Thank you bekissed. Very informative and I appreciate your time and effort. Let me ask you this. I was thinking of buying a straight run of layers/meat birds, eating the males and allowing the females to mature and lay eggs, incubating the eggs, brooding the chicks and raising more meat chickens...
A friend and I are looking at splitting an order of 50 meat chicks this spring, and after shopping and looking at the prices, I'm beginning to wonder if its worth all the effort? I do enjoy fresh chicken, but I'm not above eating store bought either. Is it going to be a good or bad financial...