chucks....

iannp · « **on:** November 14, 2007, 16:25 »

......to lay and chucks to eat.

i want to put some laying hens and some breed or other to eat. can anyone suggest good breeds to do this. cheers for info

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2007, 16:35 »

Wait til Munty gets here and he'll say........

Welsummers, Welsummers Welsummers!!!!!!! He says they are good as both.

We have hybrids for laying, Amberlinks and Bovans Goldline's at the moment, and last time we had Sasso's for meat.

muntjac · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2007, 17:51 »

and nannies aint bad types ither fer both ............

iannp · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2007, 17:55 »

so lets say i go for the wellsummers, what age am i likely to buy them at and at what age or time scale can i expect my first dinner!
also is there a good food that will fatten and help egg produce.

muntjac · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:02 »

Quote from: "iannp"

so lets say i go for the wellsummers, what age am i likely to buy them at and at what age or time scale can i expect my first dinner!
also is there a good food that will fatten and help egg produce.

if you want a proper meat bird fo the tabke then go that way .for eggs go for an egg layer i eat wellies cos i only raised them for both ,they gave me what i needed in eggs primarily . go sasss for the meat .. wels for the eggs ..sassos eat out at 45 weeks for a decent bird ,nannie may dissagree .( she usually does

) wels wil give you eggs to carry you through the year .regular growers pellets and then layers for the egg birds .growers for the meat birds til slaughter

iannp · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:21 »

i will have to think more on this,
eggs and meat=wellies
just eggs=wellies
just meat=sass

is there a big noticeable difference in the meat then or is there more meat to be had on one or tuther.

muntjac · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:23 »

wells wont feed a family .a sasso will.

iannp · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:38 »

that soves that then, how important is the different feeds, will i need to keep them seperate so as to make sure they get the right food...how strick should i be...cheers ian

muntjac · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:45 »

Quote from: "iannp"

that soves that then, how important is the different feeds, will i need to keep them seperate so as to make sure they get the right food...how strick should i be...cheers ian

relax .. just feed the birds for meat the growers and the others the layers .keep them in a seperate pen to feed them .only thing ya need is good husbandary

iannp · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2007, 18:59 »

cheers munty, i've kept chickens before as pets and a few eggs for the kids, but now they will have to earn their keep so the outcome of my post important this time round. seperating them is no prob as i can split the coop easily and the run, just positioning of the coop to the run solve that. will probably get 3 for just laying and 6 for eating as the eaters will still give a few eggs i suppose. i have seen the pics of your wellies but do you know if there is a pic of the sasss

muntjac · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2007, 19:00 »

nannie may have one ian .

muntjac · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2007, 19:09 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

nannie may have one ian .

http://www.smart-chicks.co.uk/

here ya go matey

iannp · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2007, 19:54 »

right how does this sound, my birds for the table wont give me eggs as they are not mature enough, am i right so far, if so from say 4 wellies i will get a few eggs a day which should be enough for the missus indoors throughout the year. then get 8 or so sassos keeping one or two for reprodution and then in theory saying goodbye to tesco chickin

muntjac · « **Reply #13 on:** November 14, 2007, 19:57 »

Quote from: "iannp"

right how does this sound, my birds for the table wont give me eggs as they are not mature enough, am i right so far, if so from say 4 wellies i will get a few eggs a day which should be enough for the missus indoors throughout the year. then get 8 or so sassos keeping one or two for reprodution and then in theory saying goodbye to tesco chickin

something along those lines .but eat all the sasso's n restock about half way through with 4 new birds

production line in theory

iannp · « **Reply #14 on:** November 14, 2007, 20:01 »

cheers munty....real hyped up to this now. i have the hen house but must sort out the run ready for spring

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