Thank you for the replies and ideas. Cali Chick, I really have no reason for not wanting to try the Cornish X's other than I just don't like the looks of them; they look like genetic defects to me. I lean more towards the heritage breeds.
As for rabbits, I love fried rabbit but in all honesty I...
Thank you both for your replies. I have decided that I will just buy a few pullets of each breed I am interested in and see how they work out. I really want to keep the flock small and easily manageable, so we will concentrate on eggs and just harvest a bird for special meals. It sure would be...
We have been chicken keepers for three years now. We have an urban homestead, and in all honesty a lot of the things we do are illegal (keeping chickens, using alternative water sources, etc.) but we live on 1/3 of an acre at the edge of town with no neighbors and good privacy fencing so we...