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We're planning dual purpose birds. I read somewhere that layers generally have 3 really good years, so their suggestion was that you cull a 1/3 of the flock each year to give you a 3yr rotation.... Sounds good to me but then we started doing the math. We originally thought we'd need about 30...

We currently feed our house dog a raw diet. This mostly consists of chicken since I can get leg quarters for cheap but also any other part of any animal I can get raw for cheap :) We're planning chicks in the spring and plan to get a puppy at the same time, this pup will live with the chicks and...

If we're free ranging on a large area with dense, healthy vegetation do we need to supplement with anything?? We're in Southern Oklahoma and often don't even get long enough of a freeze to kill off the flies and flees so wouldn't free range be enough?? Our goal is self sufficiency and I'm...

I've been perusing the site for a couple of weeks now and gathering great information, thanks! We are in the process of buying a few acres outside of town and plan to start with chickens. We won't come into possession of the property until Aug so not sure if we'll be able to get chickens at...