Ill be doing research on the specific breeds yall have mentioned and let yall know what my decision comes out to be. Im going to pick my breed first then design/build my run around what breed i get. Plan to house around 50-60 with 2 coops with 30 nesting boxes in each one at each end and the run...
are they good sized birds? Any ideas on average weight? And egg productivity? I plan on having enough to put eggs in my fridge and sell enough eggs to pay for their feed if possible haha. Ideally the less feed i have to buy the better. So good foragers are a must haha. But its going to be in an...
That sounds great. So basically breed a RIR rooster with some barred rock hens? So i get size and egg layers? That sounds like exactly what i would want.
Im looking for a breed that are good egg layers but also have some meet on their bones for the freezer so when they start slowing way down i can cull them out. Im planning on breeding too so selective breeding sort of as well. So i can produce big, healthy egg birds. I had RIR'S but they...
Hello everyone. First off let me start by saying ive tried posting an inteoduction but my phone messed up aparently and didnt post it lol. I dont have chickens at this point in time but im not new to them. I used to help my family raise 20-30 RIR hens and a RIR rooster and i loved it but we did...
Ive never had the ability to free range my chickens....coyotes and hawks make for an unforgiving place to raise chickens if your not careful but good luck any way!
New from arkansas not new to chickens. Used to have a flock of about 30 when i was in missouri about 5 years ago for keeping and selling eggs and meat. Alotof things i know now i didnt know then. I want to get back in the game here and be better than i was. Bigger hopefully! Profitable hobbie...