Lonnie McManners

I have started my own class or flock of birds for my uses, they are Barred Rock's bred for my purpose's but my thought is that you can raise your own pullet's cheap every year but the problem is in finding a rooster that you want breeding your hens. Most people buy them from hatcheries where life is factory and babied mine have to be survivers since that's what I want in my flock with other trait's. anytime you breed weakness in your flock you hurt yourself if that's not what you want. You have to be really cautious with a rooster as his traits determine half of your flock therefore can quickly destroy everything you are working for.

I would have to agree everyone has different staples per animal on their property. You may have brushy briars wherass your neighbor has lush green grass, these elements feed different animals and even different breeds will sustain in seperate manners. Sometimes you just have to do indepth research to find out how you can make co-existance for what you want to have. I raise a strain of Barred Rock's I have been developing myself for my own reasons as I do my garden the same way. It seems like a matter of terrain and taste.