Love this website -- have used it many times as we started our journey into chicken ownership last spring.
We live in the lovely Willamette Valley in Oregon and currently own five laying hens (1 Black Star, 2 New Hampshire Reds, 1 Black Orpington, and 1 Blue Orpington).
We have raised and processed 19 White Plymouth Rocks as meat birds this past fall. And though our yield was a little less than we'd prefer, we will continue to search for a suitable heritage breed meat bird this next year when we plan to try some Light Brahmas, White Giants, and White Orpingtons.
(We also plan to add some more hens that the kids picked out of the McMurray catalog - 1 Ameraucana, 1 Cuckoo Maran, and 1 Brown Leghorn)
We live in the lovely Willamette Valley in Oregon and currently own five laying hens (1 Black Star, 2 New Hampshire Reds, 1 Black Orpington, and 1 Blue Orpington).
We have raised and processed 19 White Plymouth Rocks as meat birds this past fall. And though our yield was a little less than we'd prefer, we will continue to search for a suitable heritage breed meat bird this next year when we plan to try some Light Brahmas, White Giants, and White Orpingtons.
(We also plan to add some more hens that the kids picked out of the McMurray catalog - 1 Ameraucana, 1 Cuckoo Maran, and 1 Brown Leghorn)
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