Quote: That is a great idea! Allows you to start working on portions of the set up will need, the brooder and the grow out pens, then add the breeding pens later.
We have TWO large chest freezers-- I rotate stock. Roasting a chicken or turkey, then butchersing three: one to oven and two to freezer. ( I hand p luck and water only stays hot for 3 birds)
I enjoy the various colors. Better than an Easter egg Hunt.Sorry...I forgot to mention that getting farm fresh brown eggs is very easy in this part of the country but they are not the same as collecting our own. I guess we're blessed to have them at all.
Quote: What truly facinates me is that there are so many different breeds of chickens that have different charactersistics and that there is a bird to meet our individual needs. I'm willing to give up total egg count IF I can have eggs year round. From what Laura Haggerty told me, even the buckeyes take a break.Won't know until thier second year . . .