Thread: Anyone raising chickens

Originally Posted by gugi

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P.S.: My grandparents and now my parents have always had chickens. At 3-4 years old I qualified to pick up the eggs, and around 6-7 years old to chop off their head with the axe.... And the freshest eggs are the ones without the shell that you get inside the chicken

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You want a guard bird get some geese they make more noise than most dogs when company comes.

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

what i ment was a have heard a rooster will help keep preadators at bay by making a rackus when they get close and that protects the hens and there eggs, i know they will still lay witout a rooster, theres just no chance of the eggs ever being able to hatch.

forget the rooster for sure,you feed him and get no eggs !! Just keep the traps working !!

lol thanks nessmuck hopfully i can get a fox or 2 around the coop ( in my traps that is)

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

Is anyone raising chickens around there home or farm, i just picked up 8 5 week old chcikens on a buy one get one deal from the local feed shop because they wanted rid of them. just wanted to know if anyone else is raising chickens for eggs

Be real careful about picking up your chewing gum if you drop it in the pen.

Ain't nothing better than "yard eggs". They've got some taste to 'em.

well i was talking to a few people i know from work and stuff and they all want eggs just as soon as they start laying so i got 8 more hens and 2 rooster from a guy i know that hatched to many the rooster were free so i figure we will have frided chicken i mean rooster later this yr and have a whole bunch of eggs to sell off to pay for the feed ( not that there eating to much right now about half a pound a day pluse produce scraps and all the bugs they can eat.

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

well i was talking to a few people i know from work and stuff and they all want eggs just as soon as they start laying so i got 8 more hens and 2 rooster from a guy i know that hatched to many the rooster were free so i figure we will have frided chicken i mean rooster later this yr and have a whole bunch of eggs to sell off to pay for the feed ( not that there eating to much right now about half a pound a day pluse produce scraps and all the bugs they can eat.

they are getting 3.00 a dozen up here !!

sweet, the one farmer down the road sells them for a 1.50 a doz and hes always sold out. i figured 1.50-2.50 should help offset there feed.

Another great way to offset the price of feed is give them all the kitchen scraps. Being omnivores they will eat anything and everything,enc each other of one gets wounded.
Mow your lawn, they will eat all the grass clippings,have a turkey dinner? give them the carcass,they will go nuts over it.

I was going to get some chickens last time I was at the feed store, but they didn't have a buy one get one free deal. So I decided against it