North Carolina

[ramirezframing]

How much should I price my purebred chicks at? My pure breeds are bantams, and how much should I price my mixed breed chicks at? The rooster for the mixed breeds is a Swedish Flower Hen over several different breeds of hens.

A lot depends on your area and who's looking for what and what they are willing to pay.



ETA: I'd check your local Craig's list and see what chicks are going for.

 

[starlingdaly]

I have a friend that owes me money so he's getting me a rifle I plan on spending a lot of nights camped out in the greenhouse above the coops waiting to get every last one of them when they started with my goats I was thinking that my kids are smaller than what they are trying to kill now my neighbors wonder why I haven't been letting my kids out to play :/ I've gotten 3 with my buck knife but hatching them is hard running through woods there now 11 or more to go

Best of luck to you! Maybe set some kennel traps with meat in them as well. Like the type of trap that you use for raccoons, but bigger.

 

[farmraised86]

Best of luck to you! Maybe set some kennel traps with meat in them as well. Like the type of trap that you use for raccoons, but bigger.

after what they did to my animals I'm thinking more along the lines of pit falls with spikes in the bottom! My nieghbor has some bamboo that would do well for it moohahaha lol

 

[MrSelf Destruct]

antifreeze is cheap. Perhaps not as fun though.

 

[Tikkijane]

they dug in and tore wire and broke boards but I spent all day yesterday rebuilding everything with about 100 pallets so if they get in again I give up. But now I just need new birds

Hope it was hardware cloth. ...so frustrating.. I'm dealing with foxes...

 

[Regin]

Anyone put eggs in a carton when they go on lockdown?

I would think it would limit their movement to be able to roll the egg around to get out?

Commercial hatcheries hatch eggs vertically. I have hatched some of mine standing up, and some lying down.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

antifreeze is cheap. Perhaps not as fun though.

It can also be consumed by pets and livestock.

 

[dutchbunny83]

Good morning! It's Hatching Day! Hatching Day is always a good day!

Oooh what do you have hatching today?

 

[dutchbunny83]

antifreeze is cheap. Perhaps not as fun though.

Oh no! I'm hoping you're kidding, but that's super dangerous. You don't know who could get into it. I would think it would be illegal to leave out? If not, it should be.

Commercial hatcheries hatch eggs vertically. I have hatched some of mine standing up, and some lying down.

I had never tried, but saw some others talking about. Mine are in lockdown and I'm getting worried because usually by now I can hear them peeping and trying to move around, everything is still and silent....

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Quote: I have Welsummers, Golden Cuckoo Marans, and English Orpingtons in blue, splash, black and chocolate. Lots of peeping going on!