Right off the bat lets get this out there - We live in North Missouri, We are expecting our second child the first of June. I'm wanting to raise a batch of meat chickens before the baby gets here.
Does the following sound like it would work?
In order to get the birds to butchering weight on...
Anyone have a minute to share ideas with me on how to keep our flock going?
Our goal is to maintain a flock of layers that will provide eggs for our small family and allow us to sell enough eggs to at least break even on feed costs....
We have a 11X14 coop for layers to live in and a 8X8...
I grabbed seven rainbow layers in the opening hours of chick days here at our local farm store. All I was thinking was YES! They have EE's!!! Now that I'm home with them I'm wondering...did I get all EE's or did I get an assortment of chicks that will lay colored eggs (brown and white...