People have Asked me why i do not sell eggs

Schipperkesue wrote:When you are developing a line of chickens on your own you are nowhere near ready to sell eggs, chicks and sometimes even adults. You need to produce as many birds as you can so you have as many as you can to choose from to create the best animals possible. When you have established yourself as a quality breeder not only will you have the numbers but also the quality you are willing to share.

Sue

Schipperkesue wrote:Please stop me! I am this close to making a comment about jaundiced body parts!

Sue

Schipperkesue wrote:Sorry Call Ducks, it was an off color remark referring to your sentence beside your picture. I just couldn't help myself. Perhaps I should have quoted, but I was too much of a coward.

Sue

Schipperkesue wrote:ELDERS! You had better run, buddy!

Sue

SerJay wrote:OMG laughing so hard! Thanx for the giggle you guys!
That is a very handsome Roo you have pictured call ducks WOW! What do the hens look like?

Schipperkesue wrote:Yes, thanks CD for allowing a little off topic humor on your thread. Love that brilliant yellow cock of yours! He just glows!

Sue the Elder

heda gobbler wrote:I am shocked. Just shocked....

I don't think there is an emoticon for that.

HigginsRAT wrote:

call ducks wrote:I have had a fair number of people ask me if i am selling Hungrain Yellow Eggs. My awser is the same No. The biggest reason is they do not lay good enough (yes) to sell eggs. I have one hen that is over a year old and i am not sure if she has laid yet. BUT this spring well be the first year i am expecting eggs from that hen. Gerrrrr i have to think of a way to increase egg production and STAT.


Any one have any ideas with out out-cross?

Heel low:

There are many of us who never sell eggs, preferring to set serious people up with a "good start."

Good ol' Uncle Roy refers to them as something like a smallish New Hampshire (Dr. Crawford has had the Hungarian Yellows since the 1960's and is the primary flock for the world)...is it possible to find a few "hatchery" New Hampshires maybe and after you get some purebred chicks on the ground, maybe use one of these New Hampshire roosters on your hen. You could also "share" your lovely HY rooster; keep a pen of New Hampshire hens and allow the HY rooster to visit them every few days.

I would try to keep your purebred ones identified and these F1 crosses to breed back to the dam and sire, try to bump up purity. I am sure you know all about breeding or grading up to full purebred status. ALBC accepts 15/16's for heritage labeling.

Something to think about. Good luck, brave young lad...you make us proud!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta
- Miss yah Makes; December 7, 1995 – February 4, 2011 ^~~^

WF: DUCKS: Calls (24 varieties), East Indies, Mandarins, Crested Ducks, Australian Spotted, Hookbills, & Appleyards.
GEESE: Buff & Buff Pied American.
SWANS: Australian Black.
LF: BANTAM Brahmas, Wyandottes, Booteds, & Chanteclers & STANDARD Chanteclers (Partridge, Buff, Orange Clay, & White).
Heritage TURKEYS (Jersey Buff, Wishard Bronze, Narragansett, Slate, Red Bronze, Rusty Black, Red Blue Bronze, Lilac, & Sweetgrass).
PHEASANTS: Red Golden & Silver.
Registered: Australian Cattle Dogs, Jacob Sheep, Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats, & Llamas. Pond Fish.

call ducks wrote:Any one have any ideas with out out-cross?

Schipperkesue wrote:

call ducks wrote:Any one have any ideas with out out-cross?

Back on track to your first post...and quoting it as well as you can see!

Here is a little tip that might save you some heartache. As soon as you have enough stock, send some to a nearby and responsible friend. He/She can raise them, love them, eat their eggs, but if some terrible problem befalls you and you lose you stock to predators, disease, whatever, you have some birds kept separate from your own you can use to rebuild your population.

Sue the Elder