How far away are you from Charlottesville? We are a half an hour north. I was hoping to find some birds within a 2 hour driving distance. Thanks for the offer!!
We have 5 acres, but it is mostly forested. I'd say we have 1 acres grass (though we have to keep it cut for the neighbors). So, the rough estimate of chickens I can free range would be 3 or 4, that is to say if I want them to be mostly grass/bug fed?
Thanks for the awesome advice. Everyone is so nice here! We have plenty of room, a little over 5 acres so we have plenty of room. We thought it would be best to ease into it. We weren't planning to breed and we realize that 3 chickens wouldn't feed us much and if we ate the 3 meat birds, I...
We are newbies and want to start modestly. We promise the chickens a good home. We live on 5 acres in a rural area with lots of room to roam. We'd like to pick up and avoid delivery fees and issues. Thanks!
We are absolute newbies and are trying our best to absorb all the wonderful knowledge on this site. We are thinking we'd like to start with 4 to 5 birds. What do you think a good mix would be: we'd like 2 or so egg layers and 3 meat birds. What would you guys recommend?
Are meat birds a...