are going to hatch Nov. 19. They will have(brown eggers) Golden and Silver Wyandottes, BR, Blk Sexlink, RIR and BO's. I am not sure which ones to get.
They rate the Dottes at around 180 eggs a year(not very good for egg production). The others I am going to have to reasearch over the weekend. I have to go sell gensing to buy them. That is why I dig root. This year it is going to start a business for me.
I have raised BR, RIR, and BO's but never counted eggs, just gathered them. I know that the RIR's are suppose to be real good layers and are good chickens to work with. As far as layers Greathorse says that Red Sex Link are really good but I know that the Black has differiant breeding, are they as good on pasture? For this I am looking at feed conversion, egg production and ease of maintance.
Inm03 I think that I will order some of the BSL pullets for sure. They sound like they will meet all of my needs. Thanks for your help.
I really like BO and BR's but do not know how they will produce. I have not done a search yet but does anyone know offhand where I can find a Estimate egg production for the diff. breeds of chickens?
Thanks All, Randy

 

[jvls1942]

there is a guy who has started red and black sl pullets for $3/ea unless you buy more than 100 in whick case he drops the price to $2.50/ea... he is in michigan.. he has 1000 he wants to get rid of..

you cannot buy chicks and raise them to this size for any less..

and you would be in business immediately..

 

[jvls1942]

this is my last post on this subject.

the post is on PoultrySwapNSell@YahooGroups

the place is Webbervill, Michigan..

the guy will consider delivery for expenses..

check it out..

..jiminwisc.......

 

[RBishop1965]

Hey Jim, I want to say thank you for all of your help. I will go to that site and check him out. You all have been a great help. I think that I have learned what I needed for now. I am so glad that I found this place. Thanks agian to everyone.
Randy

 

[smith2]

Randy, at one time Ideal poultry out of Texas would hatch anything you wanted if you called them. My DH is belligerent about getting eggs. He would squeeze the eggs out of them if he could. We have red sex-links, black australorps, ISA browns, and golden comets. They all lay really great (1 egg a day), but the ISA and golden comets eat less than the others. If they are free ranging, the food may not be as big a problem. Other types of brown egg layers eat quite a bit more than the cross breeds. If you don't care about egg color, white leghorns lay the best and eat the least, but the eggs are white.

One other thing you might want to think about is staggering your chicks so you have eggs all through the year. I am just to the south of you, and mine molt every year starting in June and molt for 3 months or until it cools off. You want to be sure and have younger, first-year birds laying during the time when the older ones are molitng. You will also have a slow down period when the days shorten and the time changes. If you are not keeping your birds for pets, you also might consider getting a supply contract with a processor for supplying stewing hens for when the older ones wear out. Just some ideas. Lots of luck.

 

[RBishop1965]

Hey Smith2, Thank you for you advice. I learned quite a bit in your post. I did not know that the cross breeds have better food conversion and would do so well on free range. I will be putting them on green fields and picked crop (corn and soybeans) fields and my hope is that they will not cost that much to raise. I will give Ideal a call and see what they can do.
Just to note when I was a kid we use to go to Paris, Tenn. to a large mule sale. My Father, Grandfather and I went there not long before grandpaw passed, it was the farthest that he had ever been from home. A trip that will always be etched in my mind. Thanks agian Randy

 

[silkieluver_07]

I would also suggest Ideal Hatchery. Last time I checked, they still had many great egg-laying breeds availible. If you can't decide on a breed, maybe get 50 pullets of each breed or something like that. Just a suggestion.