I apologize for not doing any research. I have hens that love to hatch eggs, but in the past I have always taken the hatched chicks and raised them on my own. This time I really want to let nature run its course. My question is: What should I do as far as nature is concerned? I have...
My family and I are on our third year of raising chickens for the dinner table. We have buff orpingtons for our egg layers and cornish X for our butchering chickens. We have butchered some of our buff chickens, and while they do taste great, in my opinion their isnt enough meat for the...
I shot one of my roosters and sent him to the oven. He tasted just the same as any other rooster I had eaten. I couldnt catch him and he was very fast. I left him out over night and the next morning he unexpectedly was shot in the back of the head. I choose the back of the head because I...
I have a very simple setup..I have 14 cx birds living in a 8ft square coop with 2 heat lamps to start, there is only 1 lamp now. I am able to maintain 60 degrees in there except for when it dips into the teens at night then it may get down to around 40..The first week I fed them regular chick...