pandahomestead
In the Brooder
- Apr 22, 2021
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so this year, i decided to hatch out a bunch of my hens and ducks eggs.. figuring i could sell them as soon as they hatch , or when they where fully feathered....
well i didnt expect to have 100 chicks and 40 ducklings to hatch ... since it was my first time incubating .. my hatch rate was almost 95% success... GREAT ! buuuut ... i havent been able to sell any ... their all fully feathered and staying outdoors.. and i have sexed them and pretty sure i have mostly females... culled the boys.
i love all the babies running up to me and sitting on my feet and knees. BUT the issue for me is , feed..... ive already come to terms with having to raise them to adulthood and selling them as egg layers.
im buying 100lbs of food a week... and the older they get, the more they will eat... is there anything i can do to substitute their feed, or something? i dont think ill ever incubate again ... lol this experiment was a little too much for me.
gotta get rid of these babies.... using facebook to advertise, and got a sign at the bottom of my driveway advertising as well. no bites... too bad i didnt do this last year when people where panic buying all the animals... lol
i sold all my hens and my rooster a while back after finding out i cant eat eggs.. so all i have is babies... oh... and a year old cornish cross meat hen..... shes a pet.. shes not going anywhere.
also fun thing ... up till February of this year , i could eat eggs .. and now all of a sudden developed a allergy to eggs... home raised, store bought , foods with egg.. feels like death is slowly creeping up on me ... which really sucks, because eggs was the easiest , cheapest and fastest food any of us can make.
well i didnt expect to have 100 chicks and 40 ducklings to hatch ... since it was my first time incubating .. my hatch rate was almost 95% success... GREAT ! buuuut ... i havent been able to sell any ... their all fully feathered and staying outdoors.. and i have sexed them and pretty sure i have mostly females... culled the boys.
i love all the babies running up to me and sitting on my feet and knees. BUT the issue for me is , feed..... ive already come to terms with having to raise them to adulthood and selling them as egg layers.
im buying 100lbs of food a week... and the older they get, the more they will eat... is there anything i can do to substitute their feed, or something? i dont think ill ever incubate again ... lol this experiment was a little too much for me.
gotta get rid of these babies.... using facebook to advertise, and got a sign at the bottom of my driveway advertising as well. no bites... too bad i didnt do this last year when people where panic buying all the animals... lol
i sold all my hens and my rooster a while back after finding out i cant eat eggs.. so all i have is babies... oh... and a year old cornish cross meat hen..... shes a pet.. shes not going anywhere.
also fun thing ... up till February of this year , i could eat eggs .. and now all of a sudden developed a allergy to eggs... home raised, store bought , foods with egg.. feels like death is slowly creeping up on me ... which really sucks, because eggs was the easiest , cheapest and fastest food any of us can make.