So did you jump in with both feet or?

[walkswithdog]

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Aw Geeber that isn't enough, 8 dogs a parrot, fish and oh... 80 chickens and 14 turkeys and eggs (chicken guinea and turkey - under broodies and in the incubator).

 

[shaggy]

when i was 10 my family was living in Africa (me + brothers = 4 of us ages 8-11)

we received a weekly allowance of 1,000 CFA (equivalent of about $3.50) a week.

Our houseboy was able to buy full grown chickens for 800 CFA each -- but me and my brothers turned out to be expert hagglers and got most of our flock at 500-600 CFA.

We would clip their wings and let them run loose in our yard. Whenever dad felt like he wanted chicken for dinner - he would point out the ones he wanted and me and my brothers would chase them down, catch them and butcher them - we would charge him 800 CFA each for a small profit.

For every 3 chickens we sold we were able to replace them and get an additional chicken. ... but most of the time -- we would just replace our chickens and buy a coke with the profits

..... those were the days ....


20 years later --- and i am just now getting back into it and raising from chicks instead of buying them full grown --- i sincerely hope that my children get as much enjoyment out of it as i did

 

[sunnibunny99]

We didnt know ANYTHING!


We decided we NEEDED them for eggs every morning and...


We fixed up a big wooden box.... We went to the feed store... bought chickens, a heat lamp, food.... Pine shavings.... Feeder, Waterer....

Put the shavings in the box... Put the lamp on... put food and water in and finally the chicks....


And their all HAPPY HEALTHY two month old chickens

(I used filtered water as water

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