BarredBuff's Homesteading Shenanigans

[Beekissed]

85 chicks!!!!! How many of those will be yours? Are you going to sell eggs, BB?

 

[BarredBuff]

85 chicks!!!!! How many of those will be yours? Are you going to sell eggs, BB?

50 hens are mine and a few roosters. I'll save a few from my current flock too. Planning on selling eggs again.

What do you all think is a fair price for farm eggs? Planning on making some signs.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Market is depressed here. I sell for $2.50, but have seen signs on the main road past my road for $2.00. I feel that $2.50 is giving them away. If I was buying bedding, I wouldn't even break even, not even counting my housing costs.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

My eggs occasionally outpace my customers. I take some to work, take some to church, sell some at roadside. Roadside is difficult b/c of weather issues, and I'm on a little dead end road. I have a sign at the front end of our road, but folks whizzing by won't bother to drive down. Even though my eggs are in a cooler, I can't or won't put them out when it's stormy, below freezing or super hot. Lately, I sell every egg the girls produce, and could sell more. I would love to hook up with someone at Farmer's market to move my product, without having to dedicate my time to do so.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Sweet. Tell me how you managed to get a free dog. (if you don't mind sharing her story)

 

[Mini Horses]

Beagles are so cute and sweet! One of my DGD raised them for rabbit hunting. Always loved when he had some young ones to play with when we visited.

Here I see a lot of the long legged deer type.

On the way home a couple days ago, there were large herds of deer grazing some fields near the woods...like 15 or so in a herd, 2 different places. We have a lot of nice deer with all the crops grown. Turkeys in huge groups, also.

 

[NH Homesteader]

She is adorable! I love beagles but I won't keep a hunting dog (well one of my dogs is bred for boar hunting but her instincts are weak lol) , I need a dog that I can trust off leash with neighbors nearby. I'll bet you'll have a lot of fun with her!

 

[framing fowl]

I hope your new tiller is better! Can you temporarily put cardboard zip tied around the bottom of the fence for the chicks until they grow a bit bigger? Church sounds like it was fun today.

 

[BarredBuff]

I hope your new tiller is better! Can you temporarily put cardboard zip tied around the bottom of the fence for the chicks until they grow a bit bigger? Church sounds like it was fun today.

I could, but the weather is going cooler and wet starting on Tuesday. I wouldn't let them out then anyway and I expect in a week they will be big enough.