Recent content by jmemom

Hi everyone, I have two flocks of birds. They share a coop, but generally separate when they free range into two flocks. I have my hens which will be 2 in the spring and I have pullets that were hatched in March. Last year's hens (BO and BR) didn't ever really stop laying once they started last...

Nevermind, I found it! :)

Gosh, thanks for the advice. I'm glad I asked before I went ahead and did it! Maybe I'll build them a little temporary pen in my "feed room" where they can all see each other and get used to each other for a bit before I integrate them.

I have 20 chicks that I will move out with the rest of my flock in about 2 or 3 weeks. The trouble is that I have a meanish rooster out there now. I have to take a shovel in when I feed because he doesn't often attack me but he does it randomly and I have to protect myself. The reason I...

I've had DP birds for a couple of years now. I was thinking of just getting some DP roos and processing them for meat, but after doing research on Light Brahmas and White Rocks, etc. I am wondering if it would be just as well to try Cornish X. The reason I'd prefer to do DP is that I am...

I went out to feed tonight and found one of my BOs dead in the corner. Not a mark on her (except for some feathers plucked out which I think the other chickens did since she could have been there for hours). She didn't have a broken neck or anything. She appeared to be just lying there based...

I have a BO that I think might be broody. There is one (and I can only assume it's the same one each time. I really don't know). Anyway, she is always slow to hop down from the nest to eat. Tonight she didn't come off of the nest to eat at all. She made a noise at me when I put my hand in...

We processed our first rooster a couple of nights ago! My mom kept telling me that it was going to be horrible, but it wasn't too bad. It took us about an hour (we are some serious newbies), but honestly at least 10 or 15 mins of that was us waiting for the water to get hot enough. The...

Quote: I keep looking for eggs! My last batch of chickens started laying around 21 or 22 weeks. I might keep them in the coop just to make sure they don't start laying in the woods somewhere. Thanks for the opinions! Any one else? Is this the general consensus?

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if you could help me sex a couple of Buckeyes and some BOs. I suspect that I have three Buckeye roos, but I only have heard one of them crowing. Actually, out of the entire group of 19 I have heard only one crow, and I ordered strait run of both Buckeyes and BOs...

Quote: Dang! Well, I guess that would explain the even temperament of the crowd. I have 3 SR Buckeyes left (of five...fox got in ) and I suspect they are all boys. Will try to post pics of all of them when I can. And I'll get a pic of the plucker... it should cooperate a bit better than...

Thanks for your opinion! I can try to get more pics if it helps anyone to give me more opinions on what I have. I have a very easy going flock. They rarely bicker or fight (so far). Time is a precious commodity around here come fall, so I'd like to do it sooner rather than later, but if we...

I am noticing some differences in them. Some are certainly more red in the face than others, but I see where people thought the red ones would be roosters but they ended up laying eggs. I'm sorry, I realize these are not very good quality. My camera is not very good, and the...

Hello everyone, I have some SR BOs that are about 18 weeks old. I got them so that we could process a few and see what we think of processing chickens ourselves, but I also needed some egg layers. I know I should process them around 20ish weeks, but the problem is that I have no idea who is a...

Oh, they are 5 weeks old if that helps.