The days bounty

[farmertrappe]

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Everyday, 365 days a year, the girls never hardly take a day off. Which means FarmerTrappe hardly gets a day off either. About four dozens eggs a day, I have standing orders from two restaurants for 20 dozen a week. Other family's take just about the rest and I donate any left overs to a food bank. Every little bit helps in the long run, I figure I make about $10 a day for an hours labor.

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Nice! Sure miss the fresh eggs. I was so pissed last fall when a mink wiped out the entire flock in 2 days. After nine years of having chickens, it was a first.
I picked up 20 leghorn pullets last weekend (on sale for .75 cents each, 2 weeks old)
They'll remain in the horse trough for another week or so, then will move them to the main pen, after I get a deep wire rat wall installed/buried, and button up a bit more. Fresh eggs are still about 16 weeks out, but man, I can't wait to have homegrown eggs again.

[nytrapper23]

Holey crap 4 doz a day ? How many birds do you have? I just have two hens here , don't have a ton of room , just the wife and I so that's enough for us.

[farmertrappe]

I probably have 60 plus birds right now. I buy them from a Amish feller who gets them out of a hatchery in Ohio at 16 weeks old. That way I start getting eggs in four weeks. They are a sexlink cross and breed to pump out nice eggs. The birds are sexed and I end up with very few roosters. I usually bring in new birds every year and cull out the older ones.(stock for the restaurants)Attachment Deleted

[nytrapper23]

Nice set up .

[SkFarm25]

Looks like you have a good system going there!

[rendezvous]

Very nice! 

I lost my last four birds to a mink also, all in one night. I would love to have a few hens again, but being alone now it's hard to take off with animals. We'll see...