Posts by carolinagirl58

I have 17 Cornish x that will finally go away on Saturday. We are putting the finishing touches on our whiz bang plucker now. I won't raise these birds again. They are nasty and I feel sorry for them. They are just so abnormal...

Yep...leghorns are the laying birds. They are the ones the commercial hatcheries general use. Excellent for eggs, not so goo for meat. It's easy to tell very early on if they are pullets or roosters. The roosters get huge combs quite...

mine came from Mt. Healthy by way of Tractor supply.  They are 5 weeks old now and honestly are big enough to butcher but I will hold off for a few more weeks.  If yours are not putting on weight, are you sure they are...

I only have 20 birds to do but I am going to build a chicken plucker.  I ordered the rubber fingers from Ebay and have everything else I need to make one with so it's going to cost me less than $80...

The guy who invented the Whiz Bang chicken plucker sells them.    http://whizbangbooks.blogspot.com/

I may try mine in an electronet.  I can set it up in the pasture so my dogs can keep them safe from hawks and other threats. 

I live in south carolina.  This has been as especially bad year for fire ants because of all of the rain.  Mounds are everywhere.  I moved my Cornish Rock crosses to a tractor yesterday but now I am terrified the ants...

cool.  thanks for the help.  I'll advertise them as Leghorns then.  They really are pretty chicks, but I like brown eggs better.  Hopefully they will sell easily.

Quote: Originally Posted by LindsayB  They look like leghorn pullets, that means you'll be getting ALOT of eggs! lol no...that means I have a LOT of pullets for sale!  Thank for the help.  I don't...

I have 30 white leghorn pullets that need a new home.  They were mislabeled at Tractor Supply as Cornish Rocks.  So instead of meaties, I got egg layers that I don't need.  They are outside with no heat and doing...