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We have a rooster that is cochin/E.E. he has gotten very aggressive towards my other roos and and we will be processing a few roosters soon anyway, we are planning on doing him. Any thoughts on this? Will he be meaty at all? Hes built like a cochin more so than the E.E.. Looks big but I know...

Please let me know what you think of this girl then I will tell you more about her and how she came about. Im really liking her. Shes very tiny and beautiful.

I have 2 bronze turkeys and Im not sure of the sex. I thought they were hens but they have started displaying. I have heard that a hen will diplay though and they arent gobbling, but my BBW never has displayed at all. They are around 4-5mnths old Can you help please?

How long can I keep my fresh butchered chicken resting in the fridge before cooking it? I want to eat it fresh, never frozen but my husband is a firefighter and is on duty so I want to wait until Sunday. The bird was processed Tuesday night, is this too long to wait? I plan to put it in the slow...

So we are new to the meat birds. We tried one of our Easter Eggers a few mnths ago and where not impressed to say the least. So, we have been thinking about getting cornish xs. We found an add for jumbo cornish xs ready to process and went and bought 2 to see how we like them. My husband...

So my cochin hen is currentley hatching out babies. My question is, some of these eggs are from differant dates, will they all hatch? After she started sitting, when she would get up for food or water the other girls would sneak in and lay, I moved her once I figured out what was going on but...

Ok so our roo has gotten wayy too pushey with our girls, the other day he was on my little girls and when I found him on one of my turkey babies, that was it! I plucked him right off her back and in the cage he went. So tomorrow is the day. While I am at work my D.H. will be taking him down the...

I took my turner out a day early. Maybe this wont be a big deal??? Will they hatch early now? Im waiting on a goat to kid and chicks to hatch all this weekend and got my days a little mixed up. Is one day really a big deal? Shoot I have alot of chicks in this hatch and someone waiting for...

I got 3 new turkey poults a few weeks ago and they broke out with pox. 2 of the 3 seam to be doing ok, but 1 has pox on both eyes to the point he can not see at all. Being that he can see, he now cant eat or drink. I brought him in today and put a warm compress on the eyes and gave him some...

Just got new chicks today 2blck copper maran pullets, 2 wellsummer pullets and a blue maran cockeral YAY!! Too cute

So I just got 2 2wk old "narragansett" poults and 1 2wk old royal palm. The "narragansetts are blackish with whote on the head and chest. What did I get? Fromw\ he pics I have seen the narragasetts looking nothing like this.

So I have cochins and E.E.s. My E.E. roo looooves my little cochin girls, soo I decided to hatch out some of the babies. At first I had no desire to keep any of the mixed offspring but let me tell you, today I changed my mind! Some of these chicks are turning out to be absolutly beautiful! Big...

I have a 1.5yr old broad breasted white hen. I have noticed she lookes like shes molting,shes loosing feathers on her chest and has pin feathers. Well today I went out and noticed she has little blister like sores on her head and chest, any idea what this could be? I thought maybe ants got to...

Ok so i have cochin hens and Im getting a mille fleur roo, what will my chicks look like? Will the mille fleur come through?? I have 2 blue hens and Im getting a birchen, I also just got 2 pullets, one looks like she will be white, the other is black with alot of white on her face neck and chest...

Soits day 20 and this morning I have my first pip!!.I was really worried because this is my first bator hatch and on day 18 I had a temp spike to 107 so to find a pip this morning is very exciting!! Cant wait to see how many we get!!!

What should my temp be during lockdown in a still air bator? This is my first hatch ahh so nerve wracking

So Saturday My chicks are due to hacth. I take my turner out on Wed. May be a silly question buutt, I need to know when I take my eggs out of the turner do I just set them down on their side? Wont this move the air sack? So much to learn with these little things and I dont want to mess up.

Im just curious, Im incubating my first eggs and am soo worried about the humidity. What if I dont keep enough water in there? What if I put too much? Are they that sensitive? Stressful

Im so excited!! My cochin hen has been sitting for 21 days and today we have at least 3 pips! All her dedications is paying off. We have had chickens for about 5yrs but have never had our own chicks,always just bought them so this is sooo exciting. We also have some in the bator that should...

Ok so we have had layer for the last 5yrs off and on, and now Im pretty possitive I want to do the meat birds too. I dont want to eat my layers they are more like pets, so what breed is best? Ive heard cornishx, is this what I should get? Im pretty excited about doing this. A friend of mine has...