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This is an article that was written by Dr.Silversides for the Quebec Chantecler farmers, in restoring the breed to production ability's. - but this should be used for any heritage breed Quote: IMO: I would rather see fewer, larger flocks in each breed than many small flocks.

Hey all, I am developing a livestock/poultry management app. Right now I have the basics covered Sales & Expenses Contacts Incubator management Hatches Animals (with the ability to make it publicly visible so you can share the details with others) Charts & Graphs ( I am in heavy...

Last winter about this time I spent a good month - tracking down a French rustic broiler called Sasso (Sas-so). I found them in Quebec. Now Quebec farmers and a Co-op in Quebec had a long running history of using Don Shaver's Red Bro however when Don Shaver's breeding company was purchased (now...

Hey, So I am having a very annoying issue with double posting, the editor not appearing to submit a post (The JS error that pops up is the one confirming that I want to leave with text in the editor after pushing the submit button). Chrome Version is : 31.0.1650.63 m all the typical stuff...

I read this article on World Poultry. So there we have it. The blue egg most likely startedred as a retrovirus -> nifty eh?

How do you balance egg size and body size? Egg size is inversely related to body size. So in order to get larger eggs a hens body size must be smaller. Leghorns became popular because they were a light weight breed that laid a lot of large eggs. So when we have egg customers that want large...

Hello everyone, I am recruiting people for an Open Source project - Hatchery Order System or Hatchery OS. I have seen a empty space in website software that is designed for hatcheries. I am looking for interested people would be willing to help out with the following areas Coding...

Today we have access to many types of meat birds while they are often classified as into two groups “Cornish Crosses” and Free range alternative meat birds. Let’s get some background on each different type of meat bird We can classify all meat birds under two categories these being commercial...

Heritage chickens are rather new in the world of chickens. Well ‘heritage’ anything is new in both plant and animals. By new I mean it’s really only in the last 50+ years that ‘heritage’ animals and plants have become big. With the needs for more efficient and productive agriculture system the...

Hi Everyone, I have been working on this project for about a week now. This tool named PoultryCal has been developed by me and is mostly complete ( there are a few things that I will be implementing over the next two weeks, such as a copy emailed to you). PoultryCal (Poultry Feed consumption...

Hi, Just had a smaller hatch come off, and one of the chicks seems to only be able to move one leg. This is strange, i am not sure if there is muscle lacking or something. Ideas? Thanks!

Hey everyone, after a few months of development i need some testers for my web based poultry management App! So it's late Alpha right now, so there are bound to be some bugs and what not. That's the only catch, is there well be bugs. I am offering it free to any one who is willing to test...

Hey there, I am currently working on a flock management software and would like to know what you would like to see in it! Currently i have Egg Recording including, Weight if it was fertile Date Laid,Set,hatched, Breed Sales & Expenses...

Hey there, So i am going to start saving up for my first vehicle here. I was thinking a car. But than that does not function to great for the hobby farm. I can't fit creates of chickens in a car to go to the butcher. My very first thought 4ish months ago was a truck. Because simply put cars...

Does any one work in plant sciences? I am planing to take a plant sciences program in post secondary. If so what type of job do you do??

So i have to crate a PP for an ag project about chickens and giraffes(why we have to do an exotic animal i have no clue) i had it all done than the computer crashed and i needed to reformat! So i am trying to remeber the 5 stages of an animals life. It's Birth Adolescence ...

Why is there no support the RTE in Chrome (running win. 8 BTW) Chrome version is 23.0.1271.95 m. It kind of sucks... not to have RTE support. Any ETA?

I am in grade 11 and I really should decide what path I would like to take... It well determine if I stay in high school for an extra year... I am really debating farming! But then I am also thinking about doing some thing in plant sciences. Ugh I do not know if I want to farm or what. I do...

Hey there, I am currently working on a web platform for farmers after getting o so mad at computer programs. One feature I well be working on is a waiting list feature but I need some feed back and ideas So right now I am thinking the waiting lists well be simple for you to use. But I would...

Hi Nifty and staff. Like the idea of the sticky header but I find it switching i header from logo to page title distracting. Suggestion would be one or the other or have the logo image then some type of separator to the title. Same thing with the ads below just way to distracting for me...