Chronicling the rhythms of a working sheep farm in SE Ohio since 2006. Meigs Return serves as the practical archive for our infrastructure projects, farm management systems, and the broader economic realities of modern homesteading and the ongoing record of Find A Way Farm.
Our replacement egg layers arrived today; 25 Rhode Island Reds we purchased from Ridgway Hatchery. We lost our Black Stars to a raccoon last winter. These 25 will give us plenty of eggs plus a few extras.
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Colleen said…
What made you pick Rhode Island Reds over any other breed?
We picked the RI Reds because they are a very good dual purpose bird, meaning that they have good meat plus produce good eggs. We could butcher them once they came to weight, but bought them for egg laying. They do well on outside and in the field. In two years we'll butcher them for stewing meat.
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