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I also hatch and raise chickens during the cold weather months. Last year I allowed a broody Buff Orpington hen to set on eggs in our bacement in February. We built nesting cages made out of wood and small holed chicken wire (so the chicks feet can stand without falling through). This way their...

We have eaten Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons. We stopped raising Rhode Islands because the rooster kept attacking us and our three year old (now 5). The Buff Orpingtons cockerels were delicious. The Buff Orps were much better than the Reds but that might be because we ate the Buff...

I'm not saying that all Bourbons are always less healthy. All I'm saying is that is what I have experienced on my particular environment seems to show that Standard Bronze are doing better than Bourbons. My farm is in Northern Maine. I believe that Bourbons were bred somewhere down in Kentucky...

Quote: Free range and put up at night... maybe. Then again, putting them up at night gets a bit more difficult when they are on top of your house or 20 feet up in a tree. One thing to keep in mind when free ranging turkeys, they do tend to wander further than the chickens do. This isn't...

CLARIFICATION: I free range my turkeys in larger fenced in areas that I also use for my goats. I cut the second row of feathers on each of their right wings so they cannot fly over my six foot fence. I keep cutting their right wing feathers about once per month to keep my turkeys from flying...

The best way to keep predators away from poultry and all livestock is to obtain a Great Pyreneese (always forget how to spell it) or some other breed of dog that is bred to protect livestock. Our pyrenese guardion dog protects both our poultry and our larger livestock from all predators. She has...

Since Turkeys grow feathers much faster than chickens you can definitely put them out at four and five weeks. Turkey poults instictively stay warm at night by laying close together on the ground. They receive warmth from each other and from their feathers. I would not be concerned unless the...

I have raised Standard Bronze and Bourbons. All Turkeys are more delicate than chickens for the first week or two so that is when people usually lose turkeys but after the first two weeks they are stronger and more fully feathered than two week old chicken poults. My Standard Bronze flock is...

BREEDING TURKEYS - Standard Bronze With Broad Breasted Bronze? QUESTION: I know a Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey cannot mate naturally because they have been bred to be so large over the years that they need to be artificially inseminated. Broad breasted turkeys are so broad and so large that the...

Yes keep her seperated while she is in this condition. Other chickens (hens and roosters) will repeatedly peck at other chickens when they are wounded. That will kill her for sure. Is she able to walk on her own? Is she able to drink water? How deap is the wound? How bad is the infection? Are...

Sounds like your hen is to far gone but it may be worth trying. I use Teatree oil (not sure how to spell it) for any wounds on all my livestock and I've used it successfully on chickens. Also try crushing vitamin c pills and adding it to her water. I seriously doubt that the rooster did this...

I have had Rhode Island Reds (Aggressive), Leghorns (Flighty), Bantams (Tiny), and a few other breeds but when I bought Buff Orpingtons I was amazed at how calm they were. The roosters had no longs spurrs on their legs and they were much more docile than the Reds. We got rid of our Rhode Island...

If Anyone Has A Buff Orpington Rooster In Northern Maine I'm Looking For A New Blood Line For Next Years Poults. I'm Not Far From Houlton But I'm Willing To Drive To Pick One Up On My Way To And From New York. Please Send Me An Email. Steve

I have been breeding chickens for years now and I still find it difficult to tell which are roosters and which are hens until they are at least three to four months old. Then you can tell for sure. IS THERE ANYONE IN MAINE WHO HAS A PURE BRED ORPINGTON ROOSTER so I can get a new blood line next...

I breed pure orpingtons in Northern Maine not far from Houlton. I'm looking for another pure orpington rooster from a different blood line if you have one.

I can give you pure buff orpington fertilized eggs because I breed them. I'm in Manorville (Suffolk County). I'm also looking for a new rooster to start a new blood line.

I've had chickens for many years and I now have buff orphingtons. They really are the best breed for the small homestead. I have no problem breaking the hens from broodiness. Here is how I do it. As soon as a hen goes broody by sitting on the nest and cackling at me I take her off and dump her...