Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

Lancaster County (Elizabethtown, so almost Dauphin County as well).

We've been raising layers for about 10 years now. Currently down to 7 hens (3-5 eggs a day) and I have 6 more coming in 2 weeks so we can rotate in a new flock as the older ones age out. We'll probably add 6 layers to the flock each year just to keep a constant flow of eggs.

I've been dealing with a local mill for my layer feed needs. Venturing into raising Cornish Crosses starting this week. 5 of us are going in on a batch of 65 to see how it goes. Do any of you raise small batches of broilers? I'm in need of 450# of broiler starter feed for a batch of CX's I'm picking up on Tuesday. I ordered a 50# bag from a local mill but they gave me Layer Meal and with all the lockdown stuff I'm not able to go into the mill & have to order over the phone. When I called to pick up the feed last week I told the lady that I wanted broiler starter and she seemed confused - that's how I ended up with Layer Meal. I don't want to feed heavily medicated layer feed to the broilers. Do any of you know of a mill that sells smaller quantities of broiler feed in the Lancaster/Lebanon/Dauphin county area? I can't take a direct bulk delivery (4000#) so I have to pick up 50# bags

Thanks
Jeremy
Gehmans feedmill has a 500lb minimum delivery size.
 
I left for work at 3am this morning so I'm not sure yet. I'll be looking for him when i get home though. If you sell hatching eggs, I'd love to maybe get some from you sometime!

My white pen has decided to go broody on me. No new eggs from my white pen . I have white eggs in the incubator if you are interested in chicks.
 
A SPR was not coming out for scratch, and I began thinking she was like her sisters, mother, aunts, cousins, grandmother...
She finally came out after a few minutes, so I stopped holding my breath. No SPR egg in the nest though. :lol: I don’t want to know why.
 
Birds out enjoying a bit of sun before rain set in....
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