New in the Colorado Desert

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Hi everyone, I am new to this thread and have not actually started raising chickens yet but am doing research and this site has been fabulous so far. So HELLO from the High Desert in Colorado!

I actually have a 40 acre yard so am planning to have quite a few chickens and will not make some folks my friends by saying I plan to raise layers as well as feeders. We are trying to go off grid within the next 2 years and this is where we plan to start. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. I am looking at Rhode Island Reds since they are a heritage breed with good laying and feeding potential. Also, they are not so genetically messed up as to be full grown within 8-12 weeks. That is just SCARY.

Thanks in advance to any ideas and advice. I will be looking at the Colorado thread closely for good tips.
 
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from Alabama. Glad you joined us.
 
I also am in the high desert in W. CO. I am a newbie and have chickens who are 10 weeks old, and keets (young guinea fowl) who are 3 weeks old. When the keets are older and bigger we will put them together. We have 12 Buff Orpington pullets, raised from chicks. I chose this breed originally because I wanted a rooster and was researching a tame breed. We later decided against a chicken rooster when we decided to get guineas to raise with the chickens (guinea cocks and chicken roosters fight, but guinea cocks do not fight among themselves). Anyway we are thrilled with BO. We wanted them to be like pets and did socialize them. They are tame and are "lap" chickens. They will give us large brown eggs in a few more months. At this point in time we do not plan to raise chickens for meat but are not opposed to that, either. The guineas are here to eat all the bugs in the garden and help us to garden organically. We love our little flock and are having much fun learning about chickens!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC
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RIR's are great dual purpose chickens. They lay well and the roosters are a good size for eating, if you can get yourself to LOL. I've heard of broilers getting slaughtered at 21 days. That is scary.
 

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