Well, with all that I am surprised it took you so long
! Or is this one of those never too late things?
Do you have a roo and incubate? What breeds will you be focusing on? How much room and how is your set up? Will you have to be adding structures or are you all set up and just starting to fill up?
Pretty cool you are still in love with the birds after all of that time.
Well, I was a single mom. So that put a damper on things. Too busy surviving to start living.lol but now, I live with my son and grandson. The mom, unfortunately is in avegetative state from a horrible car accident. So now, I am in a two income household! We moved last year to several acres. I have a 40 x20 building, that is the coop and broader. Plus a root cellar and storm shelter below. Part of it, we are using for storage and work shop, as we are doing work on the house. But eventually, it will be all coops.
I have a homemade incubator.it holds up to 100 eggs. But will be investing in a manufacturer one next year.
For eggs, EE, RIR, Marans, barred rocks.
For selling chicks, brahma,orpington, salmon faverolles, and RIR. Of course For eggs also.lol
And, my grandson is a huge motivation for doing g this. He loves them more than I do! And someday, he will need a source of income. And this is something he can do, with help. I plan on growing slow. I know 50ish birds may not sound slow. But actually it is. But it's a good start! We have plenty of space. And a perfect location! I was shocked how fast, and how many, ducklings we sold. So we should be able to have great success with this. I wanted different colored eggs. And popular breeds for chicks. That people would want to buy. And, I wanted friendly birds. I know rir and marans are not friendly really. But their other traits made them must haves! And, if needed, we have another 20 x 20 building, that can also be converted, if we ever grow that successful!
