Recent content by ceeceeholt

Look like pullets, my EE Roo is double the size same age girls, supposed to be a girl, but he turned out pretty!

I switch my girls when they are 16 weeks old. I have had them start laying as early as 16.5 weeks. Your avg chicken will eat 1/4lb of feed per day with access to fresh grass and bugs. I don't give them 24hr access, they don't eat at night anyway and I am able to get out early in the morning...

That is too bad. We did Cornish X's in April and every one we have eaten so far has been great! I cooked them in crockpot, oven, fried and grilled. We let them rest until the leg was easy to move, which for us was only about 36 to 48 hours, then freezer, thawed and cooked. Try pressure...

White Leghorns, EE's, Red Stars and Red Rangers! So funny that they dyed the top of the RS's heads red so I wouldn't confuse them with the Rangers:) I laughed when I opened the box and saw these little red dots!

We prefer to let them rest about 24 to 36 hours in the frig, tried putting directly in the freezer and thought them to be tough, just our choice!

What's Meat Maker that you started feeding at 4 weeks? Just recieved 16 Red Rangers from Murray today :)

Make sure the wire bottom cage is up off the ground so there is air flow on her undersides. We also use cool water from the hose on her belly a couple of times a day, they actually seem to like that part. It usually takes about 3 days to break them. I have never had any problems reintroducing...

I've had Red Stars start at 16 weeks and EE's take as long as 32 weeks. The norm for us has been between 20 and 22 weeks.

Girls getting ice cubes and a sprinkler! What are the ways you help your girls cool down? 99 today

Why do you want to?

My latest layer was a Silver Laced Wyndotte and she did not lay until 36 weeks, and an EE at 32! The Silver was a "big" girl too.

We used the Vacuum sealer and it worked great. We did whole chickens and then divided up pieces into breasts and leg quarters. It was well worth buying the Food Saver and bags, no freezer burn at all. We processed then let them sit in the frig for about 2 days to get the rig out of them...

That's why we switched to FR's this time around. The CX's are so lazy and almost unnatural :( BUT, boy are they tasty, one breast can feed both my hubby and I!!!

I would seperate the layers from meaties as soon as possible or the layers will struggle to have enough to eat and if they're like mine they will be a lot smaller. I took away the food at night the first week. They are now 5 1/2 weeks old very healthly and average about 4.5lbs. My layers of...

I wouldn't leave them with the flock, but if you want momma to raise them seperate her and the chicks into a different pen or area. Our momma's usually give up around 4 to 5 weeks and want back with the others. We then just let the little ones get bigger before we put them in with the big...