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WELL , if you are getting chickens strickly for fresh eggs for personal use and maybe to sell what you do not use , I personally would recommend you to buy older pullets READY to start laying( 16 - 20 weeks old ) , OR hens that are already laying . We got 30 chicks at 1 week old and they are NOW 18 weeks old and still have not started laying . HUBBY had bought 6 hens , 3 that were already laying and 3 that would of been laying within a couple of months . WELL , now we both agree , we wish we had bought ( 30 ) - 4 - 5 month old pullets instead of the babies . When they babies you have to have starter feed , then at 8 weeks old grower feed . OLDER pullets and hens EAT ALL THE SAME .
SO , now THAT WE GOT THE " babies" OUT OF OUR SYSTEM , ( lol ) WE WILL GO NOW ON with older chickens .
SO , after we both agreed with that , Hubby came home the other day with 10 bantam cochins ... about 4 - 5 months old .... ADORABLE
WELL , if you are getting chickens strickly for fresh eggs for personal use and maybe to sell what you do not use , I personally would recommend you to buy older pullets READY to start laying( 16 - 20 weeks old ) , OR hens that are already laying . We got 30 chicks at 1 week old and they are NOW 18 weeks old and still have not started laying . HUBBY had bought 6 hens , 3 that were already laying and 3 that would of been laying within a couple of months . WELL , now we both agree , we wish we had bought ( 30 ) - 4 - 5 month old pullets instead of the babies . When they babies you have to have starter feed , then at 8 weeks old grower feed . OLDER pullets and hens EAT ALL THE SAME .
SO , now THAT WE GOT THE " babies" OUT OF OUR SYSTEM , ( lol ) WE WILL GO NOW ON with older chickens .
SO , after we both agreed with that , Hubby came home the other day with 10 bantam cochins ... about 4 - 5 months old .... ADORABLE
