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LittleBrownie said:
Yep!
Oh my :O


I’ve seen you around as well :3
I used to have 11 but over the years, the numbers have dwindled
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Aw that stinks :(

I originally had 9 (2 each of 4 breeds and a free extra of one of the breeds) but one died at 6 days old from pasty butt and the other one I lost to a hawk last fall :( my favorite hen, a Buff Orpington. So now I have 1 Barred Rock, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 2 Easter Eggers. They'll be 3 at the end of next month.
 
KDOGG331 said:
Wow that's way cheaper and less time than I would've thought lol do they get a lot of scraps or something?
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They are completely free range. In warmer months they eat about 1/2 what they eat in the winter. I actually don't feed a lot of feed considering my numbers. I don't ration either, everyone can eat all they want. My goats and donkeys don't really cost anything with pasture and baling our own hay.

Turkeys don't eat much considering their size too.

I feed an All Flock ration, and feed a scratch mix of cracked corn and boss. They get some leftovers occasionally, and lots of their own eggs I feed back to them.

I got a system worked out for everyone. My husband and I grew up as farm kids and had a dairy farm. We are used to working, and doing chores, so it doesn't seem like a lot to us.
 
oldhenlikesdogs said:
They are completely free range. In warmer months they eat about 1/2 what they eat in the winter. I actually don't feed a lot of feed considering my numbers. I don't ration either, everyone can eat all they want. My goats and donkeys don't really cost anything with pasture and baling our own hay.

Turkeys don't eat much considering their size too.

I feed an All Flock ration, and feed a scratch mix of cracked corn and boss. They get some leftovers occasionally, and lots of their own eggs I feed back to them.

I got a system worked out for everyone. My husband and I grew up as farm kids and had a dairy farm. We are used to working, and doing chores, so it doesn't seem like a lot to us.
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Wow that's awesome! Mine don't really free range much so maybe that is why they eat more. That and they spill it everywhere lol I need to get a different container. But they are pigs ha and ohhh I didn't realize you grew/baled your own hay or else forgot. Also forgot most goats don't get pellets lol that makes sense why it's less then. And oh awesome! I know if I had that many animals something would get neglected or I would be like way too overwhelmed or something lol but I do want to eventually get goats and/or horses. But horses are really expensive. I hope to eventually have a much bigger garden too lol
 
KDOGG331 said:
Btw I think I finally found a home for the goldfish
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That's good. I actually got a few more. :oops: Some Blue oranda. They at least won't live as long as my big single tailed one, or get as big. We had to cull one of my older ones due to internal swelling, probably cancer. I had her for 15 years.
 
oldhenlikesdogs said:
That's good. I actually got a few more. :oops: Some Blue oranda. They at least won't live as long as my big single tailed one, or get as big. We had to cull one of my older ones due to internal swelling, probably cancer. I had her for 15 years.
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Yeah, my mom told one of her friends from the dump about them, like asked if she knew anyone that would take them, and she was like oh I'll take them! Lol so I think she wants to do it like this weekend but idk yet. She has a pond and also a cow and a few other animals.

And awww I'm sorry about your fish :(
 
oldhenlikesdogs said:
They are small right now. I got 6 of them and a panda moor who will probably just end up white eventually, but I'm okay with that.
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That's awesome! But wow you added a lot more lol and yeah, they probably don't breed for longterm lol they probably figure they'll live a couple months or years at most and stay baby colored lol
 

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