vetryan15
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Well when we started the flock, I purchased a few meat chickens so I can butcher em, just because if you have ever eaten fresh farm chicken, it taste 10x better then store bought. Plus from the information I got through the neighbors, who raised chickens. With our winters we get down to -40. A few have had some meat chickens freeze to death. Me being an animal lover, I wouldn't want any of them to suffer. But the mixed flock we have we have a huge variety, plus we want cold hardy, and my gf just purchased 20 more chicks, which we will get next week delivered. Once they start laying we will have close to 2 dozen eggs a day. But a few people I know, are interested in fresh eggs, so a small customer base is nice. We do have some Rhode island reds. There are a few that we have, I have no idea what they are. Lol.
On a side note, one of our Barred Rock hens, caught, killed and ate a large juvenile field mouse. Which was interesting to watch.
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