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Quote: Well, in its current incarnation, the farm bill is the epitomy of Big Brother, so...

What a beautiful Roo! If I am ever able to get one, I'll definitely get a BO!

Austalorps & Orpingtons get very larg-- 6-8 lbs for the hens!

Yes, that's what they mean.

My girls are about 12 weeks & about 1/2 to 1/3 the size they will be full grown. They look like fully formed hens, only smaller & their wattles aren't completely grown out or colored in yet.

Last week I met up with a gal who I found on craigsslist who was selling cornish x's she had raised-- they were all dressed & frozen-- I bought 10 of them. Yum!!!

Most likely your "meat birds" are Cornish X's-- they are specifically bread to grow very fast & be harvested at 8-12 weeks or so. They grow so large that they have health problems & usually do not survive very long. They might lay if they make it that far, but they are not "layers" & no one...

Aw, thanks for the update! Please keep us posted regularly-- I think we're all rooting for them to get healthy and enjoy being real chickens!

Does she eat eggs & chicken from the grocery store or a restaurant? Now those are some seriously dirty chickens! :mad:

Any updates? I've been thinking about your girls. How are they adjusting?

I just met up with a gal yesterday who I found on craigslist & bought 10 of her processed chickens that she'd raised. We ate one tonight & I have to say it was darn yummy! It tasted rich & chicken-y & it felt so good to know we were eating a bird that had been raised well and healthily! I don't...

I think a lot of people associate keeping chickens with poverty and/or immigrants-- like "we don't have to keep chickens anymore"-- does that make sense? They think they are dirty & smelly & low class. It's sad, really.

The poor hons look exhausted! I stopped eating store eggs soon after we got our birds. There is a farm just down the road that sells eggs & I can see their hens running around outside happy as can be. I am also in contact with a farmer who is going to raise & process meat birds for us... it's...

I went to the feed store a couple of days ago & they had... leghorns, sex links, lacewing wyandottes, rirs, australorps, orpingtons, cochins, silkies & some others, but you know? I was not the least bit interested in bringing more chicks home to start all over again. I'm happy that my 6 girls...