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Hey guys! It's been awhile since I've been on, I hope everyone is doing OK this winter so far. Since it's snowing outside and I'm thinking about spring- I'm curious as to what breeds any of you raise for a meat bird? I'm looking for as more hardy bird, low mortality rates, and one who's not...

Hey, sorry for the late response- i'm not on as often as i'd like to be. I wish that i could narrow it down to one bird that's laying the "meatier" eggs, but i can't. I'm thinking that it's one of the New Hampshire Reds since i've never noticed any with the Dominiques. I've gotten used to it...

I've hear that guinea keets are really noisy, like on the verge of being peacocks. Is that true? Our Dominique hatched 3 chicks today, i am excited to have broody hens but that left 10 unhatched. There's no way she was going to go sit on the nest anymore. I was thinking of candling them but...

WOW! That is a lot of eggs! It should be any day now ....

Did you see those in a poultry magazine? My husband brought one home and they were on the cover! I thought they were pretty also. When i was first looking for another breed, i liked those but had a hard time finding them. I could only find solid black. If you run into any, let us know!

Hello my fellow chicken people! I've been researching a bunch of questions about broody hens (I've only ever had one, and another that gave up half way through). What it seems like it comes down to is you let nature take it's course and mama chickens know what they are doing (usually!). I've...

You're going to get me into a lot of trouble Stake! Thanks for the lead!

Welcome! I'm sure there's folks here willing to help you out with your newly found chicken addiction! I mean hobby.

Hey guys! Thought i'd pop in and say Hi! We've been busy around here with the garden, today i'm mulching- not my favorite task. I guess i haven't been here in awhile since i would have to read about 100 pages to get caught up. The girls have got me thinking about getting a few goats, they are...

I know! There's some weird ones on there, just recently i saw an add for a job for "professional cuddling" or something like that. Whhhaaattt?? I hope you find someone local that can process for you, or teach. I lucked out when i was able to hook up with wingstone and learned from her, it was a...

Hey everyone! My husband just got home from being out of town for 4 weeks, needless to say the kids and i haven't left him alone long enough to get online. Hello to all the newbies, it's always exciting to get into a new "hobby" (hoarding!) On another note, anyone looking for New Hampshire red...

We used to belong to the Elstonville Sportsman's Association, but gave it up because basically i felt like a member of a bar (which is great but i have two small children) - we were looking to shoot more. We went to some alpaca/llama day over your way a while back. I think watching people from...

That's a great idea. Wing. I'll have to keep an eye out. Hopefully i can "plan" this a little better, like get a run set up BEFORE i get the birds. What an idea. right?! Got chicks before we had a chicken run, rabbits before hutches, children before marriage ... i'm starting to see a pattern ....

I'll look into the Anconas, you can't have too many birds- right?!

Google says that it's about 52 minutes away, that's close enough for me! If you can, i'd like her contact information. I'm starting from scratch (again) so i'd be interested in getting several from different places so i don't run into breeding problems. Thanks for the info!

She said i came right past you! I caught Ciderpress to Meadow view to try to avoid downtown Manheim. If you're familiar with the area, i live next to the Renaissance Faire (we face the joust field). Anyways, we had Champagne D'Argents for awhile, we really liked them but they are hard to come by...

Wow! I think i just read 20 pages to get caught up with you guys-and now i have a sudden urge to buy anything fluffy with wings, thanks. On another note, i put our 3 week old golden laced hens out for their first "free range", they were excited to say the least (not so much when one of our NHR...

No problem, maybe next time! I always like to meet chicken people. The weirdest part was sticking your hand up there, but i got the hang of it i think. This will be one of the most rewarding experiences and my family's first journey into self sufficiency. Yay!!

I wanted to thank you all for pointing me towards wingstone for processing- she was an amazing teacher, patient, and even answered all my lame newbie questions. I couldn't thank her enough... now she's got me thinking about searching for some good meat birds

I'll remember to look for you, I'm on the maintenance team during the faire season. You know, the fun stuff- parking cars and collecting trash.