How many times a year do you raise meat birds?

[jaku]

I do a batch in the spring and another in the fall. Depending on how many customers I have, I may need to do two batches this fall, as I don't want to increase my per-batch numbers.

 

[vermontgal]

It's interesting to think about this question in terms of how many chickens a person wants to eat per year. I'm raising rangers - once (May to July). If all goes well, I'll have 10. I don't tend to eat a lot of meat, so I think that is about right for me, for a year. Depending how this goes, I might try a few more next year. I will again only do a single raising.