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Rancid Crbtree
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I went to the local True Value hardware for the new little protein makers. The owner is a chicken person so he selects eggers for sale.
I thought they were very over crowded in the stores brooder so the 24 I hand picked dont know what to do with all the extra room in their new brooder. They now have about 4 times the space they were in.
I got 8 Ameraucana (they lay blue eggs) and hopefully equal numbers of Barred Rock and Black Star (both brown egg layers) but since the two chicks look so much alike, I struggled to tell them apart. All are supposed to be docile so they should be good around the grand kids.
They are about a week and half old. Perhaps eggs by September. We will keep around 8 to 10 over winter. Sell or Eat the rest. They are not going to be big roasters but rather dual purpose birds on the small side. A good first year batch to raise.
I thought they were very over crowded in the stores brooder so the 24 I hand picked dont know what to do with all the extra room in their new brooder. They now have about 4 times the space they were in.
I got 8 Ameraucana (they lay blue eggs) and hopefully equal numbers of Barred Rock and Black Star (both brown egg layers) but since the two chicks look so much alike, I struggled to tell them apart. All are supposed to be docile so they should be good around the grand kids.
They are about a week and half old. Perhaps eggs by September. We will keep around 8 to 10 over winter. Sell or Eat the rest. They are not going to be big roasters but rather dual purpose birds on the small side. A good first year batch to raise.
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