ItsRachelle
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- Jun 22, 2022
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Apologies in advance for the long-winded, multipurpose thread.
1 - Bird of choice
I have been digging around and found that the most common/suggested meat bird is the Cornish X but they don't seem to do well in high altitudes. I hope to start learning a bit about raising chickens for meat, but I am still very new to raising chickens at all (like 1 week with a fully grown/settled flock of 10 beautiful egg-laying hens and 1 rooster). I intend to do quite a bit of researching and preparing before getting meat birds, but not sure what type I should go for, if not the Cornish cross. I am at about 6500ft in elevation, so do not want to suffer too many losses, but also do not want to go for something with a long time before processing or that is on the smaller side.
2- Raising with my existing flock
How do people go about introducing new birds to their coop/run without disrupting their existing egg-laying birdies? I am trying not to overthink it, but also want to be sure I am keeping the existing ladies happy and that all of the birds will have enough space/minimize any territorial disputes/etc..
Any advice? Thank you all for being so helpful
1 - Bird of choice
I have been digging around and found that the most common/suggested meat bird is the Cornish X but they don't seem to do well in high altitudes. I hope to start learning a bit about raising chickens for meat, but I am still very new to raising chickens at all (like 1 week with a fully grown/settled flock of 10 beautiful egg-laying hens and 1 rooster). I intend to do quite a bit of researching and preparing before getting meat birds, but not sure what type I should go for, if not the Cornish cross. I am at about 6500ft in elevation, so do not want to suffer too many losses, but also do not want to go for something with a long time before processing or that is on the smaller side.
2- Raising with my existing flock
How do people go about introducing new birds to their coop/run without disrupting their existing egg-laying birdies? I am trying not to overthink it, but also want to be sure I am keeping the existing ladies happy and that all of the birds will have enough space/minimize any territorial disputes/etc..
Any advice? Thank you all for being so helpful