The DH was flipping tonight because of the feed we've been through. We have a laying flock of 40 chickens,15 full grown ducks,6 brooding ducklings,19 brooding turkey poults, 44 meat birds and a bantam flock of 15. We bought 100.00 worth of feed this week. I keep telling him we KNEW this was gonna be expensive this year because we also had to build coops/runs for the turkeys and meat birds. I do try to supplement with scraps too and BOSS as well.Also,our laying flock is free range.I don't "measure" the feed out for the ducks...and they are probably a bit robust.
Any suggestions on what to say to him to calm the nerves? Or how to cut the bill without culling birds I don't want to? I mean,44 birds will be eaten,and several of the ducks too.The turkeys will be a while yet,but we plan on keeping 8 of them...not 19!The bantam flock will be down to 10. The biggest problem is I'm not selling enough eggs....I've gotta post on CL......
Anyway, I'm just ranting...thanks for listening .....

Anyway, I'm just ranting...thanks for listening .....