Every year, when I return to my summer digs, I rent young hens that are just starting to lay. This year the farmer from whom I rent had just gotten his new hens in the day before from the young hen raising factory, where ever that is. When I picked them up they were in the coop he had put them...
I'm retired now, I've more or less always kept chickens but have now implemented a long thought of plan. I'll explain it and then would like comments.
I am only a summer resident at my farm now that I am retired. Each Spring when I arrive to the farm, I rent 1st season pullets that are already...