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The cornish cross is still going to be good if you give it access to grass. The cheapest place to get them by far is Slecht Hatchery. http://schlechthatchery.com/chickens.html It's like half the price of other places.

I store whole chickens in freezer bags in a large chest freezer. The 60 took up less than a third of it. The Chickens will roam around a bit. If you could put them in the middle of a few acres, they should stay on your property. All of my chickens usually stay in about a 2 acre area...

I will probably raise some next spring. I just wanted to try some traditional birds. I also don't think the CX will be motivated to eat anything other than the feed that I put in it's trough. I have always thought free range chicken has more nutrients, but if the bird refuses to range, then...

The 16 week old chickens are still tender enough to eat without slow cooking. The thighs and drum sticks are starting to get a little bit tougher, but still easily chewed. The flavor really didn't increase much from 12 to 16 weeks. They did put on a good amount of fat, though! It will be...

Well, a lot of stuff came up, so I didn't butcher the rest of these guys until they were 15 1/2 weeks old. I just finished today. It's tough when it takes so long to raise them, because you see them everyday for so long and get attached. They had to go, though! They were on average about...

Thanks for the positive feedback. I am going to try fermenting my feed, BUT I have noticed in the past that chickens don't particularly like sour feed. I will see what happens. As far as caponizing goes, It seems like crossing the line a little bit to me. I just don't feel right about...

I wanted to try the Meyer Fry Pan bargain, so I ordered 60 chicks and got my brooders ready to go. This is the GQF and an old Brower Brooder with home made grow out cages. The GQF brooder held 40 chicks for about 3 1/2 weeks. It started getting a little too crazy in there at that time...