Oh no, I just discovered "I'm a hen hoarder!"

[keeperofthehearth]

You know of packrats & savers(another name for packrats).
I just discovered that I hoard hens/pullets. I would hoard chooks in general but too many roo's is just to distressing for the flock so I have been able to either rehome them or "table" them. My DH keeps asking me why I don't sell or give away a few pullets or older hens but I can't seem to let them go. Even if they are no longer laying. A nice man came today to buy my #2 roo, Thomas, as him and his wife have just bought 60 acres and want to start a flock. Thomas is his first roo and his first chook. He asked if I had any pullets for sale and I said, No.

Maybe, if I had more time to think about it I would have figured out who I could sell him. I just can't let go of my girls! This is not good.

I may have to give one of my girls away just to break this hold.

I will have to convince myself "there are always more chooks, there are always more chooks, yep, there are always more chooks."

 

[SarahBeth9394]

Chickens will reproduce and keep your flock growing. So when there's a hen that no longer puts eggs on the table that means soup.

 

[Sammysmom]

I recently had to sell off some of my hens. We were just getting too many eggs. It wasn't easy but, I had to make room for the chicks I am hatching. 'Tis true, there are always more chickens!