[Ag-eq] Selling Eggs

[Susan Roe]

Jody,

Regarding selling egs at the farmers market.  I am going to have to purchase 
more hens this spring from Eden Farms.  They will be about 4 weeks or so 
come March and I am looking for 2 flocks, 20 to 25 hens each and 1 rooster 
for each flock.  I don't like having hens without a rooster because they are 
flighty, pushy at feeding time and generally don't seem to have the since to 
come in out of the rain.  LOL.

I am going to try for Red Stars and Rhode Island Reds.  We lost our oldest 
bird, a Rhode Island Red rooster named Red, on Memorial Day and I really 
miss that old coot!  He was mean and onnery, but he was the most careing 
protecter/provider of his girls I had ever delt with.  He would sit up on 
the outside pirch next to the fencing wire and take bundles of grass from 
you through the wire.  He'd then toss each bundle on the ground and give a 
little chuck chucksound and call his hens over to eat the grass he put there 
for them.  He would not eat any of it until they had their full.  He was a 
big beautiful rooster, brick red body with a large curved tail full of 
eridessent green feathers.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Insurance


> Hi Sue,
>
> I checked out the Highlands County Farm Bureau.  Membership is $55 a year
> which is very reasonable.  Yes, it does include all kinds of discounts on
> food, tools and even theme parks and it makes you eligible for Farm Bureau
> Insurance.
>
> Oh wow, if they need more fresh eggs that is perfect for you as a place to
> sell your eggs.
>
> JODY
>
>
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