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Quote: We are a family farm 50 acres not huge but I let my hens lay 2 years then I cull half the flock and replace I dont cull til the new ones are laying but this way every year I fet 15 or so nice stew birds and the eggs stay up... Do you eat the older hens? I read somewhere that the meat...

Quote: Around here its about 2 bucks wont get more than 3 a dozen I freerange and only pay 8 a bag for feed our local mill makes there own 16 percent complete includes grit oyster shell etc... The freerange is the key and it gives me a bit of wiggle room on price... as i posted earlier i get...

Quote: We are a family farm 50 acres not huge but I let my hens lay 2 years then I cull half the flock and replace I dont cull til the new ones are laying but this way every year I fet 15 or so nice stew birds and the eggs stay up...

3 today and like 12 in the last week all my birds are producing I split my flock so 25 started laying 3 - 4 weeks ago the rest buckeyes are a month or so away I have 50 now and will bump up to 75 next year...and I sent soem over to the local butcher hell buy any of my overflow for 2 a dozen...

WOW I have 50 just fixin to start layin I fed em ADM starter grower and scratch ADM was 1250 a bag and scratch at TSC 8 a bag I have switched to a layer mash my local mill (SPENCER OHIO) makes and sells for 8 bucks a 5o#bag it had grain alfalfa meal oyster shell etc all in it... They eat one...