Got a few little things left to do like put latch's on the doors to keep them open and closed. I have laying boxes across the back of it with three doors to make access easy without ever needing to get inside so I can stay away from all the poop. Wire floor so it all fall on hay i have under it...
Ima keep looking and if that's my only option ima just go with them to try and get started. I have barred rocks, Rhode island reds, jersey giants, black Australorps, buff Orpington, and eater eggers and none of them I would call a good meat bird even tho through my reading the barred rocks and...
Idk about everyone else but I have hatched three batching in a row now and the first almost all died. Literally about 30. Then the next bactch about 20 died so I started reading and found out they need to be taught to drink so I tried it and this last batch I didn't loose any other than the few...
Call me crazy but I do not like a white chicken. It looks too unnatural to me I guess. And plus I already have the black giants and barred rocks and they are the biggest ones I have so I guess that's what im going to try first. I'm going to lookfhard for some Cornish birds. any help from anyone...
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely not planning on raising those hybrid birds. Have no idea what they had to do to get them that way and I don't trust where it comes from. All my birds are free range and organic feed is all I give them. I also raise meal worms and crickets for them and my...
Hello everyone I'm new to the site and somewhat new to raising birds. I have 8 differs breeds of chickens and Bob white quail. My main reason for this thread is because I want to learn how to raise meat birds. Not jumbo rock x birds but I want to breed my own hybrids with Cornish chickens but I...
Hello everyone I'm new to the site and somewhat new to raising birds. I have 8 differs breeds of chickens and Bob white quail. My main reason for this thread is because I want to learn how to raise meat birds. Not jumbo rock x birds but I want to breed my own hybrids with Cornish chickens but I...