The Crooked Roost: I can't stop talking about my chickens!

[TundraFang]

Been there, currently doing that. Had about 150 chicks by the time the season ended I had to cut down. Now I'm down to 80?

I haven't even started selling chicks yet... I traded two call ducks for an EE... does that count?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Lol, this is funny. My husband thought chicken math had me when I let my broody hatch two chicks.

Oh the poor man, bless his heart

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I haven't even started selling chicks yet... I traded two call ducks for an EE... does that count?

Yep. Reduction in any form counts as it's less mouths to feed

 

[Poultrybonkers]

120 is allot i have over 20 and its to many I cant even give them away!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yep. Reduction in any form counts as it's less mouths to feed

I've got 4 more males to process, and 5 to move along next spring when people are looking for boys here since they're too mice to cull (and one is just waiting for her boyfriend to build a coop for a male, she's getting some girls from me next spring too)

 

[Isadora]

I have 18 chickens total, one is a cockerel and two are chicks (sex to be determined). Also 13 guineas.
I only plan on adding to the flock if some pass away, which is likely since I exclusively free range.

 

[TundraFang]

I've got 4 more males to process, and 5 to move along next spring when people are looking for boys here since they're too mice to cull (and one is just waiting for her boyfriend to build a coop for a male, she's getting some girls from me next spring too)

Next year I'm hoping to start raising meat birds. I currently have four Cornish X but they were an accident and now I'm attached to them

 

[JacinLarkwell]

We don't have the pen to do CX here. Just mutt and hatchery males for us

But they're still a decent size for the most part, and it let's me make sure no one on their group was sick and spreading nasty things

 

[TundraFang]

I have 18 chickens total, one is a cockerel and two are chicks (sex to be determined). Also 13 guineas.
I only plan on adding to the flock if some pass away, which is likely since I exclusively free range.

Mine are all free range but I've only lost 3 to predators. There's TONS of hawks in my area so I've been making wood piles around the yard for them to hide in

 

[Isadora]

Mine are all free range but I've only lost 3 to predators. There's TONS of hawks in my area so I've been making wood piles around the yard for them to hide in

We have a lot of woods, and my neighbor has sent me pictures from his game cameras where he has seen coyotes and bobcats. I lost four guineas and one chicken this summer.
Now the guineas don't go in the woods, and I fenced off the woods directly behind the coop so the chickens don't go back there anymore. I haven't had any losses since setting up that fence.