Beautifully stated! We didn’t raise our chickens from chicks. We have a local hatchery that sells the breeder hens at the end of chick season. We get ours when they are approximately 10-12 months old and already laying. Kind of like rescue chickens. They are the most loving, sweet, personable chickens ever. You would think they were hand raised. I digress… Of the 5 girls we now have, 3 are in henopause. They will live out their lives being spoiled rotten lap chickens that play cabbage tetherball, are hand feed grapes, spoon fed cottage cheese, and all the zucchini they could ever want. Side note - when we plan and plant our garden, we plant a zucchini, a squash, and a watermelon just for the chickens. We grate and freeze the zucchini and squash for the girls to enjoy all year. The older girls teach the new additions whats what!l Natural bug control and compost for the garden is a bonus perk! Chickens give so much back in love, snuggles, and they enrich our lives beyond measure. I love my babies!
