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dear Flocksters from Boise area.... In about 2 weeks we are moving to Nampa, Idaho..... we urgently need som kind of structure for my 9 hens.... There was a lady on Craigslist who I contacted and she told me her son can build some structure for me, so I was hoping for that... But for a couple...

Moving to Nampa ID... Looking for tractor for 9 chickens( laying hens)... anyone can give advice where I can post this... Is here such a thing as Boise , ID forum? There was a lady on Craigslist.... She said she would ask her son to build one for me,... But she stopped resonding for my texts...

Thank u - that's what I thought - she is sitting in a shadowed area outside - and she had a drink yesterday.... When should I give her a drink and food again? Only when all the chicks are out? It may take couple days...

Hi! I urgently need your advice! My broody has been on the eggs for 19-20 days... I usually lift her up and give her food and water, but today I heard a "peep" under her... It means that at least one chick has just hatched.... I am afraid to mess up the hatching process, but also I am worried...

Thanks for ideas! hopefully one day we will implement them. I am not very crafty;) And it is very busy here. It could be very cool homeschool project though.

Thanks for helping. I hate it when my birds go to waste. When they have Marek's i know for sure they are ok to eat. But this kind of stuff is new to me.

thank you. do you think I can still cook it and give it to the dog?

My 3 y.o. roo started behaving like he is about to die. He was looking and living like he is a 90 y.o. grandpa.So I butchered him. But while evicerating I found a huge mass - looks like a very big meatball and feels like it. Is it a cancerous tumor. Is he still safe to eat? I do not want it go...

Hi! I wander if anybody else had that experience. I had a 3 y.o. rooster, recently he started behaving like he is 90 year old grandpa. Standing there, not eating much. Something was wrong. One day i found him, he could not get up from the ground. I helped him to get up. Today he was getting...

He was a very difficult bird. He and his sistet were the only chiks of our first time broody. Flock never accepted them, when broody abandoned the nest. His sister died early she was weak from the beginning. He was pecked at and prefered to be in the garage. I had to pusn him out, and he was...

Yes it looked fine. I also noticed that the blood was slowly dripping out of him. And I saw the plasma all got out too. It just happened so instantly the days before butchering. He was eating fine lately, but the last day he was breathing with his mouth open, I thought it was because it ie hot...

Anybody, please?

Hi! I had a very wired young Delaware rooster 5 months old. I was actually going butcher him in a couple days as I always wait to cull unwanted roos when they are 5 months old. We had a heat wave for a couple days. He preferred to sit in a garage that is pretty hot(90 F). I made sure he had...

In response to Adam ! The method of cooking is everything, as well as the resting meat for some days. slow cooking worked the best for me at this age. Google newlyweds sticky chicken recepy, I did it with bcm roo, it was amazing

Thanks that helps! I will wait for couple weeks before I get them outside. It is quite wet here as well asit was raining quite a bit in seattle. I hope for some spring sunlight in a couple weeks.;)

Thanks for your quick response:) my concern is more about them staying out of the day light under weg garage light whole day. I wonder if they will be growing okey, or do they have to have a day light to grow properly. being a gardener, I know how important is sunlight for the plants. I wonder...

Hi! This was my first attempt to use broody hen to hatch her chicks. Only two hatched actually. But they look good - healthy - eating and drinking. They are 4 days old now. While sitting on the nest she was separated from the rest of the flock in the garage brooder. It is still cold and very...

Thanks for your quick response - both of you! I agree with you Polka Dot - the chickens will let me know for sure. They feel when it is too bad to eat. It was kept in the garage, so it is not moist or exposed to elements. Yes, if it were commercial I would not even ask the question, because...

About 6 months ago I got two bags of "organic type feed. - it mostly made from cracked natural grains and added supplements like oyster shell. So it is not typical stuff from Feed store. The problem was chickens liked it but not very much. So I ended up with mixing it with regular pellets bought...

I learned how to make the butchered bird last more than couple meals. We are a family of three and one big roo lasts us for a while. 1. Slow cook the roo and enjoy the wonderful tasting and nourishing meat(you will be actually satisfied with much smaller portions than those of store bought...