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I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
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I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
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OMG wow!
I put the feed in there but didnt introduce it to he/she until they all hatch. I didnt make it drink a few times.
OMG wow!
I put the feed in there but didnt introduce it to he/she until they all hatch. I didnt make it drink a few times.
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I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
You know what, I have been feeling that way for a couple of months now. I think that I posted a few weeks back that I am getting burned out on chickens. I really am. It's almost no fun anymore. So I totally understand what you are saying. I think that I get most burned out during hatching season and I blame myself. It's dummy me who puts the eggs under the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. It's not their fault. I can easliy remove the eggs but I don't because I want them to hatch babies because I want to see the babies but at the same time, I know what the end result will be. It will be too much for me. That's where the feed bill comes in and it's too high. You have to buy different feeds for different animals and the game birds require higher protein so that's even more bucks.
I have said year after year after year that I would control what hatches and I told myself a lie.
When my flock is thinned out, I'm in a better mood. Going out to pick eggs is no longer fun because I'm not sure what hens I will see that have gone broody.
It started off as a hobby for me as well until I got customers who wanted this and wanted that and I had to fill the orders as they came. I thought about only keeping my top popular breeds and those breeds are the breeds that people contact me the most for. I'm in an area where people are only interested in backyard flocks for eggs and meat (Buffs, Barred Rocks, Black Australops, Rhode Island Reds). They could care less about any other breeds. So, I may (one day) have only those breeds.
But as you said, it is hard work when you have a lot of animals. When the hobby turns in to work then it's time to take a look at the setup and that's what I'm doing.
I'm trying to thin my flock so that my feed bill can decrease drastically.
You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
You know what, I have been feeling that way for a couple of months now. I think that I posted a few weeks back that I am getting burned out on chickens. I really am. It's almost no fun anymore. So I totally understand what you are saying. I think that I get most burned out during hatching season and I blame myself. It's dummy me who puts the eggs under the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. It's not their fault. I can easliy remove the eggs but I don't because I want them to hatch babies because I want to see the babies but at the same time, I know what the end result will be. It will be too much for me. That's where the feed bill comes in and it's too high. You have to buy different feeds for different animals and the game birds require higher protein so that's even more bucks.
I have said year after year after year that I would control what hatches and I told myself a lie.
It started off as a hobby for me as well until I got customers who wanted this and wanted that and I had to fill the orders as they came. I thought about only keeping my top popular breeds and those breeds are the breeds that people contact me the most for. I'm in an area where people are only interested in backyard flocks for eggs and meat (Buffs, Barred Rocks, Black Australops, Rhode Island Reds). They could care less about any other breeds. So, I may (one day) have only those breeds.
But as you said, it is hard work when you have a lot of animals. When the hobby turns in to work then it's time to take a look at the setup and that's what I'm doing.
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You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
You know what, I have been feeling that way for a couple of months now. I think that I posted a few weeks back that I am getting burned out on chickens. I really am. It's almost no fun anymore. So I totally understand what you are saying. I think that I get most burned out during hatching season and I blame myself. It's dummy me who puts the eggs under the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. It's not their fault. I can easliy remove the eggs but I don't because I want them to hatch babies because I want to see the babies but at the same time, I know what the end result will be. It will be too much for me. That's where the feed bill comes in and it's too high. You have to buy different feeds for different animals and the game birds require higher protein so that's even more bucks.
I have said year after year after year that I would control what hatches and I told myself a lie.
When my flock is thinned out, I'm in a better mood. Going out to pick eggs is no longer fun because I'm not sure what hens I will see that have gone broody.
It started off as a hobby for me as well until I got customers who wanted this and wanted that and I had to fill the orders as they came. I thought about only keeping my top popular breeds and those breeds are the breeds that people contact me the most for. I'm in an area where people are only interested in backyard flocks for eggs and meat (Buffs, Barred Rocks, Black Australops, Rhode Island Reds). They could care less about any other breeds. So, I may (one day) have only those breeds.
But as you said, it is hard work when you have a lot of animals. When the hobby turns in to work then it's time to take a look at the setup and that's what I'm doing.
Honey, I completely understand you. When my kid started school, that;s when I decided to start thinning the herd. SHe plays basketball, takes piano lessons, plays tee ball etc so that was a good excuse for me to bail. I told myself I wouldn't have the time to devote to her if those animals kept working me to death. I hatched thousands of chicks in the Spring to sell from the house and to the feed stores and that time of the year I was a nervous wreck.
You know, animals are hard work especially with our extremes in weather. I got to where I DREADED going to feed, water, hay, doctor, mend fenced, repair coops, etc. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of everything but two specific breeds that I LOVED, then someone came along and offered me an insane amount of money for them and I sold out. My animals were my income ( I stay at home), but it started out as a hobby. I will tell you I do NOT miss a single day of all that hard work. I do however miss my sheep and plan on replacing them soon but they were on pasture all summer and I only had to feed hay for a few months. They were the least expensive animal of the whole operation.
You know what, I have been feeling that way for a couple of months now. I think that I posted a few weeks back that I am getting burned out on chickens. I really am. It's almost no fun anymore. So I totally understand what you are saying. I think that I get most burned out during hatching season and I blame myself. It's dummy me who puts the eggs under the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. It's not their fault. I can easliy remove the eggs but I don't because I want them to hatch babies because I want to see the babies but at the same time, I know what the end result will be. It will be too much for me. That's where the feed bill comes in and it's too high. You have to buy different feeds for different animals and the game birds require higher protein so that's even more bucks.
I have said year after year after year that I would control what hatches and I told myself a lie.
It started off as a hobby for me as well until I got customers who wanted this and wanted that and I had to fill the orders as they came. I thought about only keeping my top popular breeds and those breeds are the breeds that people contact me the most for. I'm in an area where people are only interested in backyard flocks for eggs and meat (Buffs, Barred Rocks, Black Australops, Rhode Island Reds). They could care less about any other breeds. So, I may (one day) have only those breeds.
But as you said, it is hard work when you have a lot of animals. When the hobby turns in to work then it's time to take a look at the setup and that's what I'm doing.
Honey, I completely understand you. When my kid started school, that;s when I decided to start thinning the herd. SHe plays basketball, takes piano lessons, plays tee ball etc so that was a good excuse for me to bail. I told myself I wouldn't have the time to devote to her if those animals kept working me to death. I hatched thousands of chicks in the Spring to sell from the house and to the feed stores and that time of the year I was a nervous wreck.
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Are you feeding other livestock or just poultry?
50lb Bags of Flock Raiser, 50lb Bags of Lay Pellets, 50lb Bags of Cracked Corn, 50lb Bags of Rice, 50lb bags Gamebird Feed, 50lb Bags of Starter/Grower, Sunflower Seeds ($30.00 for a 50lb bag)
160 Chickens
13 Geese
14 BR Turkeys
90 Muscovy Ducks
24 guinea keets
4 Peafowl
***********************************************************************************************************************************
Separate feed bill (Pellets, Rice Bran, Sweet Feed, Hay)
9 Sheep
1 Goat
************************************************************************************************************************************
(Pellets, Alfalfa Hay)
7 rabbits
This is why I am trying to thin my flock. This is tooooooooooooooooo much.
Adults/tweens::
100+ Chickens(25 adults/100+ tweens) not counting various 'for meat only' sale birds. (sold aound 30 or so Monday)
3 Geese
4 Giant Pekins
4 Muscoveys
13 Guineas (3 adult,10 tweens)
3 pheasants (1 adult/2 tweens)
1 Peacock
Babies::
40+ babies
70+ button quail
9 pheasants
Others::
1 horse
6 dogs (Gained a new one yesterday)
3 cats
50+ Koi
2 rabbits(just sold all but 2 yesterday)
And still got some thinning to do......lol.....
Are you feeding other livestock or just poultry?
50lb Bags of Flock Raiser, 50lb Bags of Lay Pellets, 50lb Bags of Cracked Corn, 50lb Bags of Rice, 50lb bags Gamebird Feed, 50lb Bags of Starter/Grower, Sunflower Seeds ($30.00 for a 50lb bag)
160 Chickens
13 Geese
14 BR Turkeys
90 Muscovy Ducks
24 guinea keets
4 Peafowl
***********************************************************************************************************************************
Separate feed bill (Pellets, Rice Bran, Sweet Feed, Hay)
9 Sheep
1 Goat
************************************************************************************************************************************
(Pellets, Alfalfa Hay)
7 rabbits
This is why I am trying to thin my flock. This is tooooooooooooooooo much.
Adults/tweens::
100+ Chickens(25 adults/100+ tweens) not counting various 'for meat only' sale birds. (sold aound 30 or so Monday)
3 Geese
4 Giant Pekins
4 Muscoveys
13 Guineas (3 adult,10 tweens)
3 pheasants (1 adult/2 tweens)
1 Peacock
Babies::
40+ babies
70+ button quail
9 pheasants
Others::
1 horse
6 dogs (Gained a new one yesterday)
3 cats
50+ Koi
2 rabbits(just sold all but 2 yesterday)
And still got some thinning to do......lol.....
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50lb Bags of Flock Raiser, 50lb Bags of Lay Pellets, 50lb Bags of Cracked Corn, 50lb Bags of Rice, 50lb bags Gamebird Feed, 50lb Bags of Starter/Grower, Sunflower Seeds ($30.00 for a 50lb bag)
160 Chickens
13 Geese
14 BR Turkeys
90 Muscovy Ducks
24 guinea keets
4 Peafowl
***********************************************************************************************************************************
Separate feed bill (Pellets, Rice Bran, Sweet Feed, Hay)
9 Sheep
1 Goat
************************************************************************************************************************************
(Pellets, Alfalfa Hay)
7 rabbits
This is why I am trying to thin my flock. This is tooooooooooooooooo much.
Adults/tweens::
100+ Chickens(25 adults/100+ tweens) not counting various 'for meat only' sale birds. (sold aound 30 or so Monday)
3 Geese
4 Giant Pekins
4 Muscoveys
13 Guineas (3 adult,10 tweens)
3 pheasants (1 adult/2 tweens)
1 Peacock
Babies::
40+ babies
70+ button quail
9 pheasants
Others::
1 horse
6 dogs (Gained a new one yesterday)
3 cats
50+ Koi
2 rabbits(just sold all but 2 yesterday)
And still got some thinning to do......lol.....
WELCOME to the club!!!!!!!!!!
50lb Bags of Flock Raiser, 50lb Bags of Lay Pellets, 50lb Bags of Cracked Corn, 50lb Bags of Rice, 50lb bags Gamebird Feed, 50lb Bags of Starter/Grower, Sunflower Seeds ($30.00 for a 50lb bag)
160 Chickens
13 Geese
14 BR Turkeys
90 Muscovy Ducks
24 guinea keets
4 Peafowl
***********************************************************************************************************************************
Separate feed bill (Pellets, Rice Bran, Sweet Feed, Hay)
9 Sheep
1 Goat
************************************************************************************************************************************
(Pellets, Alfalfa Hay)
7 rabbits
This is why I am trying to thin my flock. This is tooooooooooooooooo much.
Adults/tweens::
100+ Chickens(25 adults/100+ tweens) not counting various 'for meat only' sale birds. (sold aound 30 or so Monday)
3 Geese
4 Giant Pekins
4 Muscoveys
13 Guineas (3 adult,10 tweens)
3 pheasants (1 adult/2 tweens)
1 Peacock
Babies::
40+ babies
70+ button quail
9 pheasants
Others::
1 horse
6 dogs (Gained a new one yesterday)
3 cats
50+ Koi
2 rabbits(just sold all but 2 yesterday)
And still got some thinning to do......lol.....
WELCOME to the club!!!!!!!!!!
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I know that's right!!!....lol.....
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