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I have a chicken tractor similar to the one in the above link, but much better built. My husband is picky. It is one year old, used for two flocks. This includes the tarps and any feeding containers I have left. This must be picked up in Broad Run Virginia (Prince William County/Fauquier), right...

12 Antique Chicken crates for transporting your chickens to market (or elsewhere). Each crate measures 35x23x12. They are in great condition and can still do the job they were originally meant for! I don't know how to post pictures on here:(, but you can Google and see some just like them or...

Yes it happens quickly. I check on them twice a day. I think what happens also is that they peck at each other, they draw a speck of blood, and then many of them start pecking at that blood, until the poor chicken is decimated. I am going to put a portable fence around the pens and possibly move...

I let them run around for a while eveyday, but I went by everything I read on portable pens... These are the Ranger Chickens whick so many others are raising... They won't be full grown for another 3 weeks. BTW.. thank you all so very much for your replys. The birds are on a piece of property...

I caught them at it today, it is cannibalism. What am I doing wrong? They have constant food and water... the are in a tall portable pen that is 12X12 and there are approximately 50 chickens. I had to cull one today as they had picked away near his rump. I have another I seperated into a small...

Disclaimer: I do not practice Santeria nor do I endorse it, That said.... I am a Cuban American who grew up in Ohio. As I teenager we moved to Miami where Santeria is widely practised by Cubans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Brazilians etcetera. It is more of an African and Roman Catholic...

THESE ARE REALLY AWFUL PICTURES [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img[/img] The last two are the living chicken.... I honestly can't tell if they have diarreah.

I have colored ranger chickens arriving from JM Hatchery this Friday. My other chickens are not doing well so I would rather not start a new batch. I am very discouraged. I am selling these at the price I paid but if you buy them all I will charge $85 for all of them. Please PM me. (These chicks...

I had 15 birds die this weekend. They all had the same symptom gaping vents where you could see their organs. I had another one die today. I don't see maggots. I also have one with a yellowish behind. Many are losing their feathers under their wings and near their vent. Can anyone help...

Okay...maybe thatis what is killing my chickens? I had about 15 die over the weekend and one today. Their vents are gaping and you can see their insides.... I did not see the ones this weekend but I don't think their are any maggots. I also have one who vent area is yellow and pussy. I am going...

Don't ever brine poultry for days! It will completely change the texture of the meat into something resembling a sponge! A 3-4 lb chicken should be brined for approximately 2-3 hours. Use 2.5 ounces salt per quart of water. Different salts weight differently so weighing is best. Crystal Kosher...

Ok, so they are normal. I am through 1 50lb bag and 1/2 way through 10 lbs of fishmeal. By withholding food, do you mean feed them twice a day and let them forage the rest? How do I know how much to place in the trough? I will probably place them in their portable pen next week at two weeks...

I had my 102 Color Range chicks arrive last Friday also. There was only one dead. I had another one die last night, but I attribute that to the others trampling over them running to the feeder! I almost lost one today, it was sitting there looking like it had been trampled also, but I have 3...

If you wait until next year to process those RIR's, they are going to be very tough. Only good for stewing... They were probably ready to be processed 5 weeks ago! If your other chickens are that old , they need to be processed also. Any roosters that reach adult age are very gamey and I hear...

Hi! Those of you that raise poultry inthe North and Western parts of VA (Prince William, Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Rappahanock etc..), there is a new processor in the horizon. Fauquier's Finest who currently only processes non-poultry is going to process poultry WHEN...