Saying good by to my 500 chickens :(

[Colored Egg Farmer]

Well it was finally time to part with my chickens. They were 2 year old and were not laying enough to pay for there feed. I sold as many of them to homes as i could the rest will most likely end up in dog food. I just feel really bad i had to get rid of them but i asked them as much as i could to lay there eggs.... This is them when they were 1-3 days open there were 650

they were the cutest things when they were small. They were born March 15-17 2008 and out of them all 2 died as little chicks. and one turned out to be a roo.

This is them when they were older

I'll really miss them but time has to go on and have to prepare for the new batch that i will hopefully be able to get this spring

 

[tallieb]

 

[chickenbottom]

im sorry you have to get rid of them wish i could take some in for you thats alot of chickens.

 

[WriterofWords]

Out of 500 chickens none were laying eggs???

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

they were still laying a little bit maybe 60 eggs a day. it just wasn't enough to keep them though plus the cold weather would have been very bad. i had only around 200 left the rest were sold for 1 dollar and they would not create enough eat to keep the water system from freezing and could possibly all die of freezing.

 

[chickenbottom]

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aww maybe you could keep like 10 or 20 for like your enjoyment and so you dont get lonely.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I'm sorry you had to sell them, but such is the life of a chicken farmer!

Too bad I don't have more room at my place, otherwise I would have taken some off your hands. You are pretty close to me.

 

[Tiramisu]

Hopefully when you get more I will be with you

 

[b.hromada]

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Yes, me too.

 

[Epona142]

Wish you were closer. I love to take in older chickens who don't lay well anymore. Got two hens right now that haven't laid an egg since I brought them home lol.

I just like to watch the chickens, like a fish tank