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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 625735" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>mmmm..... well.... if you need any eggs would you stop by? They say you can't sell them at a farmers market as they have to be USDA inspected so I've given everyone I can some eggs and I still have about 12 dozen in the frig. I need to call the food pantry this week and see if I can donate them there.</p><p></p><p>Cal, I remember you talking about getting chickens in another thread and I got some also back in the spring. I went a little overboard, got them 3 weeks apart 50 at a time. A baby's pac-n-play will raise about 50 baby chicks nicely for about 4 weeks. Anyway the brother in law kept about 50 pullets, we have 30 and i gave another neighbor 20........ and we butchered the roosters a few months ago. There for a while feeding chick starter, I went thru a 50 lb bag every 5 days and that stuff is expensive. Luckily the bro in law had some corn leftover from last year so when they were 9 weeks old I took them over to the homeplace for him to feed.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I got light brahmas, white orphingtons, buff rocks and partridge rocks. I also had a dozen white leghorns (got them because hubby had them as kids) and we only have about 4 of those.............. in late October we started getting one, maye 2 eggs a day.... in November it increased to six to ten eggs a day and now........... we're getting 19-25 eggs a day. The leghorns started laying at 4 1/2 months and the others at 5 months. </p><p></p><p>They didn't cut down because of the snow/sleet this past week although I was really hoping they would. The lt brahmas and the rocks are supposed to be a cold, hardy breed and I can attest that they sure seem to be. These buff rocks are dandys and very, very gentle I really like them.</p><p></p><p>I've had australorps and buff orphingtons and wyandotes (wyandotes are my least favorite as they are not a hardy chicken nor are they good egg layers). Come to think of it we had about 15 each of the australorps and buff orphingtons and never got gobs of eggs.......... nothing like what I'm getting now.</p><p></p><p>No, I don't have a light on these and I'm not putting one on them either and although they get scant laying mash I'm thinking of cutting that out entirely and restart laying mash about 2 weeks before my folks come home in April because I manage quite nicely on 4-5 eggs a day ....... I mean I'm tired of scrambled eggs, poached eggs, fried eggs, boiled eggs, deviled eggs, egg salad, chicken salad and even custard pies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 625735, member: 1346"] mmmm..... well.... if you need any eggs would you stop by? They say you can't sell them at a farmers market as they have to be USDA inspected so I've given everyone I can some eggs and I still have about 12 dozen in the frig. I need to call the food pantry this week and see if I can donate them there. Cal, I remember you talking about getting chickens in another thread and I got some also back in the spring. I went a little overboard, got them 3 weeks apart 50 at a time. A baby's pac-n-play will raise about 50 baby chicks nicely for about 4 weeks. Anyway the brother in law kept about 50 pullets, we have 30 and i gave another neighbor 20........ and we butchered the roosters a few months ago. There for a while feeding chick starter, I went thru a 50 lb bag every 5 days and that stuff is expensive. Luckily the bro in law had some corn leftover from last year so when they were 9 weeks old I took them over to the homeplace for him to feed. Anyway, I got light brahmas, white orphingtons, buff rocks and partridge rocks. I also had a dozen white leghorns (got them because hubby had them as kids) and we only have about 4 of those.............. in late October we started getting one, maye 2 eggs a day.... in November it increased to six to ten eggs a day and now........... we're getting 19-25 eggs a day. The leghorns started laying at 4 1/2 months and the others at 5 months. They didn't cut down because of the snow/sleet this past week although I was really hoping they would. The lt brahmas and the rocks are supposed to be a cold, hardy breed and I can attest that they sure seem to be. These buff rocks are dandys and very, very gentle I really like them. I've had australorps and buff orphingtons and wyandotes (wyandotes are my least favorite as they are not a hardy chicken nor are they good egg layers). Come to think of it we had about 15 each of the australorps and buff orphingtons and never got gobs of eggs.......... nothing like what I'm getting now. No, I don't have a light on these and I'm not putting one on them either and although they get scant laying mash I'm thinking of cutting that out entirely and restart laying mash about 2 weeks before my folks come home in April because I manage quite nicely on 4-5 eggs a day ....... I mean I'm tired of scrambled eggs, poached eggs, fried eggs, boiled eggs, deviled eggs, egg salad, chicken salad and even custard pies. [/QUOTE]
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