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I have 3 LF cornish chicks hatched from eggs that I purchased through the mail. The source is solid, I'm not worried about that. But since the chicks hatched 3 weeks ago, they haven't grown much at all. I noticed they weren't growing at the same rate as the other cornish chicks hatched a day or...

This was sold to me as a Dark Cornish, another DC hen from the same hatchery looks like the standard, this one does not. She is significantly smaller than the other hen, and her tail is tucked down all the time. Any thoughts on breed? I tried to get better pics, but she is very fidgity. Has...

I have a hen that was sold to me as a Dark Cornish, however she is much smaller than her counterpart, and doesn't have the same colors. However, she is a solid layer, and nice enough, so we kept her. She's peculiar in some ways, like the way she crawls through a tunnel to get to my rabbit's...

Here are 3 of my 5 Dark Cornish that I would like to get opinions on. The large one on the right is (IMO) a cockerel, the other 2 smaller ones on the left are the one's I'm curious about. Here are the 3 cockerels (or so I believe): Here is the smaller one w/ brown on her - I assume she's...

My duck just started laying a few weeks ago. And I'm totally new to ducks. So about 10 days ago I noticed she had a limp. That is the same day that I noticed she was laying in a new spot, found one egg in the dirt. So I checked thoroughly and didn't find any more eggs at that time. I laid some...

I have 2 Pekin ducks named Donald and Daisy (my 2 year old named them, of course). Got them from Tractor Supply back in the Spring, and now they are fully grown. I know I need to get a few more ducks for Donald, as he's a bit needy. He has the hens that he grew up with, but they're pretty good...

Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit, but I'm slightly worried. I have a drake (very "frisky") and a hen Pekin Duck. I'm in the market to get 2-3 more females for him, but my question here is why she is not laying yet... I raised them both with chicks, started on 24% protein for the first week...

I have 33 heritage chicks, but I only plan to keep the best/biggest 3 cockerels and 10-12 pullets overall - the rest will become supper. They are about 2 weeks old now, at what age can I pick out the biggest to keep for future breeding? I know the quick and silly answer is "at any time", but I...

I officially started my meat bird project this month. (Really I've been working on it MENTALLY for like 6 months, but I just got my chicks about a week and a half ago...) Here is what I'm working with: I ordered 25 birds from Welp Hatchery - 5 Dark Cornish (DC) cockerels, then 5 males and...

I'm about to get my first batch of meat birds in 2 weeks (Dark Cornish roosters, Delawares and White Rocks straight run), chicks from Welp Hatchery. Before they get here, I'm going to have this project completed. Basically, I'm building a mobile coop that is large enough to house several ages of...

So I've been stalking this website for almost 2 years now and decided to finally come out of the shadows. I started my flock last spring, 10 chicks turned into 20 within a week, and a few months later we had 33. A few security issues (raccoons and my kid's golden retriever puppy) and several...