Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 18:45:29 GMT
We did chickens for the first time last year. Got mostly straight run, butchered all the boys and kept the girls for egg layers. I think I want to get in a pattern of buying a few new hens each year along with the meat birds for the year and setting up a rotation.
I want to add ducks or geese this year. I'm rather fond of the idea of geese, but ducks are cheaper...
When they're older I'll want two different tractors or pastures for them (I want the waterfowl on a lower grain diet) but when they're too little to go outside can I keep them together? If not I might make two orders spaced 3-4 weeks apart so I can get the first batch outside before turning the brooder over to the second batch.
When the butcher chickens meet their end the layers will be integrated with the existing flock.
I want to add ducks or geese this year. I'm rather fond of the idea of geese, but ducks are cheaper...
When they're older I'll want two different tractors or pastures for them (I want the waterfowl on a lower grain diet) but when they're too little to go outside can I keep them together? If not I might make two orders spaced 3-4 weeks apart so I can get the first batch outside before turning the brooder over to the second batch.
When the butcher chickens meet their end the layers will be integrated with the existing flock.
