The broody hen hatched 4 of 6 eggs on day 21. Yesterday morning, of day 24, she abandoned the remaining 2. I placed them in the homemade incubator. Last evening one hatched so I snook it into her nest last night. This morning the 6th egg pipped! Broody hen with backup incubator about to...
One Rooster, 13 hens. He has difficulty catching some of the young ones so he takes it out on the slower passive ones. Two of them are down to skin on their backs! I clipped his nails and filed down the edges. It doesn't seem to be helping much! What to do???
I just slaughtered a 7 month old rooster and was overwhelmed by two things! The super hard bones after cooking, and the large amount of fat deposits! The body cavity was full of fat! Oh, the skin is way tougher than I expected!!
This is my first trio. I recently killed the rooster and at 11 months found a lot of fat! I made a stew with the back portion and found the skeletal structure to be somewhat different than what I'm used to! The bones remained hard as rock even after many hours of cooking time! The trio has...
Thank all of you for helping me in my recent retirement! I've learned so much from your website! You folks helped me set up the coop and aviary. Inspired me in designing a no-waste feeder, build an incubator, and I'm now waiting for the eggs to hatch. Started with 9 and have only had to remove...