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My question is does cooler summer weather affect the hatching date? I am in Ontario Canada and the weather had been really cool this summer... Around 10 this morning. I put 12 eggs under my silkie on July 7 and today is day 24th and NOTHING is happening. So disappointed. Any thoughts?

Hi My Silkie hen has gone broodie once again and I would like to give her some fertile eggs to brood on instead of the current golf ball :) I have had someone contact me with free silkie eggs that are about a month old. I have never done this before so I don't know if these eggs would work...

Hi there. I have a meat hen who has all of a sudden stopped walking. Was fine one day then not the next. She is healthy. I put her next to the water in the morning and saw her drinking. I went to work,came back at night and she had moved to the opposite side of the pen. What do you think...

Just wanted to say that I tried my chicken last night and it was super tasty and moist. I did chicken breast on a bun for my husband and myself. I only used one breast as all my breasts turned out over 1lb! Plenty enough for two people for din din :). When I was packaging the chickens I...

Well I finished processing my first ever batch of meaties today. I ordered 16 figuring that I would lose a few but they all survived. Yeah for me! :). I have weighted them and have a final total of 100.18lbs of meat. That works out to $6.26 per bird. My birds all were in the 6 lb range...

HI I processed two of my first meaties this weekend. One took a long time to bleed out and has a wing that is cheery red. I was going to pack wings separate for our Saturday night wing meals. My question is is this still edbile? Will the red colour go away when it is cooked? thanks

Hi. My two birds are in a casserole dish in the fridge resting. I have covered them really well with Saran Wrap. Is that okay? I've read that people have bagged them. I'm going to bag them with my food saver for the freezer but just wanted to make sure that the Saran Wrap is okay for this step

So I did my first two meaties yesterday. I hand plucked and had a question about timing. How long should I take to pluck? I got all the main feathers off but once I was done I took them back out of the fridge and went at them with twizzers to get the rest of the quills out. My question is...

Just processed my first two meaties. One had a really red wing. Is it still edible? What would have caused that? She was handled gently. Dispatching took longer then the first one as the cut was not deep... Felt really bad about that. Kept apologizing to her:(

Well today is the day that I will start my processing. I'm going to only do two just so I am not stressed plus I have to leave at 2 for a birthday dinner:p I set up everything last night and walked thru the process..... Now I just have to wait for the septic man to come at 8am do his thing and...

Going to do my first ever birds on sat. Am I missing anything: Cone Rope for leg lope to pluck Turkey fryer( scalded) Propane Cutting table Pails for blood, inners, feathers Pails for cold dunk after scald Pail with bleach water for cleaning equip Assorted sharp knives Cooler with ice and...

In 11yrs we had never had a coon on our property. I think I now have one as the compost lids are off in the morning. Paranoid that my meaties and layers are going to be killed. I will be really ticked as I am planning on starting processing this weekend and have not lost a single bird...

I will be attempting my first processing this coming weekend. My hubby has made the cone but I wanted to know how long it takes for the bird to bleed out?? Having never done this before I want to make sure that it is dead before going into the scaling pot?

Just weighed my 16 birds. Here are their weights? Do they look okay? They are Cornish cross and eight weeks. 5lbs 1oz, 6lbs 15 oz, 4lbs 9oz, 4lbs 6, 4lbs 2, 6 lbs 12oz, 5lbs 5, 6lbs 3, 4lbs 11, 6 lbs 6, 4lbs 9, 3 lbs 15oz, 5 lbs 3, 4lbs 7, 3lbs 12, and finally 5lbs 1oz...

Has anyone given their meaties skim milk or any type of milk to help gain weight?

Just was told by someone who processed their own birds that if you don't get them cleaned really fast they get full of worms???? What the heck!!! Anyone hear if this? I assume his birds had worms in the first place which leads me to my next question. How do you know if your birds have worms?

So my husband and I are trying to agree on the most humane way to kill a chicken for processing. I have read about slitting the throat but he thinks that it would be less traumatic to just use an axe. He doesn't like the idea of the chicken slowly passing away. What are your thoughts and...

HI there This is my first time raising meaties so a bit of a learning curve. I have 16 and have been fortunate not to have lost any even though we have gone through snow and tons of rain and hot temps to frost temps again since April. I fill their food bin up in the morning and give them a...

My meaties were three weeks old yesterday and I was almost out of chick starter so i bought a bag of chick grower pellets. They are about half the size of layer pellets but i am concerned that they are to big for them eat/swallow. Should I run some throught my food processor?

Went down to feed the hungry hoard this morning( actually there are only 15, but they seem like a hoard at feeding time). Every one was clamoring around the food tray except one. She stayed under the light and looked like she wanted to sleep instead. I am assuming that when I come home from...