I just joined- I've been keeping chickens on our 15 acre homestead for a couple of years and had a little setback. Our neighbor's dogs made several forays into our fenced chicken enclosure and killed several chickens each time until we were down to three; a rooster and two hens. The neighbor paid for the birds and fenced his dogs with the understanding that the dogs had exhausted our grace and, well... we're playing by country boy rules from here out.
A friend of a friend had a flock of mixed hens, all under 8 months old, and I picked 15 young birds; some hadn't begun laying yet. He threw in a couple extra hens that were being bullied and a couple of roosters because that's how you get rid of roosters when you're tired of eating chicken out here. One of the roosters is gorgeous. I'm going to post pics in the "what is this chicken" thread. He's currently quarantined with a sweet little Midnight Majestic Maran hen who's been pretty broody. Looking for some beautiful offspring!
A friend of a friend had a flock of mixed hens, all under 8 months old, and I picked 15 young birds; some hadn't begun laying yet. He threw in a couple extra hens that were being bullied and a couple of roosters because that's how you get rid of roosters when you're tired of eating chicken out here. One of the roosters is gorgeous. I'm going to post pics in the "what is this chicken" thread. He's currently quarantined with a sweet little Midnight Majestic Maran hen who's been pretty broody. Looking for some beautiful offspring!
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