tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post7229508353843452745..comments2023-09-04T06:26:16.361-05:00Comments on A Life At Home: Inexpensive and healthier eggs! Great fun too!Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-1990321196542690762008-04-21T08:28:00.000-05:002008-04-21T08:28:00.000-05:00Hi liz, yes chickens can survive in a colder clima...Hi liz, yes chickens can survive in a colder climate. The thing you have to watch for is that their water doesn't freeze. We don't have that problem here, but they do have water warmers that you can use if it's that cold. You can also put a little heat lamp in there with them if it is a really cold night. Choose a hardier breed if it gets really cold where you are.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-41893210045931271062008-04-20T21:21:00.000-05:002008-04-20T21:21:00.000-05:00I am wondering what you do with the chickens durin...I am wondering what you do with the chickens during the winter? Can they survive the cold and snow? Or do you have to live in a more moderate climate to be able to have them? Thanks.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833355022113552457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-79789730974660015282008-04-19T11:57:00.000-05:002008-04-19T11:57:00.000-05:00rainypm, we love strawberry jam and we always love...rainypm, we love strawberry jam and we always love to trade too! :-)<BR/><BR/>About the chicks. When we buy them, we make sure we buy all females. They sell them by female, male, or straight run. Straight run is just an assorted mix of sexes. We buy them from our local feed stores so we skip out on paying shipping and most of the time they only carry the girls. <BR/><BR/>Now, that doesn't mean that we don't ever get a male in there. We have had two roosters that we gave away on our local freecycle. They are living the great life now, in the country, with lots of girls! lolTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-28054747429241207842008-04-19T10:52:00.000-05:002008-04-19T10:52:00.000-05:00I love your post, thanks for sharing. I am gettin...I love your post, thanks for sharing. I am getting excited about getting chickens. What happens if one of the chicks ends up being a male? There's no way my neighbors would put up with roosters and I wouldn't have the heart to kill a chicken just because it turned out to be a boy. Did you have to deal with this?<BR/><BR/>We made fresh strawberry jam this week and I posted about it in my blog. Yum! I wish we were neighbors and I'd trade you jam for eggs. :)RainyPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236256948179373338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-77856521064676020622008-04-18T07:51:00.000-05:002008-04-18T07:51:00.000-05:00Check it out - I tagged you!Check it out - I tagged you!Carlie Faulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029121145049961894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-50128427741640161212008-04-17T19:52:00.000-05:002008-04-17T19:52:00.000-05:00I'm so bummed! I just called our police departmen...I'm so bummed! I just called our police department and found out that we can't have chickens in our city...period. *sigh* Maybe we'll just have to move...lol! You make it sound so fun and frugal. Maybe the law will change...<BR/><BR/>Blessings!<BR/><BR/>Mrs. QPrecision Quality Laserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304034383943750446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-9803829905681255682008-04-17T17:29:00.000-05:002008-04-17T17:29:00.000-05:00It has been our dream to have chickens someday! (a...It has been our dream to have chickens someday! (and maybe a cow or goat) Right now, we're in a 3rd floor apartment, so it won't work. <BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for sharing this. I loved reading it! :) <BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting my blog. <BR/>Blessings, <BR/>Michele :)<BR/>www.frugalgranola.blogspot.comMichele @ Frugal Granolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521447706106950067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-68007993987218201622008-04-17T13:40:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:40:00.000-05:00We absolutely love our 'girls;' they've become our...We absolutely love our 'girls;' they've become our pets. We've got 6 regular hens that lay, one regular rooster, one bantam rooster, and one bantam hen. We bought several different breeds, so we'd have all kinds of different colored eggs. It's so much fun! And the people that occasionally pay me a few bucks for eggs every few weeks totally cover the chicken feed, because it's so cheap. It's one of my favorite things to do, to sit and watch them cluck around and chase after bugs. :)Brea in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199247918643727879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-61419392810321264622008-04-17T13:00:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:00:00.000-05:00family o'foxes, When we leave we always have someo...family o'foxes, <BR/><BR/>When we leave we always have someone come to check on them. The feeders hold enough food to feed them, but it's the water that we have someone check. Now, they do have those automatic waterers that some people have. I would think at that point it would be fine to leave for a few days without worry.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-3810004453044004572008-04-17T11:43:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:43:00.000-05:00Oh, now I remember my question for you.What do you...Oh, now I remember my question for you.<BR/>What do you do when you go on vacation? Are chickens like cats where you can leave them with some food and water for a few day sand they are fine? Or they like dogs where you have to some one come in to take care of them?<BR/><BR/>~AmyFamily O'Foxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996552759878712323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-27676496442712686362008-04-17T11:42:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:42:00.000-05:00What a neat post. I had a question for you but I ...What a neat post. <BR/><BR/>I had a question for you but I forgot what it is...so, I will go back at your post and see if I can remember.<BR/><BR/>Last week I posted on checking egg freshness for my WFMW.<BR/>http://familyofoxes.blogspot.com/2008/04/wfmw-testing-egg-freshness.html<BR/><BR/>~AmyFamily O'Foxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996552759878712323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-69161048562636981502008-04-16T19:39:00.000-05:002008-04-16T19:39:00.000-05:00Oh, I am so jealous! I want chickens! I've wante...Oh, I am so jealous! I want chickens! I've wanted chickens for so long! Last year I read a book by Mary Jane Butters and she said something along the lines of: "All over America there are thousands of women daydreaming about owning their own chickens each minute." LOL...obviously that is so true!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112133327097954479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-47219497830673169632008-04-16T16:36:00.000-05:002008-04-16T16:36:00.000-05:00I had no idea you were a chicken farmer. You conti...I had no idea you were a chicken farmer. You continue to amaze me girl. Let me know when I can get some eggs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140251369331552673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-53398979619443465662008-04-16T14:13:00.000-05:002008-04-16T14:13:00.000-05:00gina, Each chick cost a little over $2.00. You can...gina, Each chick cost a little over $2.00. You can buy one a little older for up to about $5.00 in this area. They are not expensive at all. If you get a baby, read up on how to care for them. They need a source of heat for a few weeks.<BR/><BR/>the wife, Oh my goodness, $3000! I think that they may just betrying to discourage anyone from ever owning one. Hope you get to move out to the country soon!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-63834687901950407362008-04-16T13:46:00.000-05:002008-04-16T13:46:00.000-05:00I am VERY interested in more information about thi...I am VERY interested in more information about this . . . we would love to have our own eggs!! *Ü*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-51594726575871737192008-04-16T13:20:00.000-05:002008-04-16T13:20:00.000-05:00Our suburban county charges $3000 just to APPLY fo...Our suburban county charges $3000 just to APPLY for the priveledge of keeping chickens, even if you only want to own one or two! Can I tell you how ready we are to move to the country?? (insert grumbling about beauracratic red tape here)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting about your chickens - we look forward to being able to do this too, someday!The Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840435000433334701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-22826808068566615842008-04-16T13:15:00.000-05:002008-04-16T13:15:00.000-05:00How much are chickens these days? I don't wanna pa...How much are chickens these days? I don't wanna pay more than I should, kwim? Thanks for the inspiration!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183421175434834004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-32910915371757603782008-04-16T12:47:00.000-05:002008-04-16T12:47:00.000-05:00We had a chicken for a while as a pet. There poop...We had a chicken for a while as a pet. There poop is more like duck poop (small, soft) not like dog poop. Our chicken had the whole back yard. He wasn't raised with other chickens, he thought he was a dog and the neighbor dogs and cats learned fast to leave him alone.<BR/><BR/>He also ate all the bugs in our yard. For the first time ever we had good apples from our apple tree because he ate all the bugs.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15035742153838178311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-35162098475833827552008-04-16T09:58:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:58:00.000-05:00homeschool mommy, if you have them in a chicken tr...homeschool mommy, if you have them in a chicken tractor you just move it around so the area stays clean. If you have a permanent chicken coop, kind of rake it over and lay down shavings. Our girls do not smell at all, but they live in a clean space. We have visited a man who kept chickens in a filthy coop and boy did it smell! We have no probs in the city with predators, but in the country foxes, coyotes, hawks, racoons can all be a problem.<BR/><BR/>pamelotta, that is a pic of a fellow chicken friend, not mine. Although ours is similar. Plans are easy to find online. Chickens are great for your garden. One of their favorite bugs to eat are grubs. :-) <BR/>Ok, yes we have done some for meat. I thought I would introduce chickens in a gradual way to people though. lol We did them this year for my oldest daughter's 4-H project. I will warn you, they are gross. I don't even see how they are related to our beautiful egg layers. They were very profitable though. We sold 3 chickens at the 4-H auction for $570.00! Gross, but tastes oh so good!<BR/><BR/>Gibee, our chickens are quieter than any dog out there. They only make a soft clucking noise every so often and the occasional loud cluck right as they lay an egg. They are actually quite peaceful to watch.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-37553759611026344602008-04-16T09:38:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:38:00.000-05:00Do you ever get "sound" complaints from the neighb...Do you ever get "sound" complaints from the neighbors?GiBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717697386035335817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-91231671571815040082008-04-16T09:35:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:35:00.000-05:00Your chicken yard is beautiful. It's so simple an...Your chicken yard is beautiful. It's so simple and neat. Did you get your plans from the links you mentioned?<BR/><BR/>I am so close to getting some girls myself. The garden, however was first on my list this year. I want to put the chickens where they can go in and out of the garden and take care of the pests, but it will most definitely be a permanent structure. <BR/><BR/>I also would like to start raising them for meat. Have you tried that yet?<BR/><BR/>You've got me so excited!Pamelottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550174596822799480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-33244735752893247912008-04-16T09:32:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:32:00.000-05:00I would love to have chickens! What exactly do yo...I would love to have chickens! What exactly do you have to do to keep their area clean? Is it like having dog poop all over your yard? I hate that! Also, do they smell bad? Also, do they attract any type of predator or disease? I'm so interested! I guess I could go google instead of using up your comment space. :)HomeSchool Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620225421933695437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-45700430596501164722008-04-16T09:30:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:30:00.000-05:00I read an article about "city chickens" a few week...I read an article about "city chickens" a few weeks ago. It is interestig to hear about someone who is implementing it. It is amazing to hear how much money you have saved. Best of luck as you sell your eggs in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-46613068365937917972008-04-16T09:06:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:06:00.000-05:00Hey Jane,Nope, you don't need a rooster to get egg...Hey Jane,<BR/>Nope, you don't need a rooster to get eggs. Hens will still lay without a rooster around.<BR/><BR/>Alli, if I had a yard big enough I might have a milking cow too.-lol<BR/><BR/>Debbie, too bad your city wouldn't allow them. They are great fun.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976283321932512167.post-66620381142089742792008-04-16T09:05:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:05:00.000-05:00Wow! Thank you so much for sharing. We are a cou...Wow! Thank you so much for sharing. We are a couple of weeks away from moving to 17 acres and I am looking forward to having chickens! I would love to have them "free range" but felt we should house them as we have coyotes and a bobcat in the woods behind our house. Also, do you need a rooster with the chickens? Blessings, and thank you for sharing the info. Looking forward to checking out the links you shared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com