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I have 20 Feeedom Rangers hatched first week of September. I'd get them processed now but the two processors in my area are booked up with turkey orders so it might be a few more weeks. Apart from just being bigger, how does that affect the meat? What's the optimal age range? Thx

Discovered this morning one of my six hens stone cold dead, up by the nesting boxes. I'd be surprised if it's avian flu but can't rule out anything. I have not introduced anything new to the homestead EXCEPT two chicks incubated locally by a friend with a very small backyard flock. She doesn't...

We have chickens and ducks -- and rats. Until it got cold in December, I was setting snap traps and eliminated 60 of them over a couple months. They also wised up and we were unsuccessful with the traps since then. That 60 was like the tip of the iceberg and the population has really exploded...

I had this in the Chicken What Breed Or Gender is This? Forum and some recommended I re-post here. So... We got Ancona eggs last summer and hatched the three in the one picture. The two white/black/blue ones are the drakes and the other is the female. We then hatched five of their eggs and...

We got Ancona eggs last summer and hatched the three in the one picture. The two white/black/blue ones are the drakes and the other is the female. We then hatched five of their eggs and none came out resembling the drakes whatsoever. Wondering whether the mother duck is 100% Ancona. What do...

Jumping over from the other thread "Can chickens hatch duck eggs"... We are about 10 days from this duck hatch. The chicken has been sitting on two duck eggs of which only one looks viable. Now our concern turns to what to do when the hatch takes place? Our two previous hatches were incubator...