Beginner Flock Management questions about rooster to hen ratio

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thanks so much for your detailed response very helpful i will be sure to keep everyone updated

thats a very interesting point about harvesting your own meat being more honorable because you see them through it. might be a little unrelated but when my childhood dog passed i was about 18 and he was 13. he was getting euthanized and i couldnt bare to go in the room i was to sad, i watched from the hall and now (im 26) i still regret not being there with him. I will see my chickens through! the honorable way! thanks for your reply and thanks for listening

That is so understandable, though. It was too hard to watch because you loved him so much. I think it gets a little easier as you get older and you experience loss more.

Some folks do love their chickens as much as dogs, and it is really hard for them. Most times, it is a little easier since they don't live in your house, and there are less times that you wonder why they aren't there and have the painful memory again.