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Thanks. No rooster(s) on site. Even with broody hens, 3 days and warm temps I won’t worry about it. The main reason for concern is that we give away most to friends and family. Sure would hate to get somebody sick or even just provide them with a gross experience.

That was our plan. Thanks

We sometimes have a hard time coordinating whose job it is to get eggs. I checked this pm and it looks like they went unchecked three days in a row. When I checked just now, two had hens on them… I’m guessing broody, which is new. N Florida. Past few nights down to 50-60s. Warm during day...

Well, today was Day 5. Still no time to cook and leaving town tomorrow. Smelled like NOTHING. Want to respect these two birds. Went ahead and broke them down and put in freezer. Really wanted to eat fresh, but gone for three days home for two to recoup amd then gone again. Upon second...

Next question: How long can fresh chicken stay in fridge? Obviously there’s no transport time like commercial purchased chicken. We killed these two on Saturday and schedules have not allowed us the time to make something worthy with meat. They went directly into a 37 degree fridge and have...

10-4. Thanks. Cleaning wasn’t a big deal at all. I think I’ve cleaned over a 100 deer, 20-30 hogs, a bunch of alligators and a few turkeys so this was nothing! The head removal, on the other hand was pretty traumatic. I used a landing net to catch them. The first one I managed to...

Well… That wasn’t much fun. Couldn’t find anybody to take these two and it was getting loud in the mornings. Took care of it Saturday morning. I know they need to rest in fridge for a while. How long? Then brine they before cooking? They were 12 weeks old, so I know I let them go a little...

Roger. Speckled Sussex. Just threw his picture in the mix because he’s kind of cool.

And my first cockerel. He’s pretty funny most mornings. Trying to decide if I need to find him a home or eat one chicken. I think I would rather find a home.

Yeah, pics aren’t happening right now. Here some pics of mostly the dark legged ones and one of yellow leg.

Yeah…. Pics aren’t happening right now

Yeah. They’ve been a little skittish this morning. I’ll try to get some this evening if we let them in the yard.

So, we’re at 8 weeks with this flock of 25. Last time I had a couple barred rocks that were identical amd really pretty. This go round I have like 8 black and white pullets, but all have less definition between black and white, and leg colors run the gamut…. Dark, yellow, white, and cream...

One day of no water was all it took. Thanks! For days now I’ve been tapping on it and putting their beaks and it. Came home today after 8 hours of low humidity and sun. I went in run and tapped on a few. Received immediate attention from speckled Sussex. While I was typing on down the...

So I just have some 8 week olds full time access to run. My last flock took to the horizontal waterer nipples immediately. They were also brand new and bright red. They are now very faded. These new birds have yet to figure it out. I gave them access to run on Saturday. I have caught a...

And 600 sq ft a couple weeks after that. Than a yard.

And yes, 4x4 feet is a bit tight for 25, but they’ll be in 8x8 in a couple more weeks.

The crew.

Black copper maran? That would be awesome. Got 17 multi colored egg layers online. Then picked up 8 more in town. Of those 8, two were barred rocks and 4 were speckled Sussex. Looks like only. 1 of the 4 speckled is a boy. Nice! Wound up with like 8 barred rocks. The two I have now...

These would be online hatchery mixed with Tractor Supply birds. Not sure how much better TS are than backyard “local” birds, though.