Back in Jan 2015 we had just acquired 10 chickens (Orpington & Barred Rock) that we had intended to use for meat birds. Read the original post…. We decided to keep them for eggs because the Cornish Cross are far superior weight-wise for meat. (Read about the latest flock of Cornish Cross.)

Here’s the story on the original Orpington flock – We were free ranging them on a limited basis, because chickens really can tear up a pasture and dig holes, etc. Because the flock of 10 was not producing more than 5 eggs a day, and it was costing too much for feed (remember everything organic is much more expensive than the industrialized products), we kept three Orpingtons and put the rest in the freezer. (end of Aug) They weigh in at about 2 1/2 lbs. so it takes two for a meal. The three we kept are resident in Chicken Tractor One and doing a good job weeding the Hilltop Garden.

It all works out…moving forward.

T.

High today will be 81
Low last night was 54