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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tynyphil" data-source="post: 4113820" data-attributes="member: 44419"><p>moving on to chickens..  Like I've said before.....I have focused on self sufficiency for a while.  I keep a flock of 10-20 laying hens most of the time and 'renew' the flock every other year to keep egg laying maximized.  I keep 1 or 2 roosters so I'll have fertilized eggs.  That way I can use my small incubators to perpetuate in case I can't get chicks otherwise.  I am testing right now and have 21 eggs in the incubator but I have hedged my bet by ordering a specific breed of chick I wanted to be delivered in about 3 weeks.  Chickens are great garbage disposals</p></blockquote><p></p>