So, whatcha do?

[Jennsbirds]

Pardon the phrasing, please. What does everyone here do for a living? Farm for profit? Job and side money from eggs? Something else entirely?

I'm an aspiring novelist and I sell art prints and T-shirts. I'm going to get into sewing and jewelery for sale soon.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Right now I'm a paid EMT. I don't make much off my eggs but do make a bit of side money selling chicks, bunnies, and adult birds when I have them. During the summer, there is quite a demand for them in my area! During fair I used to make a LOT of money selling chicks. This will be the first year in many that I will not be doing that at fair.

In August I will be starting veterinary school, which I am really looking forward to!

 

[Jennsbirds]

Wow. EMT and vet? Those are some togh jobs.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

The EMT job sounds more exciting than it actually is I think! We mostly do transports from hospitals to nursing homes. It's pretty routine, which is alright by me!

I'm hoping vet school will be less routine and more exciting!

 

[ThisGuy]

Pardon the phrasing, please.  What does everyone here do for a living?  Farm for profit?  Job and side money from eggs?  Something else entirely?

I'm an aspiring novelist and I sell art prints and T-shirts.  I'm going to get into sewing and jewelery for sale soon.

I'm an electrician for a company that builds machines that make plastic parts. For instance I mainly wire up machines that produce milk and juice bottles.

When I complete my set up I intend to donate most of the eggs to family and friends in need.

 

[Jennsbirds]

I'm an electrician for a company that builds machines that make plastic parts. For instance I mainly wire up machines that produce milk and juice bottles.

When I complete my set up I intend to donate most of the eggs to family and friends in need.

That's so sweet of you.

 

[gryeyes]

I am retired, living on my pension on a small bit of land with my flock. I used to work for the State of California as a non- sworn member of the California Highway Patrol. Started as a 9-1-1 Dispatcher in Monterey County in 1977 and worked my way up to 9-1-1 Center Supervisor before I moved to Southern California in 1991. Also worked as an EMT for an ambulance company for a couple of years in there. Joined the Patrol as a Public SafetyDispatcher in 1992, promoted to Supervisor and then promoted again to Telecommunications Systems Analyst II, retiring after 20 years just last May.

So now I just take care of my chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese.

 

[omaeve]

I am a potter .I make pottery. Just got my first Chickens sept 2012. one has started to lay. Will be making snot pots to barter/sell at chicken swaps.


my new chicks jan hatch

 

[Jennsbirds]

Those chickies are so adorable. Are they mixed breeds?

What's a snot pot?

 

[omaeve]

they are sultan,cochin,dUccle,Brahma all featherleg hatch see the 300 pic of them I will be posting from hatch till 1 year old. hope to make a timeline show how they grow out.
A SNOT POT is an egg separator the pots i make have faces with big ole nose for the whites to run out...hence SNOT POT.