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After living in towns and cities all my life, and having little or no garden space I finally bought a house out in the countryside with a nice big piece of land... right I thought, let's get have a go at growing my own food. I was frustrated that the only chicken meat that was readily...

YAY, Sausage and Gravy are famous. They've both gone broody by the way, so I should have some chicks in a week or two, and some ducklings in July (Gravy's brood).

My daughter started to watch and help with the slaughter of chickens and ducks when she was about 3.5 years old. She helps me to pluck them, and sort the gizzard, liver and heart from the intestines. She said that she doesn't want to watch the meat rabbits slaughtered though. If your kids...

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nice one, I hope all goes well in the bator. Good luck

welcome to the forum. What a beautiful little hen, I would love to see more pics of the chicks when she takes them out for a stroll. Thanks for sharing

depending on how many chickens you have, and how big their run is, they may never eat/scratch up all the grass. I've kept chickens ans ducks in the same area for two years. The run is about 1500 square feet, I've not measured it exactly, just going off the fencing that I used. There is usually...

I also have two kids and am also concerned about my son (18 months) playing with any poop he finds. If you're talking about a small tractor/ark type coop then by all means move it around. I have a small ark for three bantams, they don't do much damage to the grass so I move it every 5-7 days. I...

it depends on if there is enough room for them to fly back down. You don't want them smashing into walls when they make their decent. Mine will roost at 7 feet if given the chance, but they also have about 8 feet of space between roost and wall for a safe landing. My cockerel once roosted...

I've got three... Altsteirer, Carrot Bielefelder, Pepper and Welsummer bantam, Peck Just hoping to see if Pecks mottled breast will turn solid black as he ages

nice flock, and great pics

I'm sorry to hear of your loss

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy : Quote: OMWord! What kind of chickens are those? ~ Aspen They are my Altsteirer hens. They're a rare Austrian breed. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Altst/BRKAltst.html The cockerel is in my avatar.

Quote: Not quite, both the Amrock and Plymouth Rock are both bred from the same initial stock, so it can be said that they are both the same breed but it two types. The Plymouth was bred as a show bird at a very early stage in the breeds history, while the Amrock was bred and kept for being...

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Chickens need darkness. They need it for good rest. Even in the huge factory style broiler houses they turn the lighting off for at least 30 minutes a day. 30 minutes is a joke though. Your lighting will come in handy in winter, you could put it on a timer to increase the amount of "daylight"...

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Great pics, and beautiful birds. My daughter wanted to know, "Why is she showing her bum to the chickens?" (third to last pic) LOL

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. It's always hard to loose a bird, even more so when it's a favorite.