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6+ pounder dressed. I must admit, it was pretty darn good

Butchered a little over half of our 75 cornish -x broilers and noticed the following They stink when you scald them. About midway through I tried the old CSI trick and put vicks vapo-rub under my nostrils and that seemed to help a bit. Scalding was the trickiest bit. Too much scald and the...

40 to 50 of our broilers are ready for butchering. Wish me luck as this is the first time for me and I will be on the front end of the processing. We have 2 kill cones, a turkey fryer for scalding, a whiz bang clone chicken plucker (picked up off of craigs list for $200) After that, i get to...

My wife keeps looking at the hatchery catalogs and telling me how she wants a mille fleur rooster, but the hatcheries have such bad examples of the species. Where can I find one that is the "perfect" specimen. Serves me right for marrying a former chicken show champion.

Perhaps I should have labeled this thread "Marital Advice" as I am completely novice to chickens, but I have been reading as much as I can and have become interested about the benefits of deep litter. As a slight background My wife & I live in SW iowa. Me, a small town boy my whole life and...

Hello from Southwest Iowa. The wife & I are buying an acarage within the month and are looking forward to getting chickens