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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 130924" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>Yep!!&nbsp; They're called dual purpose breeds.&nbsp; However, to think that an old laying hen makes good fried chicken, you'd be sadly mistaken.&nbsp; Dual purpose means to butcher them at 3-4 lbs which is usually right about the time they start laying.&nbsp; Old laying hens make good soup chickens and little more.&nbsp; If you are looking for butcher birds, I'd recommend cornish crosses and then you are dealing with oceans of chicken shrite.&nbsp; Meat birds go through twice as much food as a laying hen with a corresponding increase in poo.&nbsp; Cornish crosses are the same birds you buy in the store at 3.5 lbs.&nbsp; It takes 7 weeks or so to get them to that size.&nbsp; They grow fast!!&nbsp; Meat birds wouldn't be as useful in an urban environment IMO.&nbsp; As for the layers, they are most productive until age 3 or so and then their egg production drops off significantly.&nbsp; The interim between the old flock being butchered and waiting for the new flock to start laying is the most difficult to deal with.&nbsp; You essentially have a double flock, which can be interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 130924, member: 314"] Yep!! They're called dual purpose breeds. However, to think that an old laying hen makes good fried chicken, you'd be sadly mistaken. Dual purpose means to butcher them at 3-4 lbs which is usually right about the time they start laying. Old laying hens make good soup chickens and little more. If you are looking for butcher birds, I'd recommend cornish crosses and then you are dealing with oceans of chicken shrite. Meat birds go through twice as much food as a laying hen with a corresponding increase in poo. Cornish crosses are the same birds you buy in the store at 3.5 lbs. It takes 7 weeks or so to get them to that size. They grow fast!! Meat birds wouldn't be as useful in an urban environment IMO. As for the layers, they are most productive until age 3 or so and then their egg production drops off significantly. The interim between the old flock being butchered and waiting for the new flock to start laying is the most difficult to deal with. You essentially have a double flock, which can be interesting. [/QUOTE]

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