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How many of you guys Homestead, raise live stock. The wife and I raise chickens, goats, turkeys and a few geese. We have close to 150 chickens, 3 goats, 2 turkeys and 4 geese. Please feel free to share your homesteading tips and tricks and of course pictures of your animals.

Gymrat3CC's picture

Love baby’s. I have 10 silkies do to hatch this Tuesday

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press1's picture

AAaaaaawwww how cute are they??!!

Gymrat3CC's picture

Ayam Cemani

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DieselSemi's picture

That's probably worth a lot of money. We have one that's just like it but it's mouth is red so it's not a real one

RobertB80's picture

That’s a good looking bird if ever I saw one

shaun1's picture

What's really cool is their bones, meat and organs are all black as well.

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RobertB80's picture

That’s fascinating. Sounds so unlikely, I’ll take your word until I google that shit!

Gymrat3CC's picture

Yep everything is black one them

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press1's picture

Seriously - so you'd be eating black chicken breast sandwiches????

RobertB80's picture

Blacker the chicken sweeter the juice

press1's picture

It's a Dahmer sandwich - 'Go on - eat it!!! Eat the sandwich, I made it for ya .... Its just like pulled pork

RobertB80's picture

I’ve watched Gein twice now. Need to give Dahmer another go. Like to watch something wholesome before bed

press1's picture

A 'Cock & a Half ....

RobertB80's picture

Thanks mate that’s what she said

press1's picture

Holy Cow!!! Now that is one Black Chicken!!!

Stealth Chick ....

Gymrat3CC's picture

Yeah I love this breed. They go for good money. Also everything on them is black. There skin and meet too.

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press1's picture

How much is 1 chicken then? What do normal ones cost in comparison?

shaun1's picture

My wife gets 175$ for a pair, for her chickens which is one rooster and a hen.

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press1's picture

So which is there more money in then - selling the chickens for meat or selling the eggs for food?

shaun1's picture

You know how they have show contest for dogs where they walk them around and their judged well over here in the states we have Chicken Shows. Their judged on color, feather quality, how they stand etc.... all you win is trophy's, bags of chicken food, but most of all you get bragging rights, if you are known for your chickens winning then people want to buy hatching eggs from you or buy some of your chickens so that's where the money is. Me and my wife raise show birds. She can get upwards of $100 or more for one chicken.

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Gymrat3CC's picture

If the traits are correct on the breed from Ayam Cemani they can go for 100 to 1,000’s. It’s all in the quality.

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My daughters silkies

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shaun1's picture

My wife got a new silkie

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Gymrat3CC's picture

So cute. That’s going to have a cool pattern. Looks like it may be a partridge pattern.

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RobertB80's picture

They’re got these little cuties at a petting farm near us

press1's picture

Proper Cute - I want one

Gymrat3CC's picture

Yeah they are cute. Not the smarts birds but my daughter loves them and does shows.

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shaun1's picture

My wife raises Standard Dark Bramhas and she shows as well, there's a huge show in Ohio on the weekend of November 7th and we're showing there.

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Petecastiglione's picture

Can I ask how you guys workout that live in these areas? Is it all home gyms or do you have any gyms there

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shaun1's picture

I live in a very rural area, about 15mins on the outside of town, nothing but swamps and farmland. In town there is a Planet Fitness and a crossfit place, so not many options.

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Petecastiglione's picture

Listen w the right intensity planet fitness can get it done haha

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irongame427's picture

I live in a city of about 500k people. But I live outside of the city limits almost into one of the little country towns that surround it. We go a Y that’s 11 mins from the house that has childcare.. but my favorite gyms are a good 20-25 min ride and they don’t have childcare. I also have a fully equipped home gym so we do a few days a home and a few at the Y when the kids are driving us nuts.

Petecastiglione's picture

Hahaha awesome you got it figured out

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irongame427's picture

One day I’m going to build a bigger shop and then convert my current 20x40 shop into a gym. My basement gym does everything I need but space is obviously limited. I could have so much more shit in a 20x40. It would be the ultimate home gym. One of my many dreams for my compound lol.

Greg's picture

Chickens are a gateway livestock.

shaun1's picture

Shit man, walked out to go check on the chickens and nearly stepped on this fucker, Rattlesnake just over 4ft long

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Gotem69's picture

Child's play

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shaun1's picture

I can't do snakes

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Gotem69's picture

lol they were sent from a buddy used as snake food for my king cobra. I love em bro they it was a clutch of retics and a scaleless ball python that neurological issues so it was inhumane to keep them alive.

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press1's picture

FUCK THAT - I Ain't never commin round for Tea if thats whats waiting for me LMFAO!!!!

Gotem69's picture

Lmfao that was actually the last pic I took of her she didn't even get full size she's only like 1 year old there still had like 7 more feet to grow!

Had to sell all my Venmous bc we had to adopt my niece her parents felt like drugs were more important.

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EXTREMELY NICE thing of you to do there mate!!! I just cannot get my head around parents that abuse their kids and also neglect them. I got a few arseholes living in my building currently who choose to smoke cannibis around their 2 young kids in the apartment - A 1 year old and 7 year old 24 hours a day, I think thats disgusting.

Gotem69's picture

Yeah i think we talked about it bro im not sure lol.

Yeah that is such a bad example to set even if it is weed like ppl say idc about ppl that smoke just don't do it around kids...

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shaun1's picture

Yeah fuck that.

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Gotem69's picture

She's a spicy noodle just wants to be left alone outside of her enclosure. I've never met and offensive snake only defensive

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Greg's picture

That's just dinner and a belt. That's also why I wear boots.

RobertB80's picture

This might be the most American thing I’ve ever heard

shaun1's picture

There's always work to be done around the farm. Burning off some old brush piles

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