Simulated Natural Nest Incubation~Experiment #1 So it begins....

[Beekissed]

We talk about all TYPES of subjects on Bee's threads. Yesterday it was 'peeing on the back 40' today it is 'Pete's Poultry From Down Under'.

Just never know what you might tind here

Sometimes our conversations just.....stray...into weird places.

But it's all educational! I mean it! Yes...learning is the word.

 

[AmericanMom]

there r some pics if u look at my profile page




above r some random pics of last hatch


dont pick on them too much ,their only babies lol

Holy envy streak!! I so want one of your beauties!! They are Gorgeous!!

 

[enola]

Yep first our conversations stray. ........and then they stay. ........

 

[aussie pete]

I have about 3 to 4 poultry shows within a hr & half's drive from home,but have never shown my birds, ppl buy them before i get to show train them lol
don't even belong to a poultry club.

just started in chooks for a hobby about 4-5 yrs ago,because i needed something to do ,being a disabled pensioner i cant do sports & my climate isn't conducive to too much gardening.

decided i wanted purebreds, as an old fellow once told me ,when i bred horses,-"it costs as much to feed a good one as a bad one "

settled on light Sussex & Australorps,hunted around local poultry club sales to find stock within my budget (think i paid $50 for my first trio)
must have a good "eye" because after I bred my first hatch of light sussex I took the cockerels & a few pullets to the local poultry auction .
received a bit of a shock ,my cockerels sold ($ 50 each) faster than the pullets , a trio went for $170.

now i sell all i bred, about 50 a yr-
I get for LS, $15 for day chics,pullets $100,cockerels $65 .still chasing breeding better birds.

australorps sell faster than LS
record at the local poultry auction is $200 for a single POL australorp

cheers Pete

 

[aussie pete]

Bee can we have an update of where this latest hatch is at ,Please

 

[theawesomechick]

Oh those australorps... they are AMAZING!

 

[Beekissed]

I have about 3 to 4 poultry shows within a hr & half's drive from home,but have never shown my birds, ppl buy them before i get to show train them lol
don't even belong to a poultry club.

just started in chooks for a hobby about 4-5 yrs ago,because i needed something to do ,being a disabled pensioner i cant do sports & my climate isn't conducive to too much gardening.

decided i wanted purebreds, as an old fellow once told me ,when i bred horses,-"it costs as much to feed a good one as a bad one "

settled on light Sussex & Australorps,hunted around local poultry club sales to find stock within my budget (think i paid $50 for my first trio)
must have a good "eye" because after I bred my first hatch of light sussex I took the cockerels & a few pullets to the local poultry auction .
received a bit of a shock ,my cockerels sold ($ 50 each) faster than the pullets , a trio went for $170.

now i sell all i bred, about 50 a yr-
I get for LS, $15 for day chics,pullets $100,cockerels $65 .still chasing breeding better birds.

australorps sell faster than LS
record at the local poultry auction is $200 for a single POL australorp

cheers Pete

And I think I'm doing good when egg sales pay for feed costs. Man, Pete!!! Makes me wish I lived near all the more...

Bee can we have an update of where this latest hatch is at ,Please

Pete, those eggs are just layin' there. Darn it.

I've been turning X 3 per day as you suggested and the nest is holding temps very well at exactly 100*. Doing the periphery shuffle of eggs into the center of the nest. I won't be doing any candling until around Day 7...so have 4 days before I look at air cells and anything else I may be able to see in there.

 

[AmericanMom]

And I think I'm doing good when egg sales pay for feed costs. Man, Pete!!! Makes me wish I lived near all the more...

LOL, I was going to say the exact same thing! And here I have been so proud of myself...lol

 

[aussie pete]

Didn't mean to brag ,

but am proud of my birds. but get surprised by prices i get.
think I have just been lucky with my chook sales,but ppl seem to like my birds

i think there r a lot of rubbish birds out there, so like most things when ppl find nice birds, they r willing to pay for them

i have never advertised them ,ppl ring asking ,mainly from word of mouth from someone else or have seen them at auction sales where i sell at

i don't set prices ,the prices i quoted , r what ppl offered or were achieved at a helmsman or silent auction (where prices offered r written on a sale card over 1 hr the auction takes place - highest price at the end of the hr gets the lot on sale )
I do set a reserve usually $30 per bird, so as to cover costs but have always exceeded that

just trying to show that if u love r birds ,look after them, bred the best u can find ,don't try to be greedy x selling junk for big bucks - ppl will want them more than u think they would

cheers Pete

 

[Beekissed]

Some things are just brag worthy, Pete.

Folks can call it lucky to turn out fine birds but that's like calling an Olympic champion lucky for winning the gold.