Sounds like a plan! :smokin:

I didn't know this!!!! Glad you asked the question meathauler.

Hmmmm if thats the case...dey some folks on here full of nitrogen!!

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:D

:rotfl:

True dat haha

just a couple...okay maybe one...naw I'm just kiddin'...actually no I'm not ;)

Also feed the egg shells back to em the calcium is good for em helps keep the shells tough

I get free eggs from a cousin. Bastid gives me 2 doz. a week.
Fried eggs
Scrambled eggs
Poached eggs
Deviled eggs
Eggs Benedict
Egg Salad
Eggs in shrimp salad
Eggs in tuna salad
Egg sandwich

Ray......you forgot gumbo ;)

Sounds like me. Not sure why I want to raise them. Between my parents and the inlaws i almost have too many to know what to do with.

My 19 month old is determined to catch one, i pitty the fool if he catches one lol

When I was a kid my dad raised those big white meat chickens. We chased those things all the time. By the time they were ready to butcher, none had tail feathers on them. I even learned how to put them to sleep. I would line a bunch of them up on my g mother porch sleeping and then run through them to wake them up. Good ole days!!
Shawn do you raise those red ones that lare bred to lay ?

They are buff orpingtons, supposed to be very docile which was good since my little one likes to go in and feed them hisself

me and a friend have been raising chickens for the last 3 months...I never knew that I would enjoy raising chickens lol but I like it alot...we are raising dual purposes breeds and rare breeds...in 3 months we have alil over a hundred birds...we have

rhode island reds
buff orpingtons
Lavender orpington's(very rare and expensive!)
french copper marans(lays the darkest egg!)
black australorp's
silver laced wyndottes
light brama's
cornish rock meat birds
and bearded and non-beared Silkie's(ornamental's/pets)

my friend had a barn that he used to raises birds and dogs...and we just converted all the pens to chicken coops then free range them all day...and we just built one chicken tractor for our cornish rock meat birds.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/index.php is the best forum for chickens..

if your wanting chickens mainly for eggs...i'd get some rhode islands,orpingtons, black australorps or some of the hybrid egg layers like production reds or black stars...

That reminds me of the joke by Bill Engvall about his wife buying chicken. :rotfl: at that joke.
Anyway. I had some hens once and my dad said that if you feed them the right mix of nutrients and grains that they could lay eggs almost everyday. I got a couple eggs from about 9 hens every 3-4 weeks. The 5th time they laid, we had scrambled eggs for breakfast and baked chicken and taters for dinner. Good eatin.

This is our coop...and FYI chickens love oyster shells...and it's healthy for em...

Also they love squash...alot

2nd that! It makes their shels stronger as well. My dad used to load them down with oyster shels just before Easter! lol

Not mine for some reason

Cut them into round pieces about 1/2" thick...they love pecking out the center and just leave the skin

What don't chickens like? They will eat nearly anything.