AnnetDahab
In the Brooder
Hello everyone,
I finally decided to start making my own profile, after having enjoyed browsing the BYC forums and info for a while now.
We live in Dahab, Egypt, by the Red Sea, and started late last year with raising our own poultry. Our first purchase consisted of a few chickens and a rooster. During the relatively cooler, windy months we unfortunately lost the rooster and a few chickens, but we've added to the flock and they are all very healthy now. laying about 8 eggs a day for us (we've got 15 hens and a rooster).
We are really loving our mini farm and have expanded further, buying 20 chicks (broiler), ducks (10 white 2-month olds and 8 tiny Muscovy ducklings - absolutely love them!), a few turkeys (8 to start with, down to 5 - a little problematic, as they've been sick), and quail (17, no idea how many male/female - absolutely problem-free and cute).
We've also grown some greens over the winter - most of which seem to go to the chickens now.. funny how that happens. Our climate is very, very dry (one or two rains a year) and generally quite windy, and very hot in summer. So a proper desert climate, with a sea breeze. Most people in our area here have limited access to (fresh) water, but we're lucky to have a well on the property. It is a little salty, so clearly not for drinking, but we use it for cleaning, watering the garden and are successfully growing greens, beans & tomatoes.
So, over the last few months we've bought quite a few animals, we've hired a carpenter to construct some new pens, have done loads of research and are almost ready to slaughter our first ducks.
I look forward to sharing our stories with you, and sharing what little experience with gained so far, and of course, to hear your stories and learn from you!!
Happy farming
Annet
I finally decided to start making my own profile, after having enjoyed browsing the BYC forums and info for a while now.
We live in Dahab, Egypt, by the Red Sea, and started late last year with raising our own poultry. Our first purchase consisted of a few chickens and a rooster. During the relatively cooler, windy months we unfortunately lost the rooster and a few chickens, but we've added to the flock and they are all very healthy now. laying about 8 eggs a day for us (we've got 15 hens and a rooster).
We are really loving our mini farm and have expanded further, buying 20 chicks (broiler), ducks (10 white 2-month olds and 8 tiny Muscovy ducklings - absolutely love them!), a few turkeys (8 to start with, down to 5 - a little problematic, as they've been sick), and quail (17, no idea how many male/female - absolutely problem-free and cute).
We've also grown some greens over the winter - most of which seem to go to the chickens now.. funny how that happens. Our climate is very, very dry (one or two rains a year) and generally quite windy, and very hot in summer. So a proper desert climate, with a sea breeze. Most people in our area here have limited access to (fresh) water, but we're lucky to have a well on the property. It is a little salty, so clearly not for drinking, but we use it for cleaning, watering the garden and are successfully growing greens, beans & tomatoes.
So, over the last few months we've bought quite a few animals, we've hired a carpenter to construct some new pens, have done loads of research and are almost ready to slaughter our first ducks.
I look forward to sharing our stories with you, and sharing what little experience with gained so far, and of course, to hear your stories and learn from you!!
Happy farming
Annet
