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I think everyone chooses their breeds for their own reasons. We have mostly English breeds in all our livestock simply because my wife is English and someday we want to have a Smallholding on that side of the Atlantic. So, I don't want to be a n00ber when I get over there and have some...

Thank you for the compliments. Let me try to answer your questions here. 1) I would use an incubator. Start with a cheap one and see if you enjoy doing it, then move up to one of the mid-range Octogan series. With so few chickens, even in breeds noted for going broody, you would still not...

Your point is true in the sense that raising pure bred chickens, you can eventually get to the dressed weight you desire by lengthening the growing time. On the other hand, that requires you to make some hard decisions if you want cockrells or pullets. You'll need to pick one or the other...

You won't even be able to tell the sexes apart on Cornish Crosses by the time they are slaughtered. There is no reason to not do a straight run on meat birds.