What do you do with all of the chicks that you hatch????

Craigslist ad. I am getting ready to list ducklings. A momma duck just hatched a whole mess of em

 

Craigslist. I sold over 50 chicks this last winter hatching.

 

I've never tried craigslist. But I may look into it. I'd like to at least pay for my bator. I only hatch eggs for people wanting chicks. They tell me how many & I'll hatch them. I can't just hatch them & hope I sell the chicks. I don't have a empty coop to raise them in.

 

Still trying to figure that one out. So far we plan on keeping the ones that are hatched now....

 

my mom doesnt like craigslist we just put an ad in the paper and i post ads on ocala and gainesville4sale.com

 

We keep everything we hatch.. then when they get big enough most go to Freezer Camp. I do go through and select a few to keep based on what I am breeding for at the time.

 

I try to relocate them to children in 4-H. I always keep a few of the best

 

I am lucky the local (non chain variety) feed store sells mature birds year round if you want to give them the bird so for fast removal I will take one or two roosters that are causing trouble there if they look smart. The store sells them for $10 which usually will weed out those looking for a cheap slaughter bird. They do make a point to tell me mine go quick and are such good looking roosters people always comment on them. When a broody hatched 16 peeps, when they were mature I sold the 6 roosters as a group on Craig's List for someone else to freezer camp. We are now in the process of building a chicken plucker and will be keeping the not so pretty roosters for processing and our own freezer. I have also started to switch my breed from mixed flock to Salmon Faverolles and they are supposed to be a very good dual purpose bird so non quality roosters will be processed when the time comes. I don't sell hatched peeps as I can't sex worth a darn and usually am hatching for layers to keep so I raise them up to almost laying age and then start to sell.

 

I grow mine out until I know if I have pullets or cockerels. The pullets I sell myself and the cockerels go to the auction. I just took about 30 boys to the auction this weekend. At least it pays for the feed. My local feed store sends people up to our farm that are looking to buy some birds and most people want ready to lay pullets.