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HaHaHa "Freezer Camp." I have never heard that before. I love it! I'm going to have to remember that one, especially for when I'm talking to my non-farming friends. Sounds so much better than "processing" or "culling."

I do have a cull program in place, but only as they age. I don't have enough time to spend out in the yard to determine who laid what egg and where. Also, I currently have an egg eater (or many) that I can't catch so that also makes it hard to know how many eggs a day I am truly getter and who...

Wow! I'm getting such great information. Thank you! You're right about the Orpington being good brooders. I had one that brooded all summer and raised two batches of chicks. One of them wasn't even hers, she just took them over for me. I think I will keep her for a future broody. It is SO...

I don't mind mostly black birds as long as there is some variety. Actually, the White leghorn or Colombia rock crossed hens are almost pure white with just a few black specks.

Interesting colors were exactly what I was hoping for. I love chickens and the more colors I have the better. They are my eye candy. But I really need good layers since I sell the eggs to help with the cost of their feed.

Hello all...I have a weird questions. Do mixed breeds of good laying breeds still make good layers? I had the ideal that I could buy a large variety of good egg layers and then keep a roo and continue my own flock with good egg laying and free chicks every year. But I have three that are this...