I've been to the local feed stores and I can't seem to find a kill cone for my 30 + lbs turkey. I was thinking of making one but with his weight I'll have to do some welding to make it sturdy enough. I've looked online but I'd rather buy it in person so I can investigate if it'd be strong...
So I planned only having 1 rooster (named Mick he was supposed to be a black australorp and we'll he wasn't) and one of my hens ended up being a decent size black australorp. They are 22 weeks now and we needed to get more hens if we wanted to keep both of them. So now we have more hens that are...
I have 3 hens (black australorps) that are 22 week and I haven't seen an egg yet. I have been starting to think that maybe my turkey is getting it first? I don't know why else I wouldn't have an egg from one of those three? I do have 2 roos (one was supposed to be a hen but mistakes happen) so...
Yesterday while we were picking up feed, my son pointed out that our rooster looks just like the rooster on the Nutrena Naturewise Feather Fixer Feed. Does anyone know what type of rooster that is? The back rooster is the one I am talking about
Hello we are new to the whole backyard chickens. Back in March we got what we thought were 5 hens, 1 rooster, and 2 turkeys. Abut a mobth ago I started to notice that one of the "hens" was in fact a rooster. So now we have 2 roosters. We now only have 3 hens (one passed away when we first got...
When we picked out our flock the roosters were assorted. I picked the one that looked most like the Black Australorp chicks. Now that they're older I can Mick Dundee is not like the rest. Also he has a brother that was supposed to be a lady friend. (But they get along great for now and the...