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Hi, I'm new here and really hope you all can help me or I just might have to become vegetarian! I have had chickens for years, but have always wanted to raise my own meat birds for ethical reasons. I like the idea of knowing my food had a nice life and as peaceful as possible exit. But I...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this one... I am 4 months pregnant and having some trouble finding a place to get my young roosters processed (everyone wants large batches) ---so is it ok for a pregnant woman to butcher chickens? are there any precautions one would...

Two behavior questions: 1) I had read somewhere that you need to present yourself as the "alpha rooster" in order to keep a rooster from becoming human aggressive or diffucult to deal with ---among other things this article said that you should never allow him to mate while you are around This...

I love the sound of my roosters in the morning, but my husband does not. and I don't know about the neighbors but I get the feeling they don't particularly enjoy the 5 am wake up call either. I really need to have them out of here by this weekend no later than next weekend I have a polish...

the same chick I posted about earlier is miraculously still alive though close to a month old now and looks about 4 days old still having problems with fluid bubbling up and him gagging on it--i am going to put back on the antibiotic today for 2 weeks this time instead of 1 his fluff down the...

Hi everyone, I am new to chickens I just received my babies from McMurray Hatchery a week ago I lost 3 right away from unknown cause (did not appear sick) This chick however has seemed off from the start and is not growing, he has pasty butt still (all of the others out grew it by now) and has...