How many chicks do you hatch each year? How many birds are in your breeding flock?

CuckooOrpington

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Apr 1, 2016
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Around how many birds do you have as breeders and how many chicks do you hatch each season? I hatch about 50 chicks for each breeding flock, but have 12 breeding flocks so it adds up a bit. I'm considering downsizing my breeders but would like to know what number everyone else's flock hovers around. Cheers.
 
In previous years I've done about 15-20 a year.
This year I'm planning on doing a LOT more, probably in the 60ish range, depending on how well the first clutch or so goes.
I have a flock of 9 right now (one boy, 8 girls) but I plan on having it expand in the summer to 12-14 and shrink back in the winter to 8-10.
 
I have a breeding pair, trio and quad that I hatched 30 chicks from this past summer. I got a late start and had an incubator malfunction in July which didn't help.
Next year I will be adding another trio and making this year's pair a trio.
 

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