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So...when my pasty butt rooster chick recovers and I put him out with the other 22 in the coop, that means I will have an extra MHP available. Does that mean I HAVE to get some chicks at TSC to put under it? (Please say yes, please say yes please say yes....)
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Argh! Chicken math! Our local farm store has chicks. Nothing special but I was getting so impatient waiting for hatch day next Thurs that I picked up 3..... To try out the MHP you understand. My Loving BF said...yah sure. You all understand.......
 
micheleomal said:
Argh! Chicken math! Our local farm store has chicks. Nothing special but I was getting so impatient waiting for hatch day next Thurs that I picked up 3..... To try out the MHP you understand. My Loving BF said...yah sure. You all understand.......
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Well Duh.
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Gotta have a trial run, just in case there are problems that need to be rectified before your hatched chicks arrive!
 
Yeah, a lot of our stores have chicks or are getting them. The TSC has them and our local store has started orders but I don't think they come in until late March or early April then all through April. Same with one or two other stores I've seen and one store even has chicks all the way into the summer!!
 
So what do all you mathematicians do with all these birds? I get the chick addiction, really, I do and I wound up with 14 birds and by the time they all started laying I was overwhelmed with eggs and gave half of the birds to a neighbor. Do you do periodic subtraction from your laying flock?
 
dpenning said:
So what do all you mathematicians do with all these birds?  I get the chick addiction, really, I do and I wound up with 14 birds and by the time they all started laying I was overwhelmed with eggs and gave half of the birds to a neighbor.  Do you do periodic subtraction from your laying flock?
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Mine is a new flock. I got my main egg-layers in January so they can get started early. I have a fairly large order coming from MPC in May with some of the breeds that they didn't have a good hatch rate on in January plus the fancier (but less productive) breeds and a couple roos. If I find any in the store that are particularly attractive, I can always modify that order. I have a 4.5 acre property in a mostly rural area, so have room for multiple coops.

I'm a vegetarian, but my dogs and cats aren't. If I find myself with too many cockerels and no one who wants a rooster, I'll kill it humanely and turn it into pet food. I figure the life that I'll give them is better than a commercial facility and if my dogs/cats eat mine then I am supporting a system that's a little better on the animal welfare scale. However, when my egg-layers are done laying, they get to join the retirement flock as a reward for their efforts.
 

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