That was his performance in the OP.What, no ham?
I am against showing my bum in open publicWhat, no ham?
Funny thing is we have been checking, but it is a month early. Then again, they are huge. We have been feeding them scraps and such as it seems to keep them happy and healthy.Sounds like it'll be a while before you're giving away excess eggs.
We weren't after cheaper per se.it would be cheaper to go into beekeeping......
With just under $3k for a level 5 prison to be built.
With about $300 to acquire inmates
With on going monthly costs of $80 to maintain the inmate in good health
We have our first 2 eggs......small green ones....
As they say priceless
We weren't after cheaper per se.
What we wanted was to be able to continue eating if the stores shut down.
You'll need to up your security system them, once the stores shut down and other know you have inmates that lay eggs all bets are off.
They are hilarious!Enjoy. I miss having chickens.
We live in a swamp /forest on 5 acres with our neighbor having 6. We are good for a bit, but we do realize longer term all best are off.You'll need to up your security system them, once the stores shut down and other know you have inmates that lay eggs all bets are off.
We weren't after cheaper per se.
What we wanted was to be able to continue eating if the stores shut down.
Been there, done that! You tell it exactly as it truly is!!! ROFLMAO!!With just under $3k for a level 5 prison to be built.
With about $300 to acquire inmates
With on going monthly costs of $80 to maintain the inmate in good health
We have our first 2 eggs......small green ones....
As they say priceless
We are against you doing that too.I am against showing my bum in open public
I would be concerned with availability of feed. You have plans?We weren't after cheaper per se.
What we wanted was to be able to continue eating if the stores shut down.
This is why when we spent several hundred euros on our new setup (that has a roof and steel cage to deal with predators and the local climate) we put them in a courtyard with stone walls and 110-footthick wooden fences.You'll need to up your security system them, once the stores shut down and other know you have inmates that lay eggs all bets are off.
We live in a forest so plenty of something. We would have to cull most of them.I would be concerned with availability of feed. You have plans?
Good point!For that kind of money, why not just buy them a tiny home?
And don’t forget the chicknic table
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We have been looking at these things, but have not pulled the trigger on anything else yet.You can also feed them an amazing amount of table scrapes (including small amounts of meat), boiled potatoes (we've done this in a pinch), and throw in lots of grass; you might not have to cull all that many of them - you might want to build a "chicken tunnel" which is built out of chicken wire. It is moveable and lets them graze without being easy prey for predators - there are also plans for an "arch" that has a few chickens you can move around and larger ones with wheels.
They are also good for sitting hens, or hens with chickens - good things to look into and make or buy over the next period of time as you have the resources to do so. It cuts down on feed in good times and can replace a lot of feed during bad ones.
In bad times it might be worth cooking extra beans/lentils/cornbread/pasta (you get the idea) to have "leftovers" for the chickens. We've also in a pinch (when the truck didn't come in with the feed) made up daily "chicken mash" with potatoes (which were cheap at the time) as a base and added stuff to it. The downside is you can't put it in a regular chicken feeder and sometimes they don't eat it all but the upside is they get fed and usually you still get eggs. We sometimes throw eggs (cooked into the mash) as well, as well as milk if we have it.We have been looking at these things, but have not pulled the trigger on anything else yet.
As far as the scraps, we do that ( not that we have much ) and they love it.
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Soon you will advance to master and King chicken choker.