Do You Raise Chickens For Meat Or For Eggs (or both)?

[brucewayne]

Just a quick poll...I'm curious. How are just "egg people" vs doing both or just birds for meat? Go ahead and vote!

 

[cavemanrich]

I raise mine as pets only. Only a few lay eggs. Others are too old to lay. So eggs it is. Never eat my pets. I do eat chickens from the grocery store though.
Wishing you best...and

 

[brucewayne]

Ah, yes. I should have had "Neither" as an option in the poll for keeping chickens strictly as pets. I don't think I can change the poll though.

 

[chicken 101]

I do mine for meat and egg laying my chickens are not pets like my uncle always says "don't make a pet out of something you might have to eat"

 

[Silkie2]

Just Eggs!

Before, I used to raise meat hens, I haven't raised any latley

 

[aart]

I hatch out my own replacement layers every year.
Cockerels and older hens get sold or harvested for meat.
May keep one or two special hens.

 

[ChickityChina]

My primary intent is for my flock to consist of laying hens only. If I get any roos from my chicks though, I will definitely have fresh meat on the table lol. I don't intend to breed at this point, so a roo is wasted feed/space for me. I hope they all turn out to be hens though because they have names now lol!