Chickengene
Songster
I am not in it as a business or of necessity for survival, just for the enjoyment of the animals. That said my wife is not going to eat any birds she gets acquainted with. So I will keep the original flock for as long as they are in good health. Maybe seven years if I start running out of room.
Plan to occasionally let a broody hen hatch a clutch and probably butcher all or most of them.
Plan to occasionally let a broody hen hatch a clutch and probably butcher all or most of them.