Okay, so I know there are specific birds that are "meat" birds technically but then there are some that are egg layers that can also be "meat" birds too.
So - question is - is there a difference, truth be told?
I hear so much about meat birds being so icky (i.e, pooping so much, smelly, eat alot more, etc) but with my girls (and heavens forbid! I would never eat them!) but everyone keeps asking me when they stop laying am I going to eat them
Uhm..NO! They're my pets as well as providers of eggs, so no, I will not eat them - but they tell me they are meat birds as well.
So is it better to get a bird (if I were to do such a thing, which I'm not, because I just couldnt do it, my hearts too soft to process my own) - that would provide eggs at first, then kill it?
what age is a fryer? A roaster?
So - question is - is there a difference, truth be told?
I hear so much about meat birds being so icky (i.e, pooping so much, smelly, eat alot more, etc) but with my girls (and heavens forbid! I would never eat them!) but everyone keeps asking me when they stop laying am I going to eat them

So is it better to get a bird (if I were to do such a thing, which I'm not, because I just couldnt do it, my hearts too soft to process my own) - that would provide eggs at first, then kill it?

what age is a fryer? A roaster?
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