Sassz
Hatching
- Dec 4, 2015
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We have 7 we got from a local family... Our first poultry... Other then feeding, watering and cleaning... These have been very easy birds to keep ( I've had pet birds most my life but never "livestock" types). We figured we would lose a few or have some issues.... Ended up with 4 hens and 3 toms and My husband is wondering how we're going to house them all to butcher weight! Lol. It's a good problem to have. We currently keep them inside an old dairy barn as we have a very busy road a few hundred feet from it and I worry they will get hit. But by spring there will be a nice enclosure for them, ground froze before we could start. So despite being enclosed, parent raised , and cared for by newbies these guys have thrived. I went out of my way to find parent raises birds for the same reasons you are considering them. I do hope to raise some future chicks ourselves so they will be more friendly but they are abit spooky and shy at worst but very very curious and I am slowly winning them over with treats and tidbits.