Chicken Busting Myths

Reader Contribution by Robert Pekel
Published on April 8, 2015
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The warm weather has the pear, peach and apple trees bursting with blooms. The robins singing tell me spring is here, and it’s time to think chickens. So my trusty Lab, Beau, and The Kid head to the feed store. The local feed stores usually have the variety and quantity I’m looking for, but sometimes they don’t. If not, they will special order them in lots of 25.

I can count on this system to fill the freezer with healthy chickens loaded with flavorful meat. It’s called “The Kid’s Sure Fire System” (KSFS). It starts with raising the right breed in the right way. I begin with 25 chicks in March, and another 25 in May. Two batches of 25 chicks are easier to handle, especially at butcher time. Fifty chickens equate to about one chicken dinner a week, that’s a good place to start. Today the feed store had 30 Cornish Rock (meat) chicks on hand – perfect.

Now let’s bust some myths.

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