Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Looks like a new chick order coming in Sept 25.

12 meat birds
1 Barred rock cockerel (meat)
1 Rhode Island Red cockerel (meat)
2 Americauna
3 Buff Orpington
3 Rhode Island Red
4 Barred Rock

14 meat, 12 layers.
Cull existing flock
4 Silver Laced Wyandotte -> 2
3 Americauna -> 3 Americauna
3 Rhode Island  Red -> 1 Rhode Island Red
1 Americauna pullet survived from first chick order.

2013 flock
3 Americauna pullets + 3 Americauna 4th season
2 old Silver Laced Wyandotte
3 Rhode Island Red + 1 old Rhode Island Red
3 Buff Orpington pullets
4 Barred Rock pullets

13 pullets, 6 old layers, 10 brown layer pullets + 3 old brown layers, 3 green layer pullets + 3 4th season green layers.

Production:
about 7 brown/day about 4 green/day
4+ dozen brown, 2 dozen green per week.

2013 no need to order any chicks. Cull older birds over course of year, flock to 13-15 birds by autumn.

2014 order 3 Americauna, 4 brown layers, meat birds.

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