Thanks for the warm welcome and the advice! I'll be reading up on predators and make sure to be as prepared as possible before I actually bring the chickens home. :)
Wow..this is a great thread. As a family of 7 we'd LOVE to raise meat birds (in the future) We're going to start simple, with laying hens..but this is quite the encouraging post! That is a lot of meat! Sounds like I'd better start searching craigslist for an extra freezer..lol
Hello everyone, I'm new here and very new to raising chickens. In fact, we haven't even bought any chicks yet..lol. We are still in the process of coop building.
We have a large, fenced yard and are planning to let them be free range with a large coop for sleeping. We live in a heavily wooded...