There always seems to be that one crazy chicken. I would like to process any extra roosters we get. Where does she take them or does she do it herself. We have had a stream of bad luck with our chickens we have lost all but two of the original 8 we started out with and we lost a few others. I lost quite a few to a dog (I believe I have fixed that problem), and then we bought 16 hens from a farmer who decided they weren't laying and he did not want to feed them until they start laying again. I lost a couple of those hens I believe to them just not being able to withstand the weather and age. I believe they were fairly old all he could tell me is they ranged from a year to much older. They are not very friendly hens but are coming around and seem to realize we provide dinner and treats. I have been feeding them layer mixed with corn and oats and have also been giving them soaked beet pulp in the evenings. They clean everything we give them up. I have a little bit of heat in there house but it is not enough obviously so we will have to make some adjustments come summer. It is defintly a learning process and we only got our property in August Idealy I would love to find a shed to have as a hen house but I am a single mom on a single income lol and we have to make do with what we have. Its so nice to talk to someone in this area who also has chickens.