We used to have over 60, but now have only about 2 dozen layers. We occasionally raise meat chickens that dress out at around 9 pounds. We raise turkeys that dress out over 40 pounds - out largest dressed at 48-1/2 pounds last year. That's what went into the oven! It barely fit, but oh my, was it wonderful!

No but did go to a farm with the boys when they were younger and saw turkeys.

That's horrible to even think!! :cry: :cry: :cry:
Makes me very sad.... :cry: :cry:

Yes, I know... but... well, people keep chickens for the eggs, and roosters don't give eggs. I'm just guessing, but would about half of the eggs in the world hatch into boy chicks? So... do they get set apart from the girl chicks, and live out their days destined to be meat chickens?

Doesn't it work that way for calves, too? You can't get milk from a bull...

well actually you can.....my grandparents used to live trap them and pen them up for a week or two to get the "wild" taste out of them. Me...I've just built a pen they can't get into.