I see 100 eyes rolling in thier heads, but... not a clue...

[draggonsgate]

Thank you so much for the input, it's greatly appreciated! Having a Roo isn't a problem, since we have dog kennels and a training school down the road, two pastures of goats and one of alpacas across the road. It's a fairly naturally noisy area during the day I'm thinking of upping the number of hens by a few, as today I was told that if I was going to be producing eggs, I had three people and the owner of the small family store tell me they wanted to buy them. Hmmmmm, a second career?

And again, thank you all so much for helping out by answering my questions!

 

[MiniBeesKnees]

I discovered yesterday the difference between eating eggs and hatching eggs...the amount of money you can sell them for. Now there is no difference between the eggs themselves but I can sell hatching eggs for a buck each, and eating eggs for $1.79 for a half dozen.

I sort of fell into a third career producing fertile eggs for hatching. Last night I bought a trio of Wheatons which brings me to five breeds. So I'm going to have to figure out a way to keep the roosters away from the ladies that are not their wives. I let everyone (except two roosters always penned) free range but those days are about to end.

A lot of us have the problem of too many eggs...it is great you have a market for them. I live in a rural area without any rules, or zoning issues. I moved here from SW Florida that had way too many. I wanted three chickens...well, I think I have about 50...I've quit counting. I have no close neighbors, and I'm within such laws and rules that do exist...which are very few...but I aim to 'get along' so noise was a concern for me when I was looking for a place to buy.

Roosters are known for noise...but hens raise a rukus too...one will go in the coop to lay an egg and at least 20 of her friends and relatives have to scream their congratulations at her.

 

[adorable]

Quote:
This was very well said. x2