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Thankfully the electric fence is the easy part! I’m a tiny person with zero electric fence experience and managed to set up an electric fence and a solar electric fence by myself both times in a day. If I can do it anyone can lol. BYC helped me a lot with that, too. Good luck!

What a rip off!!!!

I just don’t get why they can’t advertise them as a “fry pan bargain” that’s what Meyer Hatchery does. It’s all the leftover roosters that aren’t classically designated as meat chickens.

I am starting to think “straight runs” are just cockerels the hatchery couldn’t sell so they lie. There are just too many stories like this!!!!

Absolutely. And always expect the unexpected..... I planned for all the normal predators only to have my first ever predator attack occur from a massive starving young male black bear. I've learned a lot about bears since then. Second predator attack was from a feral cat! Killed two six-week...

Yes. Chickens are opportunistic, non-discriminatory eaters. Chickens will eat dead chickens. My girls went nuts over the blood from butcher day..........

I feel like it is bound to happen to anyone when it comes to livestock management. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. Sorry you had to go through it too 😭

I once asked my boyfriend to let the chickens out because stupid Covid rules had me leaving for work by 5am, and it wasn’t getting light until almost 8am. He didn’t let them out. He was home all day. I don’t keep water in the coop so they went 24 hours without water. I was so grateful there...