Thanks. This offer came from a University Extension person whose child is friends with my granddaughter. His first-time farmer wife went a little crazy with chickens, and now they are giving away dozens of eggs a week! They are also getting young ones, so he will give me some that lay...
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I will try to get rid of the rooster. Have been offered some free hens, so will go with that. I am a coward for the killing.
I bought 6 pullets and a cockeral about 3 years ago. I have 3 hens left.( a hawk, a fox, and ?) I was told that they were less aggressive than RIR's. When I questioned the seller about why there had been no biddies, he informed me that they wouldn't brood, that they were bred to be...