Re: The Productive Back Yard July - Dec. 2012
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:27 pm
Still no luck here with craigs list but a poultry place about 40 minutes away is having one day only of selling pullets for home flocks. (This is kinda sad to think about, but they usually "trim" beaks, which is to keep tightly caged production birds from pecking each other. Obviously, those birds can never be housed with any other bird except others like them, and can't get much nourishment free-range like our hens do.)
On that one day, the pullets for sale will not have their beaks hurt and there is no minimum to buy. So I am definitely on the verge of deciding to buy a few from them. There is only one choice - a "hybrid" called Golden Comet, which means a cross between a White Plymouth Rock rooster and a New Hampshire Red hen. They can look a little odd! We'll see. If another closer or more traditional choice comes up I'll go another way.
Nancy, I'm looking forward to seeing you posting again to tell us about your flock.
On that one day, the pullets for sale will not have their beaks hurt and there is no minimum to buy. So I am definitely on the verge of deciding to buy a few from them. There is only one choice - a "hybrid" called Golden Comet, which means a cross between a White Plymouth Rock rooster and a New Hampshire Red hen. They can look a little odd! We'll see. If another closer or more traditional choice comes up I'll go another way.
Nancy, I'm looking forward to seeing you posting again to tell us about your flock.