We also have an egg crew of 15 girls. We did get 20 chicks, cornish cross breed, and raised them for food. They are not personality birds and you feed them for 6 to 8 weeks and then must process them as they grow so large they cannot move around. These are what you buy in the stores. We purchased a plucking machine that removes feathers …
We also have an egg crew of 15 girls. We did get 20 chicks, cornish cross breed, and raised them for food. They are not personality birds and you feed them for 6 to 8 weeks and then must process them as they grow so large they cannot move around. These are what you buy in the stores. We purchased a plucking machine that removes feathers in 29 seconds. We know what our chickens ate so we know what we eat. Takes a little getting use to but is much safer than what the large producers sell you. Nothing is better than free range eggs!
We also have an egg crew of 15 girls. We did get 20 chicks, cornish cross breed, and raised them for food. They are not personality birds and you feed them for 6 to 8 weeks and then must process them as they grow so large they cannot move around. These are what you buy in the stores. We purchased a plucking machine that removes feathers in 29 seconds. We know what our chickens ate so we know what we eat. Takes a little getting use to but is much safer than what the large producers sell you. Nothing is better than free range eggs!