73_Autistic_Fuck_54
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WarJams
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No idea, I can only guess. I've got about four dozen hens, so everything just goes into a general stockpile. My dad has hens also, and sometimes he brings eggs over too when he doesn't think he'll eat them all fast enough, so really they could have come from him too. Shit like this is why I always tell people who I give my yard eggs to to crack each one into a bowl separately before combining. The only thing worse than cracking open a bad egg, is that bad egg ruining three good eggs you were getting ready to mix into batter.
Can't stand their screechy little cockcall. I was "given" one bantam cock and got rid of it as soon as I could. I did end up with a white silkie that was mistakenly mixed in with the other chicks at tractor supply too, but kept her as a joke. She looks so out of place I find it funny.
73_Autistic_Fuck_54
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I just kind of got used to the screeching after a while, some of my hens make sounds that are closer to squeaks than regular hen sounds, they're very cute
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I decided to get some chickens this year too-
I got 25 day-old Bielefelders by mail, with 13 being female. After attrition they are now 16 weeks old and I’m down to 11 pullets.
The rest were young roosters, who were fun to watch grow but I had to dispatch them this week. I kept a rooster to keep the ladies happy, he is their favourite.
The bielefelders are super calm and chill, and very big, I am looking forward to egg production firing up in September. I also live where it dips down to -40 most winters, although usually just for a week or two, so I have an OP set up with insulation and automated everything.
I just want to say, slaughtering the roos was a nasty job, and I was thinking it wasn’t really worth it because they are kind of tough and the skin is really rough and not a lot of meat.
But holy shit they are making the most incredible stock I have ever tasted in my life. I couldn’t buy this if I could even afford it. With the feet and tough skin, and very little golden fat, the stock is clear, I haven’t even needed to skin it. I will take a picture once I get it canned but I’m not even going to bother freezing them. I am roasting them, canning the meat and making stock with the rest (also to be pressure canned). It’s got incredible gelatin content, I have never had results like this and I make stock out of whatever animals I can get my hands on lol. Just mirepoix vegetables and the carcasses and I was not expecting it to be this great.
I got 25 day-old Bielefelders by mail, with 13 being female. After attrition they are now 16 weeks old and I’m down to 11 pullets.
The rest were young roosters, who were fun to watch grow but I had to dispatch them this week. I kept a rooster to keep the ladies happy, he is their favourite.
The bielefelders are super calm and chill, and very big, I am looking forward to egg production firing up in September. I also live where it dips down to -40 most winters, although usually just for a week or two, so I have an OP set up with insulation and automated everything.
I just want to say, slaughtering the roos was a nasty job, and I was thinking it wasn’t really worth it because they are kind of tough and the skin is really rough and not a lot of meat.
But holy shit they are making the most incredible stock I have ever tasted in my life. I couldn’t buy this if I could even afford it. With the feet and tough skin, and very little golden fat, the stock is clear, I haven’t even needed to skin it. I will take a picture once I get it canned but I’m not even going to bother freezing them. I am roasting them, canning the meat and making stock with the rest (also to be pressure canned). It’s got incredible gelatin content, I have never had results like this and I make stock out of whatever animals I can get my hands on lol. Just mirepoix vegetables and the carcasses and I was not expecting it to be this great.
73_Autistic_Fuck_54
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Chicken you raise yourself is always better than what's in a grocery store, my parents and I raise red ranger chickens for meat, and it's the best chicken I've ever had.
Boybortion
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It’s good to own land.
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Not a chicken strictly speaking but do any of you keep emus? Mr. corydoras and I are considering getting a few because 1) dinosaurs 2) red meat 3) eggs. Main downside appears to be that the Australians will hate you but I am far from the reach of their machetes.
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Don't pay them any attention, they're just made they lost the war.
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I used to work on a chicken farm that primarily raised Rhode Island Reds. They're excellent egg layers, which is what the farm would raise them for.
Personally I like Brown Leghorns (aka game birds). The first hen I bought was a game bird over ten years ago and I still have her. One thing I've observed since I've gotten into chickens is that a lot the more popular breeds have forgotten how to brood on account of them being raised in incubators. That's all fine and good when you have a sustainable electricity source that can keep an incubator going. But let's say that, God forbid, shit hits the fan and generating power becomes more difficult. Game birds are the only chickens I've seen that have the maternal instinct to hatch and raise a chick. But if you're looking for eggs, they're decent layers. They won't lay the larger eggs like the Rhodie Reds, but they are self-sustaining.
Another tip I have is to be careful on how you construct nesting boxes. There's a reason why the ones you see in the farm supply stores have angled sides. I tried making some out of scrap lumber and I found out real quick that the birds will perch on the side of them at night and shit inside of them while they sleep. That might be good if you're looking for an efficient way to collect fertilizer, but not if you want them to have a convenient place to lay their eggs. The same goes for their water containers. Try to avoid anything that gives them a flat surface to perch on because they will shit in their own water.
Personally I like Brown Leghorns (aka game birds). The first hen I bought was a game bird over ten years ago and I still have her. One thing I've observed since I've gotten into chickens is that a lot the more popular breeds have forgotten how to brood on account of them being raised in incubators. That's all fine and good when you have a sustainable electricity source that can keep an incubator going. But let's say that, God forbid, shit hits the fan and generating power becomes more difficult. Game birds are the only chickens I've seen that have the maternal instinct to hatch and raise a chick. But if you're looking for eggs, they're decent layers. They won't lay the larger eggs like the Rhodie Reds, but they are self-sustaining.
Another tip I have is to be careful on how you construct nesting boxes. There's a reason why the ones you see in the farm supply stores have angled sides. I tried making some out of scrap lumber and I found out real quick that the birds will perch on the side of them at night and shit inside of them while they sleep. That might be good if you're looking for an efficient way to collect fertilizer, but not if you want them to have a convenient place to lay their eggs. The same goes for their water containers. Try to avoid anything that gives them a flat surface to perch on because they will shit in their own water.
Matzo Nazi
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My neighbor has a ton of chickens and it's the best, I give him my lawn trimmings for compost and feed and he gives me free eggs whenever. I'd highly suggest to everyone getting your neighbor to own the chickens instead, way less maintenance cost.
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It's a large, ornery animal that occasionally kills people. They're pretty notorious about breaking out of their pens too.
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Yeah. A sizable portion of my flock were bantams for a while. Their meat and bones are black which is crazy. They seemed to be better mothers than the rest. A single bantam probably raised 60-70% of the chickens I have currently. It was supper funny seeing a hen walking around with chicks that were already bigger than her lol.
Pimp C
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I have lights in my walk-in coops. They don't stop laying given enough light all things being equal. Some people are against this but my chickens aren't pets. I have way too many birds to get attached to any of them except the handful of roos that get to live out their days here.
Laying birds can be hit or miss on motherly instincts. I had one a couple years ago that surprised us with a handful of chicks from a nest she must have made in the tall weeds. She took care of them, too. My Indian Runner ducks have been great mothers this season. The Muscovys on the other hand have been horrible.
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Does anyone have tips for stopping your chickens from hiding all their damn eggs? I have like 40 chickens and they normally laid in the coop for a long time, and we were happy and fed well with eggs, but these days they lay them all over the damn place and every day is like Easter. The only solution I've found so far is locking them in the coop for a day or two, but I really don't feel good about it (it's a big coop and all, but I like them to roam around free range style. Plus they look nice being in the fields and what not).
Any tips would be appreciated.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Boybortion
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Working on a volunteer-run, community-led chicken coop project and I’m honestly surprised by how much enthusiasm it’s generated.
People are genuinely excited about learning, food resilience, and taking shared responsibility for something tangible. Seeing neighbors step up with ideas, time, and energy has been the most rewarding part so far.
People are genuinely excited about learning, food resilience, and taking shared responsibility for something tangible. Seeing neighbors step up with ideas, time, and energy has been the most rewarding part so far.
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Set up some designated laying areas, like laying boxes, or just buckets on their sides.
But otherwise...yeah it just kinda happens. One time, one of my favorite big hens went missing, and I was bummed out about it, but it is what it is when you're free-ranging.
And then she came back with 5+ little nuggets.
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It is a blessing when they come back with chicks, truly
Yeah, I will try setting up nest boxes once all the snow melts and I can actually get into the coop again, I have heard that but haven't gotten around to it, they have a nice roost and everything in there but no next boxes.
I suppose this is what that Easter tradition of the egg hunt must be based on!
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My chickens are fenced in. While it's still Easter Sunday every day, the area I have to comb is far smaller. Every couple of months, the fence is moved to let them graze on a different part of the field.
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Man, I wish I was part of the caste allowed to own property in the US.
Quail instead of chickens, tho? y/n?
Quail instead of chickens, tho? y/n?
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No for me, but that's because I see them as, lesser chickens. They're smaller, their eggs are smaller, and if you want meat, eggs, or anything, you need more volume to equal a chicken. If you're able to handle the volume problem, then feel free.