tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post8045046984357713210..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Changing The ChickensKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-71013456530125269022017-07-29T10:12:09.246+01:002017-07-29T10:12:09.246+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.sanpiseth40https://www.blogger.com/profile/02877855535800623770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-14577490912422990982017-07-27T17:02:36.916+01:002017-07-27T17:02:36.916+01:00There is an egg farm here that sells them off for ...There is an egg farm here that sells them off for 50 cents at the end of the season. Seems like a great deal as all of the work of raising them to laying age is already done. I know a lot of people cull at a certain age out of habit but it seems like heritage breeds are still laying reasonably well at 5 or 6 years.Cottontailfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603586688895863727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-49422602174955587642017-07-25T13:37:02.991+01:002017-07-25T13:37:02.991+01:00that's too much chicken math for me!that's too much chicken math for me!jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-64180876539154576362017-07-25T08:29:18.382+01:002017-07-25T08:29:18.382+01:00I wrote about this subject on my new blog a few da...I wrote about this subject on my new blog a few days ago! I do the same as you Kev for the same reasons, although I don't cull any of the older ones unless they are showing signs of ailing. I find the ex-commercials don't last more than two or three years.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.com