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Sooo... We have pardoned one of our turkeys this Canadian thanksgiving. She has a gimpy leg so we had pulled her out from the rest to recoup. At the same time we had a "suppose to be meat chicken" that we thought wasn't going to make it and pulled out from her flock. These two sleep in separate...

We are doing our first meat birds this year .. Finding a lot of different information of keep time. After they are slaughtered how long are they good for to keep as fresh before I should freeze them? Thanks !!

Hi everyone! First time for raising turkeys.. We have 51. One of my males has two tail feathers that are broken really short and bleeding .. He is about 7 weeks old and so sweet. This happened a few weeks ago and I kept my eye on him and he seemed fine in a day Or two. They have access to indoor...

Not sure if my hen is sick or not . She is a red sex link and I noticed she is a lot lighter then the other chickens. I noticed her because of her beak this week had a weird chip out of it (I got hem with their beaks trimmed so the top is much shorter then the bottom which had the chip) I was...

Hi everyone .. I have a flock of 25 red stars or red sex links that I got back at the beginning of June as ready to lays .. And we hand raised 4 Rhode island reds from chicks in the house and shed .. We have just integrated them together .. They have met a few times but the babies are now about...

Hi everyone! I pick up my 23 ready to lay red star hens tomorrow and was wondering what size of feeder I will need and if I should have more then one feeder and waterer?? I have 8 (4 week old) rhode island red chicks (4 of which i think are roosters and will find a new home) that will...

Hi everyone.. building our first coop. Its 8 X12 and we made the floor out of plywood & 2x4s with insulation then another layer of plywood. Wondering if anyone lays anything down on the floor to make cleaning it out easier. Picturing the wood getting pretty gross even with covering it with...

I've read a lot of the different ways to sex Rhode Island Reds but this is my first time and was looking for some input from some more experienced individuals. Everyone seems to have different ways that work... color, strip, wings.. Give me your opinion. They are about 6 days old. I tried to get...

Hi everyone! I am really enjoying everyone's insight and experience!! We are looking to start our first flock this year of about 20-30 chickens and are bringing in some red star ready to lay hens in June... I just had a failed incubation project in my classroom with my grade 6's and have a line...

Hey everyone! This is my first time hatching chicken eggs. I am a teacher and am doing it with my class!! We hit the day 21 this afternoon and no piping or peeping so far. We last candled them at about day 18 and took them out of the rocker at day 19 and have left them in the incubator in peace...