A new journey into homesteading "pic heavy"

[baymule]

The roos will restock the freezer!

 

[Chic Rustler]

Well i decided to run another load threw the incubator. A couple friends gave me a bunch of bantam eggs so i had to hatch them. Got no use for bantams but it breaks up the monotony. 48 eggs loaded.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Chicken math at it’s best! Maybe you can sell them as day old chicks and make a little money off of them.

 

[Chic Rustler]

Maybe ill make a second coop for bantams.

 

[sumi]

Another victim of chicken math! lol Not that I can talk... I just set some duck eggs 3 days ago and am waiting for a shipment of chicken eggs now.

 

[Chic Rustler]

Another victim of chicken math! lol Not that I can talk... I just set some duck eggs 3 days ago and am waiting for a shipment of chicken eggs now.

Seemed like a good idea at the time

 

[Mini Horses]

If you like pickled eggs those small bantam eggs work well. I used to love the little eggs as a kid but, now I am not a fan. Even when my hens lay the smaller sized, customers don't really want them.

right now I have some RIRs. Beautiful, large birds. But to my surprise these are laying much smaller eggs than I normally get. They get everything that others get & free range like them. Like I said "big birds". Will make nice chicken salad! If I didn't have customers, it wouldn't be an issue. I see new hen plans forming in my head (& coop!). Shame, they really are nice birds in all other ways.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

If I lived on a small lot "in town" and was not selling extra eggs, Banties might make sense. My first flock was started in 6th grade with 4 banties that were hatched in the school incubator.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I just set some duck eggs 3 days ago and am waiting for a shipment of chicken eggs now.

What kind of duck and chicken eggs???

 

[Chic Rustler]

If you like pickled eggs those small bantam eggs work well. I used to love the little eggs as a kid but, now I am not a fan. Even when my hens lay the smaller sized, customers don't really want them.

right now I have some RIRs. Beautiful, large birds. But to my surprise these are laying much smaller eggs than I normally get. They get everything that others get & free range like them. Like I said "big birds". Will make nice chicken salad! If I didn't have customers, it wouldn't be an issue. I see new hen plans forming in my head (& coop!). Shame, they really are nice birds in all other ways.

Yeah i dont reckon ill be selling many bantam eggs. I just wanna change stuff up a litttle.