tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post1173292430501312854..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: Reader Answers to Chicken QuestionRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-20813517342292070282008-11-26T07:04:00.000-08:002008-11-26T07:04:00.000-08:00Finally got around to answering your questions. P...Finally got around to answering your questions. Posted <A HREF="http://www.robertsroostecofarm.com/2008/11/chickens.html" REL="nofollow">here.</A> Hope it helps.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442419546836689939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-79356319043552446322008-11-22T11:34:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:34:00.000-08:00I just found this and loved it! We plan on getting...I just found this and loved it! We plan on getting chickens in the spring. Murry McMurry catalog has a meat and eggs special, 15 good meat males and 10 good layers for $50. That's the plan at least. Loved reading all the responses you got!Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389913096175428814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-23666979889288025662008-11-16T11:42:00.000-08:002008-11-16T11:42:00.000-08:00Wow... great response! Lots of info.Wow... great response! Lots of info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-23169480107794804002008-11-15T16:42:00.000-08:002008-11-15T16:42:00.000-08:00I raise chickens also. For a beginner I recommend ...I raise chickens also. For a beginner I recommend the standard dual purpose birds like Rhode Island Red and Plymouth Barred Rock.<BR/><BR/>If you get into the super high producers you often get the aggressiveness that brings on cannibalism and egg eating.<BR/><BR/>I am just working on my blog at www.kellys-stuff.com/chick and hope like you, to both obtain and distribute information on a fun hobby of raising chickens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-34862389127851001742008-11-12T13:17:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:17:00.000-08:00I answered here http://thinkersrock.blogspot.com/2...I answered here http://thinkersrock.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-do-your-chickens-grow.html. (Sorry, I don't know how to use the tags) And now i have to take time to read everyone else's answers. (sigh) I love chickens.The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819784845039138017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-72104807012299703682008-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:002008-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:00a day late and a dollar short...that's my mantra l...a day late and a dollar short...that's my mantra lol<BR/>anyway, here are my answers<BR/>1. Do you have a particular favorite breed of chicken, and if so what is it and why do you prefer it? Or if more than one, which ones, etc?<BR/>honestly, i really like my production reds. nothing phases them. i have two elderly (9 years old) that are still laying several eggs a week. ALL of my heritage breeds quit laying when hurricane faye rolled thru and haven't laid a single egg since. <BR/><BR/>2. Do you use your chickens for your family, to sell, or both? Meat, or eggs, or both?<BR/>both and both<BR/><BR/>3. What advice would you give to anyone wanting to start out raising them, other than reading some good books on the subject?<BR/>start small and with some variety so you can make educated choices. don't discount what the oldtimers have to say either (even when their advice sounds somewhat bizarre)<BR/><BR/>4. Do you primarily keep your chickens in a coop/enclosed chicken yard, or do they roam your property? my girls roam the entire property when there isn't a garden actively growing<BR/><BR/>5. Do you ever let them into your garden? If no, do you have a fence or something to keep them out? the forage in the garden when it's clean up time.....when the garden is growing/fruiting, they're confined to the chicken yards<BR/><BR/>6. Do you ever use a chicken tractor, and if so, is it for meat birds only? do you use electric/ net poultry fencing? I'm interested in which has worked for you and which has not. What has been your experience with pastured poultry 'a la the Joel Salatin sort (follow behind the livestock grazings at the optimum time), if that applies?<BR/>i use small tractors when i'm transitioning from the brooder to the poultry yards. i have no experience with poultry raised completely on pasture<BR/><BR/>7. Do you keep chickens year-round, or raise them for seasonal processing? year round for the dual purpose breeds, the strictly meat birds are seasonal<BR/><BR/>8. How many chickens of a certain type do you raise at one time (what works best for you as far as how many to raise at a time?)Inquiring minds (me!) want to know. I've seen so many folks with their own styles of chicken raising, and I'm so curious to know what works best for you... i ALWAYS have too many dadgum chickens lol but i think about 50 would work best for me (maybe not for danny though lol)jayedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212207586795373262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-5403813630063950632008-11-12T05:01:00.000-08:002008-11-12T05:01:00.000-08:00I answered hickchick over here.I answered hickchick over <A HREF="http://a-homesteading-neophyte.blogspot.com/2008/11/growing-your-own-chicken-feed.html" REL="nofollow">here.</A>Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-63986547134672640352008-11-12T04:13:00.000-08:002008-11-12T04:13:00.000-08:00Excellent read! Of course, my lazy back end didn'...Excellent read! Of course, my lazy back end didn't make it over here to comment on this post but had I done so -- I would have said that my favorite chicken breed is the Buff Orpington because they are dual purpose birds. They have a nice sturdy build and lots of layers of feathers so they keep warm and continue laying eggs through the winter. <BR/><BR/>How do I love them? Let me count the ways!<BR/><BR/>Blessings!<BR/>LacyRazorFamilyFarms.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417905789640513832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-83932839311098407502008-11-11T19:22:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:22:00.000-08:00You received lots of great feedback. I enjoyed re...You received lots of great feedback. I enjoyed reading what others had to say!Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391306626662391336noreply@blogger.com