Recent content by JohnnyxRex

Awesome. We always love pictures! I have heard of many people trying to free-range the Cornish Xs and doing fine. As a general rule regular feed from the local store works great and will have everything they need. Fermenting makes it healthier and they eat less so it's cheaper. But if they can...

Well ultimately the point is that there is no real need for filtered water for the chickens. It's impossible to be totally "clean", and chickens will eat anything they can get to. Just search for stories here on BYC where chickens eat stuff they aren't supposed to. I remember laughing when one...

x3 I don't always post because I don't see my chickens every day, but I always check in either on the computer or phone!

Not sure about a thread but I think there is a "backyardherds".

Good for you! That's ridiculous! The little black chicken (which we nicknamed Flo) is by far smarter than any of my birds. Although I know not to put a new chicken in with the old ones, I didn't really have much of a say so. My grandma saw her running in the yard and the next time she saw her...

Got our first egg here! Cracked it and it had a beautiful orange yolk. Camera can't capture it though. We also got a little black chicken that just came by one day and didn't leave. Just flew over the fence. So we're clipping wings today.

Hey all. Back from a quick trip to San Antonio. What'd I miss?

4 down. 4 about to be put in "jail" for a week. 2 will be left after that.

That's what I said! But I guess I'm technically doing the same thing, I just get meat out of the deal.

So, about 4 days ago I was in the chicken pen, and one of the roosters kept following me around. No farther than 5 feet behind me at any time, pitch a fit when I leave kind of follow. A few minutes later, I was foolin' around with a waterer that has been leaking and he attacks my ankle. I didn't...

Its basically the feed that you get at the store that you well, ferment. You stick it in a bucket, mix some things into it, and a few days later you feed it to the chickies. I first came across it on the meat bird section. Fermented feed increases the nutrients and they eat less, saving food...

I went back and couldn't find the pics of ours, but I think they were more yellow than white in those areas. Know that I need to remember, of course I can't.

Hey everyone! What happened to the 30+ posts a day? I guess it's a Sunday, but I don't think there have been alot in the past few days either. Let's start it back up! We can always use a few good laughs!

We raised 3 mallards from eggs (unfortunately the other 15 eggs got wet and died in lockdown), let me warn you of one thing now though: Unless you plan on releasing them far away from your house. They DON'T leave. Lol Don't get me wrong, we loved them, but they think they are human. We...