Posts by greyfields

There is indeed a naked neck version of the CRB's.  I just don't know of anyone offering them in the US.Catalog here:http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/products.php?id=5Click on Redbro and RedbroM parent stock lines.

Pilgrims.

UH,The sticky feather issue is largely due to their age.  I think you overshot your processing date by a couple weeks.  But, for me, another chicken skin fancier, I manage to work around it.When you see the Label Rouge birds in...

Being egg bound is usually very obvious from palpitations.  Ducks are also very resistant to infection and parasites, so I've very rarely had to  treat a duck for either of those.  The only thing I see a lot of is bumble...

I ate my last CRB of 2009 last weekend.  I need to save more for myself and sell fewer.Also, I assume a  FCR of 3.0 for planning purposes when buying feed.  In reality, I take mine in at 9.0-9.5 weeks so probably land...

I have a dark cornish roo and have crossed him with barred rocks, speckled sussex, RIR, Marans, black sex link and Colored Range Broilers (golden, grey, black).Of all those, the largest were the Dark Cornish X CRB.BUT, I also have a...

The most I've ever had a sheep hang at is 140#.I pay a flat fee of $95 per beast through a USDA inspected processor, which is required since I sell retail.A lamb will typically hang 50-60# and a hogget 70-80#.  I send in lambs at...

It's not the bite, it's the twisting while they pinch that gets me.  ><You eventually become entirely immune to the pain.

I just love to eat pigeon; but I already do have a standing flock of breeding chickens, geese and ducks.  Do I have it in me to build a dovecot before winter?

I figured there was something I was missing her.  So basically you have to breed them yourself?Where to get adult birds then?