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You guys are NOT going to believe this. It happened - again!

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Parrothead

Probably not exactly what you thought. Let me explain.

 

A little while back, before we got the first chicks we have now, a driver told us that he would keep us in mind the next time he had chicks.

 

He rang today. 2,500r per chick, no minimum.

 

We met him, asked him to wait for us to go fetch some other watering bottles, and off we went.

 

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A little FYI: The ducklings are 1,500r each.

 

Came back, he followed us to the house and she counted out 30 chicks. He only had 11 left. He offered 1 free if we bought the last 10. I countered at buying 8 more and getting 3 free. He quickly agreed. Obviously, I should have started at a lower number.

 

So, now we have another 41 chicks. Yes, 41. This brings the total to 61 chicks in all.

 

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We will keep these little ones separated from the others for a couple of days, to make sure they are okay.

 


 

He said these little guys are 1 week old today. Just so happens, so are our original birds.

 

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EDIT: Merged posts

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JohnOBohn

shoulda got da ducks to.    Roast - bar-b-qued duck is darn good eatin.

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jimmyboy

turkeys bring $30- $50 each at thanksgiving and new year too.

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Parrothead

shoulda got da ducks to.    Roast - bar-b-qued duck is darn good eatin.

 

I tried to buy some for our new landlord. He has a pond LOADED with LARGE fish, behind his home. He didn't want them. I told him I would buy them and keep them in the coop until they were big enough to let out on their own. I would have liked to have them around the place, too. 

 

 

turkeys bring $30- $50 each at thanksgiving and new year too.

 

I can see this now. The landlord running us off after we try to start a farm here at the house. :D 

 

Seriously, I want to learn how to take care of the birds I have so far, before moving on to others. I want to do everything I can to keep them in good health. 

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jimmyboy

just have your hatchery ops there and when they have hard feathers- off to the growout.

 

you can get a real good 500 egg incubator in Saigon for $500.

 

Buy two and you will be a balut king- and it is a very ready market

 

quail are also lucrative.

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jimmyboy

ducks are a problem in the house yard. they have quite messy excreta, and it ends up sticking to the shoes and gets spread around.

 

when i had my farm in north queensland i had 20 peacocks.

 

it was hell.

 

running back and forth on the steel roof in the 480 m sq barn i had converted to my home all night around full moon.

 

as well as the screaming sound they make ( heeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaw) they also honk like a mack truck- but louder. all night.

 

it is the best eating bird you will EVER taste, and plenty of meat on them too.  feathers are worth money.

 

they are death on snakes and will kill quite big ones. they mob them and use their wings as shields.

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dicey eye

In the Sierra Nevada Mountains 32 yrs ago  I had 3 peacocks, great watch birds, screeching voices, very aggressive towards strangers, beautiful to look at.

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jimmyboy

been crunching numbers and i dont see why you couldn't make usd 1k/month or better gross on a little hatchery operation there.

much less risk than growing adult birds form a biosecurity aspect.

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dicey eye

40 yrs ago in Argyle, Texas raised ducks, (clipped the wings, had a few acres, big pond, got good money for those big ole eggs. Though ducks, like peacocks if they don't know you are aggressive and readily attack interlopers. Kinda scary watching a duck in attack mode with its wings flapping and neck out stretched.

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