The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[JacinLarkwell]

I'm also doing similar things. Ducks are my new focus thanks to the mareks. I have a large handful of chickens staying, but they won't be reproducing much at all, they're just ones I can't bear to cull unless they start showing symptoms.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I cut last year, predation helped more this year. I have more juveniles than adult birds right now, barely keeping my neighbor in eggs. Bad enough I've kept some 3+ year old SLW I really need to cull, simply for (laughably low) egg production as well as one remaining (almost) all black hen who has proved very hard to catch.

Also, need to update my sig with the new flock counts.

 

[RossAcres]

Sorry, but I'm stealing this idea! It's a great one!

 

[member 655102]

Sorry, but I'm stealing this idea! It's a great one!

Who the…

 

[RossAcres]

Who the…

I was just replying to the main purpose of this thread. I'm going to do something similar for my Wyandottes and Call Ducks.

 

[member 655102]

I was just replying to the main purpose of this thread. I'm going to do something similar for my Wyandottes and Call Ducks.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I got way less quacking ducklings this year thanks to my drake getting out and promptly getting eaten by a fox. And of course, only one drake hatched, and he's the wrong colour! I managed to get 18 ducklings hatched, 9 were sold as babies, and of the nine remaining seven are females, one is male, and one is unknown (it's practically mute due to being cross-billed). I'm only keeping two females and the cross-bill, the rest are being sold to help pay for my exorbitant feed bills.

No idea how many Muscovy I hatched out! I need to start keeping better track of them. Most are up for sale now, any extra drakes are going to freezer camp. I've got well over 40.

As for chicks... I bought some eggs from a friend, sold all the chicks, bred my silkie roo and got mostly cockerels and am trying to decide if it's worth butchering them. Worse comes to worse, the dogs won't say no to the weird black chicken meat. Next year I'll be busier with the chickens as I got some purebred breeds from a small hatchery not too far.

Being on a limited budget is making things difficult so far as feed goes. Next year I'll start trying to sell earlier. I just like waiting to see if any interesting colours develop!

 

[Amer]

Bro am I the only one whose numbers are the highest they’ve ever been?
All in spite of the feed costs, of course.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Bro am I the only one whose numbers are the highest they’ve ever been?
All in spite of the feed costs, of course.

Counting the ducks, my numbers haven't dropped super much, but chicken's, yes, you might be

 

[NagemTX]

Bro am I the only one whose numbers are the highest they’ve ever been?
All in spite of the feed costs, of course.

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