should i replace my flock? (the problems are that bad) help needed

[moving coops]

We are working on the website! Will be a bit but hope to have it going in next two months! Last year I sold a lot of chicks but they were just all my heritage breeds mixed which went well. But spent the entire year to being in eggs and hatch from across Canada from high breeders to be able to offer quality! So will have a site up. My son is just making me a Facebook page group that will be called Moving Coops! It is up but nothing on yet!
It will be a lot of work. Just getting ready to start hatching our meat birds this year as we need a lot to serve our family.
Plus building more pens and moving coops and egg mobiles. Lol. All while being due with our 14 th child in May! So hubby and boy will be helping lots.

 

[moving coops]

Here is a list I texted someone earlier.

Oh boy, lol lots of breeds
-Show barred rock along with a line of high production barred rock
-Chocolate Orpington
-molted Orpington
-Russian Orloffs
-Blue laced Red Wyandottes
-Blue Wyandottes
-Black Copper French Marans
-Blue Copper French Marans
-Blue, Black and Splash Ameracuanas
-olive Eggers which will be a true cross of Amerucaunas with dark chocolate Maran layers. So dark olive eggs. not just crossed with a tan egg layer
-Blue, black splash Cochins
-Lavendar and Lavendar cuckoo Orpingtons if enough interest other wise most likely crossing with chocolate Orpington rooster to get chocolate Orps that carry the Lavendar gene!
Silkies
Bantam Cochin mix(so cute and might breed to frizzled Silkie to get amazing frizzle bantam Cochin)

And then a mixed pen of all our heritage breeds that will get you a rainbow of eggs. Tan, blue, chocolate and olive. It was popular last year! Chance to get quality heritage birds but mixed breeds with each other. So offering cheaper for those that just can't pay for purbreds but still want the pretty variety! Plus personally crosses bring vigor! And still you will get some purebreds depending how they breed!

 

[itsasmallfarm]

Here is a list I texted someone earlier.

Oh boy, lol lots of breeds
-Show barred rock along with a line of high production barred rock
-Chocolate Orpington
-molted Orpington
-Russian Orloffs
-Blue laced Red Wyandottes
-Blue Wyandottes
-Black Copper French Marans
-Blue Copper French Marans
-Blue, Black and Splash Ameracuanas
-olive Eggers which will be a true cross of Amerucaunas with dark chocolate Maran layers. So dark olive eggs. not just crossed with a ran egg layer
-Blue, black splash Cochins
-Lavendar and Lavendar cuckoo Orpingtons if enough interest other wise most likely crossing with chocolate Orpington rooster to get chocolate Orps that carry the Lavendar gene!
Silkies
Bantam Cochin mix(so cute and might breed to frizzled Silkie to get amazing frizzle bantam Cochin)

And then a mixed pen of all our heritage breeds that will get you a rainbow of eggs. Tan, blue, chocolate and olive. It was popular last year! Chance to get quality heritage birds but mixed breeds with each other. So offering cheaper for those that just can't pay for purbreds but still want the pretty variety! Plus personally crosses bring vigor! And still you will get some purebreds depending how they breed!

ya am just looking for some heritage layers and would butcher the roos for meat, but you have a nice list there

 

[moving coops]

Edited the olive Eggers to say "not just a tan egger", instead of it saying"not just a ran egger". Lol
Sorry confusion

 

[moving coops]

So yes we would have your listed Orpingtons and Americuanas!

Plus barred rock lay great too!

 

[moving coops]

And the mixed breed as there are Americuanas in there, light Sussex, Marans, orloffs, a Swedish flower hen and much more! Probably lavender Orps might go there too.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

And the mixed breed as there are Americuanas in there, light Sussex, Marans, orloffs, a Swedish flower hen and much more! Probably lavender Orps might go there too.

how much are the mixed breed chicks?

 

[mobius]

If they hate the snow in their run, it may be an overcrowding issue if not using the run. Can you put roosts in the run? Even an old bench or chairs or sawhorses? Can you put down straw so they will use the run?

 

[moving coops]

The mixes are $6 a chick or if you buy a dozen the $70 a dozen so save $2. Plus foe every dozen you buy we give you a free chick on top of that. We call it that family dozen, kind of a representation of our own family this year! Except we are having #14 so we will be over our 13 now. Lol

 

[itsasmallfarm]

The mixes are $6 a chick or if you buy a dozen the $70 a dozen so save $2. Plus foe every dozen you buy we give you a free chick on top of that. We call it that family dozen, kind of a representation of our own family this year! Except we are having #14 so we will be over our 13 now. Lol

cool will have to think about it and get back to you.