The economic stupidity of Obamanomics is breathtaking.
Posted on 07/18/2009 8:07:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
The economic stupidity of Obamanomics is breathtaking.
Chicken run? :~) Explain, please?
I sell my extras at work, and I get three bucks a dozen for mine. Bought 20 more chicks this spring.
I market them as eggs from happy chickens (which they are).
They also eat grass and weeds I toss into their pen. Probably I use about 1/3 the feed in summer as I do in the winter.
The cool thing about chicken poop is they grind up the seeds, so you get no weeds (unlike from my cows manure)
Poet laureate of FR!
Only Roosters are noisy, and are not required for eggs.
Supplement the diet with weeds from the garden. That really helps cut down on the feed needed.
Anyway...took about 15 minutes of pecking before the snake died....chicken then got the tail end and gobbles it up.
I wanted fresh eggs and liked the idea of having a few chickens around.
My wife and I are nearly finished with building a chicken mansion. LOL
I bought 8 chicks about 3 months ago and they should all be laying brown eggs in about 3 more months.
In for a penny, in for a pound... A friend called me yesterday and needs to get rid of his 20 brown layers, and these should start laying within the next two weeks. I’m paying $1 each.
I didn’t plan on doing this for the money, I’m doing it for the fun, it fits with my country living and I like knowing what the rascals have been feed.
I plan to get fryers next and within 8 weeks, I can put 30 chickens in the freezer. LOL Part of my GSD’s raw diet is 1/4 chicken (hind quarter) each and every day.
Heck with eggs. That’s way too much trouble for eggs. If I go to that much trouble, I want meat. These are easier to catch and there’s plenty of meat on them:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/images/domgoo39.jpg
These got even more meat on them, but not as easy to catch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heritage_Turkeys_in_MD.jpg
Domesticated pheasant is the tastiest, imo.
A coop has an “indoors,” a run is just fenced-in “outdoors.”
Se my post #31.
I’m 60 years old and haven’t raised chicken since I was about 10 years old. I’m flat having a ball. I love having these gals around and they are goofy as can be.
My next project will be a chicken tractor or two.
Regular eggs taste really bad to me compared to what they did when I was a kid.
Don’t know what they feed them these days but although cash is scarce, I’ll spend the extra for taste.
Thank you! :~) Are they connected? Do you have to move the chickens from one to the other? Don’t they peck you? Didn’t know I had so many questions about chicken raising!! lol
Mr. Turkey used to peck but since Mrs. Turkey showed up he’s calmed down a lot. Watching petronski catch the chickens and turkeys is better than a movie.
Ours are not connected, but the tractor I’m building now will have a detachable run, precisely because moving the young birds from one to the other is an unnecessary bother.
If they are accustomed to getting food from your hands, and you offer your hand, you will get a peck.
It’s not exactly what I’d call painful, but you’re sure aware it happened.
Just looked it up on Ask.com. Found a site with a gazillion pics of various styles. Detachable sounds like a good idea. I’d have to have someone help me build it as I’m not electric construction tool inclined. lol The idea does intrigue me for lots of reasons. Bookmarked for future reference because all the great knowledge here! Thanks, Petronski, cyborg!
I would love to have chickens! So would my dog. My dog would be beyond thrilled if I’d buy chickens.
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