Poster child...

Jerrymac · April 17, 2009, 09:40:24 PM

for a rough life

But it sure has been fun.....

Kathyp · April 17, 2009, 10:50:52 PM

i think i have had mornings like that. :evil:

JP · April 17, 2009, 11:04:34 PM

You gonna eat him Jerry?

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 01:18:12 AM

Silly JP :roll: It's a girl. :shock:

JP · April 18, 2009, 04:25:07 AM

Oops, I thought lil Jerry was a rooster. Well, you gonna eat Jenny?

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 09:48:02 AM

No. She was the first to start laying eggs and is still squeezing them out.

We call her Raggedy Henny.

JP · April 18, 2009, 10:55:39 AM

Ok, she has apparently has reached "pet status." How many eggs she lay a day now? How long have you had her?

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 12:12:20 PM

I don't know how many eggs a day. I can't watch them all every minute. :roll:

She will be a year old on the 23rd of this month I think.

JP · April 18, 2009, 12:53:34 PM

Alright so how many chickens are you up to now? How long do chickens live if you don't eat them? :-D

My wife is getting more persistant about us getting chickens!

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 03:35:39 PM

I did have 45 chickens and 4 guineas bit some critter has gotten three of them. (Dog I think) So I am down to 4 guineas, 3 roosters, 39 hens. Then of course just hatched 7 chicks so am back up to 49 chickens.

I do not know how long they live. My book says normal life is 12 years. Some have lived as long as 25 years. BUT....most don't survive past their productive life of 2 years :shock:

Get this book.... Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow..... It tells you more than you want to know about chickens. :-D

JP · April 18, 2009, 05:13:31 PM

Ok, I see why you can't keep an eye on them all, that's a lot of chickens! How many eggs a day are you picking up? And what are you doing with all those eggs?

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 06:29:14 PM

20+ eggs per day.

We eat some and sell most of them.

JP · April 18, 2009, 06:33:59 PM

They call you the chicken man or the beeman? So I would imagine there is a nice crossover, where your egg customers and honey customers are one in the same right?

Do you sell to individuals only or do you bring them in to a farmer's market or similar set up?

I'm being really noisy huh? Sorry!

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 06:45:50 PM

Haven't had much luck with the honey. Had one good year and the rest has been so dry they don't produce much. So I have mostly just left them alone and let them be bees. Seems every time I go into the hives I loose one.

I have a sign out front and have posted ads on craigslist. People come to me. ;)

noisy? :lau:

JP · April 18, 2009, 08:59:58 PM

Oops, I meant to say nosy! :shock: :bee:

...JP

Jerrymac · April 18, 2009, 09:38:21 PM

I knew you meant nosy. :-D

Not really. How else will you learn?

JP · April 19, 2009, 01:39:06 AM

Jerry the chickenmaster! Hey, chickenmaster.com!

...JP

Brian D. Bray · April 19, 2009, 02:31:17 AM

That hen needs a saddle. A chicken saddle, it fits around the wings and across the back and protects the hen from so much attention from the roosters. She looks like she's everybody's favorite.

SgtMaj · April 19, 2009, 04:13:50 AM

People must really want your eggs if they drive out to you to get them... how much do you charge for them if you don't mind my noisyness. :evil:

Jerrymac · April 19, 2009, 05:44:28 AM

This one lady buys 2 thirty count trays every month and we take them to her when we go to town.

Other people pass by most everyday anyway so it is just a stop on the way. Then there are those that make a special trip to get them.
12 @ $2.00
18 @ $3.00
30 @ $5.00
36 @ $6.00

I guess they like the idea of farm fresh, free range eggs.