Riverbend Farms
Songster
My family is thinking about moving to acreage. I have 9 hens, none of which would ever being involved in breeding. 6 of them are a feedstore laying flock and the other 3 are show hens. If we end up moving, I would possibly get 19 hens and 1 rooster. Should I have two roosters? The breeds I am think about are: Green Queens, EEs, Orpingtons, and some eggers. What breeds are very cold tolerant? Also what hatcheries have the best chick mortality rate (hopefully very low)? I would probably do Mcmurray or Meyer. Though I have heard mcmurrays birds are inbred?