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Thanks Ole rooster! I feel like we're definitely settling into a good routine, I'm just so new to all this I thought it would be nice to hear how other people do things differently.

Thanks so much! Just what I needed to hear. I felt that, with them free ranging all day long on about 27 acres, they are probably doing just fine without regular worming. If/when I do worm, I will certainly look into whether it is actually necessary to deworm with a weaker wormer first (wazine)...

Thanks speckledhen! Hadn't seen that thread yet. Good commandments. Although, I have found it rather pointless to provide new water daily...I did that in the beginning, but they preferred to drink form the nastiest mud puddle they could find. Now I just make sure it stays clean enough to suit...

In response to your questions, I would like to breed in the future but never want an unmanageably large flock. Just enough for eggs for our family (which someday might be some 10 people) and maybe some to share. I am just starting to learn about husbandry, though. I will cull birds for the table...

Thanks for all the responses. Some things I forgot to mention in the OP are: eggs - At the farm where I worked, we washed eggs in warm soapy water after they had soaked for 10-15 min. My grandfather and I don't wash our eggs at all, but I might flick off stuck on poop or grass before bringing...

We are new to keeping chickens. I did work on a small farm for about 2 years where I learned some things. My grandfather also has kept chickens for as long as I can remember. The way he does it and the way my employer did it were completely different. They way that I do things now is somewhere...