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That's such a smart idea! I never thought about putting the extra eggs in the freezer! I have 3 hens now! I went and bought a silkie today :D

Thanks! I have always loved going to tractor supply and looking at the chicks lol That's good to know:)

So only pullets are sent to places like tractor supply?

Ok thank you! :)

I was thinking about my local jockey lot/farmers market. They have a farm animal section so I want to be able to tell the gender so I don't end up with more roos lol :lau

Ok thanks! How do you tell a sex link pullet by its color?

Ok awesome!!! I have 2 6-8 week old pullets right now. I was supposed to have five but 2 of them ended up being cockerels and one died, so my numbers are now off lol Off to the jockey lot :lau :ya :woot

Ok thanks! I'm thinking about 3 dozen a week. How many hens would that be if I got a laying breed?

I have an odd question :D What is a good number of hens to keep. I don't want to sell the eggs right now. We are a family of six and when we all have a morning breakfast together, we use a whole dozen lol! We also use eggs for baking, and other random things. So I was curious how many hens was...