linhawk

I loved my few chickens. I kept a few as pets and eggs. For the meat I bought a hybrid (some kind of cross) that grew so fast, in 7/8 weeks they were good for butchering. They got so big so fast that they ate lying down and I was told their legs would break if not butchered in time. They tasted wonderful. A raccoon got in the pen and killed all but five of my pets. He didn't eat them just killed them. My favorite, Penny had holes in her neck. When she breathed her feathers would ruffle. Decided to try and save her and put some peroxide on the holes. We had just gotten a new fridge and I put her in the box. Her beak was crooked too but I fed her wet cornmeal with a spoon. I could not believe that her beak went back to normal and the neck holes closed up. Good ole Pen Pen lived seven years after the attack. They were good in my garden too. I let them in a llittle before dusk and they would go back to the pen as it got dark. I miss my chickens. :-(
ditto on composting and having a setting hen..