Chicken/egg question

[user 7704]

I love when they hatch their own and I don't have to do all the acclimation stuff. They are automatically accepted as one of the flock.

 

[Cindyd]

I said I wouldn't get more ducks since our last ones never would come back in pen due to staying in the pond and sleeping on the banks of it. They got picked off over time from one predator or another. This time I'm keeping them in enclosure for eggs, and to reproduce for meat. I think we have 5 males out of the 12. Gonna put 4 up for freezer, keep 1 male to reproduce. These are all pekin ducks.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Here’s a good video on raising chicken’s for practically free! This method would be required when the grid goes down.

 

[Amish Heart]

Alot of people suggest fermented feed, but I'm guessing they're not talking about the pellets or crumbles, because that turns to mush. So I'm thinking soaking scratch is what is meant.
I had a new greenhouse delivered yesterday...an 8 by 16 with a solar fan, one door, vent by the fan, and lined with built in shelfing. It's pretty warm this time of year, so I'm thinking of getting the cat litter pans at the dollar tree and adding a touch of soil, and soaked sunflower, wheat, and oat seed and doing sprouting pans in there right now. Thinking they'd do ok in the heat. Usually I sprout in the house in sprouting jars, but then I can only give it once a week when the jars are ready. We'll see how it turns out.

 

[DrHenley]

Amish Heart, so far I have struck out making contact with the Amish community up there near BOL2. But I discovered that some of them are closer than I thought. I ran across this road sign 2 miles from our place. Maybe I should just park by the road one day and wait for a buggy to go by and flag them down.

 

[Amish Heart]

Ha Ha. They might think you need help. You're not going to find a church, because there isn't one, but maybe you can find where they shop for food, hardware, or feed. Alot in our area have their own private stores on their own land. Not unusual to see hand painted signs for milk, eggs, cheese, hay.
Then you can talk to them when you shop. Make sure you give your name and say where you're from. I know in our area, husband says the amish rumor mill is alive and well.

 

[DrHenley]

There was a store that has been mentioned a number of times on the web, but it's apparently closed and there is no sign anymore. I scoured the area but could never find anything or anyone.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Alot of people suggest fermented feed, but I'm guessing they're not talking about the pellets or crumbles, because that turns to mush. So I'm thinking soaking scratch is what is meant.
I had a new greenhouse delivered yesterday...an 8 by 16 with a solar fan, one door, vent by the fan, and lined with built in shelfing. It's pretty warm this time of year, so I'm thinking of getting the cat litter pans at the dollar tree and adding a touch of soil, and soaked sunflower, wheat, and oat seed and doing sprouting pans in there right now. Thinking they'd do ok in the heat. Usually I sprout in the house in sprouting jars, but then I can only give it once a week when the jars are ready. We'll see how it turns out.

Your new greenhouse sounds great! Post pictures when you have it together please! Thank you for telling me what you do with the sprouting. I bought some food grade plastic trays with 2” sides a couple of years ago in anticipation of doing heavy feeding of sprouted feed in the winter.

 

[Amish Heart]

The Dollar Tree lady counted the cat pans and said, "18?"...is that what you wanted? I told her I grabbed all that they had. Then had to explain what for, and said I didn't have that many cats. Then realized with the three new litters of kittens the barncats had, we do have that many cats.
It'll be hitting 90 here today, so finding a use for the new greenhouse right at this time of year is a challenge, even with the door open and the fan on.
I also really love the Yoder Built Greenhouses, you can see them on line. The one that was here when we bought the place is smaller, has a dirt floor, and I think I'll take the tables out that I've used for seedling starts and group in ground in there in the fall. My goal overall is to see how many months out of the year I can grow fresh food, for us and for our animals. We get pretty cold in the winter and pretty hot in the summer.

 

[Cisco85]

I had 3 eggs hatch in Jan and all 3 were roosters. I got rid of my very mean Roo and kept 1 of the youngsters and sold the other 2. Currently have 5 chicks and hoping for hens.

 

[poltiregist]

This link underscores the wisdom of those that established a homestead that included chickens . If anyone on here can still afford to go out and purchase ready to eat meals , they may want to consider what is being served up as chicken . This link will explain .