Hey Newell-
Where I live its really not a problem. I've sold laying hens before on my local Craigslist, and there is a processing house near me where they will take care of what I can't stomach, then I'll return to pick up the dressed birds for the freezer. I'm out in farmland.
And while I...
Right now I have 18 grown chickens, 6 chicks, 11 more chicks on the way, and 2 dozen eggs in the incubator! Of them, 6 are Bantams, the rest standards.
What I planned on doing was keeping only 2 or 3 roosters, as long as they get along and don't become nasty. Any additonal roosters will be...