. However, I would imagine if we had something contagious we would see lots more death in our flock. 
In my experience, whether raising fish or chickens, the likelihood of disease outbreak has been directly related to the density of the population. I am sympathetic to the commercial farmers right now. This is their livelihood. The necessity of intensive farming came about because a free market demands cheap meat and eggs. They have substantially succeeded in providing both to the majority of people.
I'll have to take a picture of him later today. Hopefully it will stop raining this afternoon and the co-op will be done drilling ammonia into our field. Had to get up and move my tractor away from the field as it was parked in the corner of the yard next to the field. Didn't think it would be a good idea to leave the big girls there today. I would be very interested in doing that swap.How is he feathering out? If you can post a photo of him, that would be great!
Would you like a pullet? All of the babies from your Iowa hatch are doing great and we only have EE's. But, if you would like another girl Brett and I talked about giving you our smaller Iowa girl (she's about 4 weeks older, but not too much bigger than your Iowa chicks)? She has the willow legs and has more white on her than we would like in our breeding program.
Let us know
