I will charge extra for gas as long as it's not more then two hours. If I drive more then two hours then I will charge for time.
I corner him in the pen and slide a sock over his head. While he's wondering what's going on I tie his legs together. Pick him up and place him one of those big round totes and tie the top together. Put the tote in a wagon and roll him down to the processing area.
Where are you trying to sell them? I have tons of people wanting chicks....wanting silkies. Where are you located? Hold out....don't sell for less! I once got offered $30 for my Ayam Cemani chicks....I ended up selling a pair plus one extra rooster for $250!!!Over my head again in chickens. Can't seem to get rid of them faster than there hatching. Someone offered $1.00 per head for all of them I didn't take it because I felt they were being disrespectful. After years of trying to bring SOP to my flock. Don't think they really cared about any of them.They just wanted to get a bunch of beautiful chickens for nothing. Sometimes I just don't understand. If I felt I had to let all of them go I would just assune bring them here first..
Not really over my head, some days with chicks it just feels like it. I have actually hatched all I'm going to for awhile though. Once I sell most of them I'll think about hatching again. I have some beauties in this year's hatch.
If it was me hatching eggs, the chances are high. I always get boys when I want girls and girls when I want boys. Speaking of cornish cross, I just processed two of mine that were about 3 months old. Holy cow was I impressed. I processed a cream legbar and a barnevelder rooster that the same time that were six or seven months and they weren't even close to as meaty as the cornish cross. Now I'm looking for some cornish and some plymouth rock to breed out my own. I read about an easier way to process too, which is just cut the breast and legs off, leaving everything else intact. I throw all the rest to the pigs and they have a field day. I turn the feet into dried dog treats. If I had a plucker, I'd probably leave some whole.
I am So East of Atlanta but not that close to the coast. Atlanta is 2 to 3 hours once I get on Interstate 20. I live minunits away from Ft Gordon. I will drive two hours to deliver or meet someone halfway if they come two hours my way. If I lived in North Georgia like most of the folks on this thread I could sell much better. Amacola Falls is around 4 hours drive. I think that how you spell it.
