Since the coop is done........I just had to have chickens. Waiting for spring was going to require more patience than I have.
Plus, when I looked up my usual chicken supplier, they had an end of season special that I couldn't pass up. Who knew there were close out sales on chicks?
So, I'm getting the usual 24 that I paid for and 1 free surprise chick in the mail this week. Staying close to home in the AM, so I'm here when the phone call comes. Then, it's off to the post office with the heater blasting on the van........to claim my little box of "peeps".
We're almost set up here at home for the chick nursery. Still need to pick up the sack of Chick Feed today, but we'll only need one of those and they will be big enough to start eating regular food. Not a big expense to get this new addition to the "ranch" up and running.
I've had my own flock of birds now for a couple decades so this past year without the eggs has been a big adjustment. So has trying to figure out what to do with all the waste from the kitchen! The chickens used to handle all that and more!
I don't know if we save money with our own chickens, probably not, since ours are pretty spoiled. But, we get a better product and don't spend more money for the eggs. Plus, since I'm cooking less, for fewer people, there is a chance I'll have extra eggs, especially this spring. Selling just a couple dozen eggs a week would make the project hold its' own.
Waiting For Chicks
October 11th, 2006 at 03:16 pm
October 11th, 2006 at 03:23 pm 1160580209
October 11th, 2006 at 03:56 pm 1160582188
chicks in the mail!!!! ...I'd love to see that!
October 11th, 2006 at 04:20 pm 1160583602
so um arn't chickens really dirty? and smelly? and take up lots of room? and escape? and peck at you? and why do you need new ones? what happens to the old ones?
yeah I am a city girl, I really don't know any of this, but I can guess at what happens to the old ones..soup?
October 12th, 2006 at 04:56 am 1160628972
October 12th, 2006 at 06:06 am 1160633195
October 12th, 2006 at 09:48 pm 1160689726
I'm going to have to wait about 4 more months til they start laying, so no omelettes in our future just yet!
I've allerted the post office, and given them both my phone numbers so there should be no glitch. Still could arrive this evening........but I'm betting on getting a chicken wake up call.
October 14th, 2006 at 06:51 am 1160808705