Market Farming

[robert schuler <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>]

Paul chickens like to roost at night, the higher up the better, they feel
safer high up. When you clip wings they have a hard time getting down from
the roost often damaging a leg and usually they get a swollen foot pad, this
takes 6 months to heal, and a hard landing means more blood spot eggs, give
your birds all the wing  God gave them.
You said you wanted 50 hens, they should produce about 40 eggs a day. In NJ
its very hard to get more than a dollar a dozen, which is why I got out of
the chicken business ...Bob.

"Paul A. Bock" wrote:

> >As for clipping wings, you don't actually clip the wings, just the wing
> >tip feathers.  I was told to clip them on one wing only, then the flight
> >attempts were off balance.
>
> So then do you have to repeat this procedure each year as they molt?
>
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