When hatching?...what are your plans for them?

[chicks4kids]

When hatching,...what are your plans for them? Basically, I mean, what do you plan on doing with them? Do you keep them? Sell the newbies? Sell the older ones??? I see people everyday hatching chicks....if I did this I would need a pole barn bigger than my house...so to those of you who hatch...what do you do with them? Or what do you do to maintain the "feasilble" number you are alloted??? I woiuld love to hatch out chicks all year long...but what would I do with them? Do you sell them????

 

[kelseygirl707]

Let's just say I am a total money waster, I love hatching, but can't have chickens where I live (I wish so much that I could), so I buy eggs, hatch them, than give them to people around town who I know would otherwise be ordering them, or buying them from the feed store. I have fun, and it really helps them out.

 

[Kelly G]

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That's a GREAT way to feed a habit & do something really, really nice!

 

[kelseygirl707]

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That's a GREAT way to feed a habit & do something really, really nice!

LOL, tell that to my husband who can't comprehend why I waste money on eggs, but doesn't argue because he knows it makes me happy. LOL

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

We hatch and sell most of the chicks. Hatched over 600 last year. Always seems hat we have to keep one or two out of each hatch "Just because they are cute". That is why we have 140+ chickens. LOL

 

[houndit]

I sell eggs, I sell chicks, I sell eating eggs from the layers, and I sell hens. People around here seem to really like hens that are about to lay. The extra roosters will probably be taken to a auction.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I sell all but half of one hatch to pay for the upkeep of the ones I have. I sell eggs, day olds, and started birds and grow my flock in the process. I keep the bator running constantly with staggered hatches. The rest of the eggs we sell for breakfast eggs and eat ourselves. I'm not making much of a cash profit but I have more birds than I stared with and so I am making a 'bird profit.'

 

[cubalaya]

we dont hatch all year. we start in january and stop in may. we sell chicks, eggs, hatching eggs, hens , roosters and butcher enough young roosters to keep us in chicken. we eat eggs almost every morning. i keep the chicks that i feel will fit our breeding program.

 

[The Sheriff]

I am trying to get myself the prettiest laying flock in town and the most colorful egg basket. It's exhausting! I probably won't accomplish the first part anytime soon since I have to wait for my original girls to die of old age.

As a newbie I just wanted chickens and that's what I got. I got some ugly girls on my hands but I love them too much to let them go.

 

[chiknhut]

I sell all I can and keep whats left. Last year I got to keep 6 hens and 2 roosters. A month ago the roosters sold.