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Just wondering what the effect is of giving meat birds garden produce during their off times where there is no Flock Raiser feed available to them? I currently have 8 meat birds that are about 7wk old. Due to schedules I wont' be able to butcher them until 9wks. So I'm trying to 'slow' them...

I'm currently raising my first batch of meat birds in a part of my existing chicken run. I'm sure by the end of this the run will be trashed and smelly from the meat birds. If I decide to raise meat birds again I'd like to use the tractor method but I'm concerned about digging predators...

If anyone lives/works near an Edible Arrangements shop, stop in and ask about their scraps and what they do with them. I've been getting 2 5gal pails full of melon halves, pulp and seeds twice a week for free. The halves I'm getting are the ones they use the melon baller on for making the...

Hi all! I have two chicks that have been on Un-medicated feed since I got them. They are currently just over 16wks old. I have about 2weeks of chick feed left and was considering switching them over to layer feed when the chick feed runs out as they'll be over 18wks by then. Someone I know...

Hi all, So I have a wyandotte roo that is about 10mo old and he's gotta go. i tried craigslist but got no responses so I'm sending him to freezer camp. I'd like to cook him in my smoker which cooks at a very low temp and takes 4-5hrs for a chicken to cook. So is 10mo old too old for a low...

a couple weeks ago I introduced an 8+mo old rooster to my flock of 12 hens. the rooster was handled alot while he was being raised so at this stage he is pretty mellow around me. If I move slow I can corner him in the run and pick him up without much fuss and hold and pet him. He allows me...

Are Easter Eggers normally slow to mature and start laying? I got 6 chicks from a local feed store last March, 3 RIR and 3 EE. The RIR's have been laying for months now. The EE's, one died within 24hrs another one was a roo. So I just have one EE left from the 3 and as far as we can tell...

Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of or tried this butchering shortcut. I was watching one of the Survival shows recently(I think it was Dual Survival) and they caught a game bird. they demonstrated a butchering shortcut that looked interesting. After the bird was dispatched, they...

I'm sure this has been answered a million times but a quick search yielded too many results which didn't contain the info I'm seeking. Anyway, so far I"ve processed maybe 6-8 older birds for the freezer, these older birds I simply skin after gutting then they get rinsed and sit in the fridge...

I have a 18mo old white Orp that has had liquid poo for quite a while now, because of this her butt feathers are nasty. They're all matted and dirty from her poo, which is even more obvious because of her white feathers. She appears active and healthy in all other respects, laying good, comb...

I have a bunch of chicks that were hatched by a broody hen. The adults we collected eggs from were White Orp's, Barred rocks and some red sexlinks, the rooster was a Wyandotte cross between a Gold laced hen and a BLR roo. We've got 2 chicks that at 4wks old are Black with back legs/feet and...

I have 11 chicks in my regular coop in a partitioned off "nursery" area. I started with 5 4wk chicks, at 5wks old I moved the edge of the dividing fence to allow the chicks into the main section of the coop but keep the adults out of the nursery area. On the first day of full access to the...

Previously I had Wynndottes and dealt with broody hens, even let one hatch eggs last year. All the Wynndottes are now gone and I've got a Speckled Sussex going broody. This bird is a complete psycho as a Broody hen, to steal eggs from under her I had to wear a heavy long sleeve shirt and...

Hi all, What do others do if you need to mark or band a bird? What do you use for bands, do I need to buy something or can I make bands out of household items? thanks

Hi all. I have a roo that we hatched last summer, he was born on July 1st. Come last fall he was starting to mount the hens and assume his roll as the Man of the flock(calling for treats, happy feet dance after an egg laid, etc etc). Since winter arrived I have not seen him mount any hens...

Hi, Can anyone take a guess on the sex of these birds for sale on CL? I'm interested in them but given the price I'm thinking they are probably all cockerels. any guesses? http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/5272650973.html thanks

this summer we bought some pullets off CL, 2 white leghorns, 2 barred rocks and a speckled sussex. They started laying a while ago but we are not seeing any white eggs from the leghorns. A couple of times I've seen a leghorn in the nest box and when I checked it next I found a very warm small...

Hi all, This question is more about materials than coop/run construction. I've seen numerous posters on here use cattle panels in the coops and runs. I am very curious about the cattle panels themselves. I don't have a local store I can get them from but can get them if I'm willing to drive...

So I have an egg eater and I have no idea which hen it is. I work all day so can't be there to keep checking on the birds, when I get home I find a wet spot in the nest box sometimes I find pieces of shell in there as well. My girls are 3 years old so I'm going to be culling some birds this...

HI all, I have several 16week old pullets and 6 adult hens. Currently, the pullets are fenced off in the run so they and the adults are kept separate but can still see and talk to each other through the fence. If it wasn't for the two different types of food I would probably already let the...