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>>feed me feed me is all i hear...... I feel like this too - between the animals and the husband, it's all food! Also, after my first full year of having rabbits and chickens in addition to the cats and dog, that a good portion of my life revolves around poo. Disposal of poo is a daily...

Starting this past Friday, I've got eggs!!! Out of the five girls, only one was laying for a couple of days and then yesterday, two! I didn't take a picture, but I danced around a lot with DH and waved it about like a victory flag! Yay!!!!!!!!

Hello all - I don't know if the timing was off and they've gone into molt, or if it's just taking a looooooong time for them to start laying. I'm frustrated though, and was wondering if I'm doing something wrong? I have five Golden Penciled Hamburgs. They were born May 4th, so they're 28...

I look forward every year now to being a "hunting widow" for a couple of months! Loooong Saturdays on my own - I work on big projects or a hundred smaller ones. All at my own pace!! I also look forward to it because of how much *he* enjoys it! He's more relaxed getting in lots of...

I mixed my 8 week hens with 18 week hens over the course of a couple of days. I put the three younger ones in a wire cage inside the run with the other girls, and inside the coop at night (still in their own cage). Then one night, after they'd all gone inside, I took the younger ones out of...

This was my first year with meat chickens, so I did two batches of 22 Cornish X. It was a lot of work, but totally worth it for the delicious birds filling my freezer now!! I ended up doing ALL the killing and processing by myself, as DH claims he can't stand the smell of it. I got pretty...

I noticed this on craigslist, it'd be a nice opportunity for someone to get a great looking coop! http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/grd/837312369.html

Great description from the OP. I keep meaning to write mine all out, since I've had requests to teach friends and friends-of-friends how to do it. I usually just have them come over and help me do it, so they get the hands-on lesson. And I get free help! Processed nine Cornish X last...

Hi! Are you on LJ too? I recognize your avatar! Do you also keep chickens in the city? It'd be so cool to know other folks in the area - a coop-tour should be arranged!

I'm the Mrs. Blais towards the end of the article. Well written, but the author got me wrong on an important point - I said 5lbs of poo a *month* not a week! http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08245/908589-53.stm

You know, I think I only noticed the smell of the cooked homegrown chicken because I'd been cleaning coops and butchering just a few days before. As a first timer, I'd never made the mental smell-connection that chicken feed, chicken poop, chickens being scalded, and chickens being gutted ALL...

Thanks guys, I'll try the limited feeding! I've just got to find a way to stop them from mobbing the door everytime they see me coming! I am The Great Food Provider!

Hello all - this is my second time with this problem, the first hen was old enough to butcher out, but this one is just 5 weeks old and too small. So I read that Cornish X are susceptible to getting bad legs, because they're a meat bird and can gain weight so quickly their legs can't keep up...

I just finished raising and butchering my very first chickens ever - 20 Cornish X. I went into it knowing that I'm an emotional person, I get attached to animals, etc. So I was careful not to "love" them, but still showed them the same care and attention that I do my layers. I think the...

I'm really glad to see this question - I was going to ask something similar! I have five 10 week old hens in their coop, and just got three day-old hens. I was planning on, once they feather out a little, putting them in a wire cage inside the hen coop. I'm hoping this will let the older hens...

That's actually how we do it now! My problems with this system are... 1. takes two people - one to hold, one to place the head and make the chop 2. DH is not confident enough with the ax/knife and doesn't always get it the first strike, which means I get sprayed until he gets it and I can...

So I am, despite being the city-girl, the chicken butcher in the relationship....DH is a country boy, but hates the smell of processing chickens (the scalding, eviscerating, etc.). I am questionably blessed with a lack of sense of smell, so it doesn't bother me at all. Here's the problem - he...

*pout* I think my biggest one this batch only dressed out to 5 pounds! I wonder what I'm doing wrong? I'll re-check my feeding schedule I guess.

I have a beautiful 8-week old white polish rooster, needs a new home since I live in the city and can't keep him! He's docile, can be handled easily, and takes good care of his hens. He's starting to try and crow though, which means the neighbors will start complaining! I can even deliver...

As a newbie to chickens (my first batch are 7 weeks old today), I don't know WHAT I would have thought about the idea of being pooped on if someone had told me before I got them! Now, well, now I'm kind used to it. Poo is a part of every day. I've developed some humor and can withstand the...