re: Tell me about raising chickens

I didn't read all of the pages of this, but you will need to trim their wings to keep them from flying too much...

basically, just get a set of heavy gardening shears and trim the feathers on one wing...be careful not to cut too close to the wing itself, or you will hurt them...also, don't trim both wings or it will be ineffective (the imbalance is what keeps them from flying)...


ETA: it may also have already been mentioned, but the best thing to feed them is corn or chops (broken kernels of corn) with some laying mash mixed in during the spring/summer...