We have a strange concept happening on the homestead. Usually when a farm has free range birds it is the laying hens that have the opportunity and not the meat chickens. We are the opposite here. Our meat chickens can be seen all over the farm while our poor laying hens are kept in their coop.
There is logic behind this, I promise. We received our meat birds from chicks and it was about 2 months before we received our laying hens. I couldn't bear to keep them locked up in a coop for so long so we started free ranging them and they love it.
Unfortunately these birds are scheduled to be killed on Monday morning. A man has a trailer that he sets up and does it all quickly and very humane. Then the laying hens can come out to play.
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