Get a roo if where you live permits it. It's interesting and entertaining to see their interactions and to see the actual role played by the rooster. Most people think chickens are dumb, but when you watch them interact and learn their language it gets interesting. I'm working on getting set up for hatching and selling young chickens and eggs of course, I'm already selling 3-4 dozen eggs per week at $3 each which has thankfully offset my feed costs. I'm averaging 10- 12 eggs per day off 19 hens, come spring I'll be averaging 15-19 per day. I currently have a blue silkie rooster with white feathers that's already given me a few silkie/olive egger hybrids that I'm currently raising up, luckily they're a perfect blend between the mother and father and are very beautiful birds with a nice balance of traits inherited from both parents. Now I'll say that silkies are edible and taste like chicken, but look up a cooked blue silkie chicken it'll blow your mind.... Most people wouldn't want to eat it due to appearance. I'm planning on acquiring more of a heritage breed young rooster to add to my flock in hopes he doesn't compete physically with my silkie roo to raise and sell/rotate out dual purpose birds.

Get a roo if where you live permits it. It's interesting and entertaining to see their interactions and to see the actual role played by the rooster. Most people think chickens are dumb, but when you watch them interact and learn their language it gets interesting. I'm working on getting set up for hatching and selling young chickens and eggs of course, I'm already selling 3-4 dozen eggs per week at $3 each which has thankfully offset my feed costs. I'm averaging 10- 12 eggs per day off 19 hens, come spring I'll be averaging 15-19 per day. I currently have a blue silkie rooster with white feathers that's already given me a few silkie/olive egger hybrids, luckily they're a perfect blend between the mother and father and are very beautiful birds with a nice balance of traits inherited from both parents. Now I'll say that silkies are edible and taste like chicken, but look up a cooked blue silkie chicken it'll blow your mind.... Most people wouldn't want to eat it due to appearance. I'm planning on acquiring more of a heritage breed young rooster to add to my flock in hopes he doesn't compete physically with my silkie roo to raise and sell/rotate out dual purpose birds.