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Does anyone have any experience with blue andalusians? I was thinking of ordering a few from mypetchicken.com (I know, i know...i should go with a breeder but i have a few free chicks to cash in from mypetchicken:) My flock is completely free-ranging (with a coop and smaller pen they all...

Hey! I had a baby chick that seemed like he was in distress a few days ago, eyes closed, panting heavily...he still peeped when i tried to move him so i just left him in there over night not wanting to overly stress him. Anyway, the next day his eyes were open and he'd hobble after the other...

Okay, I keep on hearing that Red Broilers are crosses but, try as i might, i cannot find any information on what particular cross of chicken breeds creates them...does anyone know? Thanks! Courtney

Hey! I'm incubating 8 mixed breed eggs in a Brinsea Mini Eco...and today is hatch day...well, 5 of the 8 have a spot where i can see they've cracked open the eggs (noticed them about 6pm...is now 1am where i am). Well, 2 are still moving and peeping, right next to eachother...problem is, the...

Hey Everyone! Well, I started a small flock with hatchery chicks...2 Australorps, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Delaware, and 2 Rhode Island Red (although, I'd say more production red than anything). I also ordered 25 red broilers from Ideal...unfortunetly I've been having a round...

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I went out to one of my laying hen coops this morning and found one of my girls sitting in a corner...at first I didn't notice anything wrong with her but when one of the meaner hens walked over and pecked her chest (at which she normally squawks) she just kept on laying there like nothing...

Thought I would share my first ever cleaned chicken carcass...I have to say that without this site the process could have gone horribly wrong but thanks mostly to the information and advise gained here the process went without a hitch and I ended up with an approx 4 pound Red Broiler (1 of the 3...

Okay, I signed up to this forum a few weeks ago to get pointers on how to raise/butcher meat chickens…now I need y’all’s help in figuring out what has killed my chicks two weeks before slaughter!! I’ve had two attacks…the first was when (on New Year’s Eve) my husband and I stayed out late (of...

Hey Everyone! Just rec'd my red broilers (slower growing/not crossed) this morning and purchased Purina's start & grow feed thinking it would be a good feed to get them going on. Now that I'm home & read the package it says that there's no animal protein & I see that it's only 18%. From what I...

I have a mix of laying hens (Orphingtons, Australorps, Sussex, Delaware & Rhode Islands) and am expecting to get some red cornish (not crosses just straight, slower growing cornish from Ideal)...I was just curious to know what I could expect if I was to keep one of the red cornish roosters &...

Hey Everyone! New to BYC (just signed up this morning) and love reading everyone's posts...lots of chicken knowledge here! My question is this...I originally bought 3 Rhode Island Reds from a farm friend & built a small coop/run to put them in. About 4 months ago one of my dogs dug under the...

I've had egg layers now for over two years and recently decided to try my hand at meat chickens (ended up buying red cornish from Ideal Poultry earlier this wk). Now I'm stressing over whether or not I'll actually be able to kill them when they reach weight although my reasoning is that I dont...