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| Eggs pile up in the peak of the season |
Part of the reason we bought the home we did is that it had a chicken house and run already built. We purchased an initial dozen Ameraucanas from a neighbor for the blue eggs, added Rhode Island Reds and Australorps, picked up an unwanted bantam Japanese Rooster, and one White Leghorn rooster.
We keep a barnyard flock consisting of laying hens, geese, guineas and we're building a sustainable turkey flock.
Most of our birds are free range with the exception of the turkeys, which are kept in a tractor to prevent wandering. The chickens wander into their coop at night where we close them up till morning, and the guineas usually find their way into the trees.
We sell a dozen eggs for $3 and in the height of the laying season, the chickens pay for their laying ration we keep available as well as keep our family in eggs. I occasionally trade laying hens or barter butchering service.
Contact me if interested!
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| Geese can get angry - they make great alarms though! |
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