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I have had hatchery BO. Meanest rooster ever! But he did make a delicious pot of Mean Rooster Soup. Yes he looked big but at over a year old weighed only about 8 pounds (SOP = 10). Hens barely weighed 5 pounds. I now have some English import lines and APA stock and crosses of the two. Good...

Great pics! My ground is so hard, even when a little damp it's hard to get complete prints

I find it interesting that you listed the Black Ameraucana; The show I went to last fall in Tucson had a fair number of blacks and blues from a couple of breeders and a number of youth entries. I have some b/b/s chicks from one of the breeders and the oldest ones are looking pretty nice. Also...

I use the threaded nipples from dmrippy. My layer house currently has 22 hens and a roo. They have 4 nipples on a 5 gal bucket. I have NO issues with them getting enough water. When the weather is hot however, I do have open pans for them to stand in and cool off their feet and dunk their faces...

Here ya go; https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776718/water-baloon-chicken-warning-graphic-autopsy-photos

why not start a thread with warnings? I did that for my water balloon chicken.....

ooooo vicki I like how you think!

I have have two of these style clips; cheap from Walmart, more expensive from Ace. Neither one works at all, the first little breeze and they pop right off the plastic. The 'dog bone' style works reasonably well, but in a long term wind storm I have had the work loose, especially is some other...

Thanks Vickie! Going to try and get out and take some pics later today of everybody. LoL on the paper tape! I can just see them now, might have to name one of my coops the Silkie Salon!

Did you use the old fashioned clay kind or the newer pelleted ones? I was interested in silkies as broodies and baby sitters and then was given some that I think may be showable.... ;=)

Vicki, where did you find clear tarps? I would love to have some for some of my more open runs

between living in a little village in E. TX where folks regularly took out the power pole on the curve up the road from me and the occasional few days of snow here that downs the powerlines, I have always been prepared for the little every day sorts of stuff. I refuse to have an all electric...

Bob was so awesome about helping people find birds! I never met him in person but I sure miss his wisdom and input here on the threads. I'm full up now, won't be taking on anything new and will be thinning out a lot of birds later in the spring. I do have Buff Plymouth Rocks from Tom Roebuck...

(the question was about breeding from pullets) Now I am pretty new to breeding to the SOP and what not but here's my observation and from reading a LOT. Oldtimers recommended breeding from no less than hens going into their second laying year. Because their eggs are usually bigger than during...

I have not bought meat at the store in over a year; (except occasionally bacon on sale) Just eating cull chickens and ducks. Sometimes if they are full of pin feathers I just skin them and cut into pieces- breast, legs, thighs, the rest goes in a bag for soup along with necks and feet. At first...

Happy New Year! She does look like she's ready to go dancing with those snazzy new shoes on!

I don't know the answer either but maybe part of it depends on your goals for your birds? It seems to me that at 9-12 months they should be about the listed weight for cockerels and pullets. Then by 12-18 months they should weigh the listed weight for hens & cocks? Or am I mistaken? should they...

I think, as in any other type of stock breeding that what you put pressure on and cull for is what you get. If you are only hatching from your best layers you are going to get better layers; only hatch from the meatier birds, then more meat. Dual purpose birds lay less than layers but should...

yes you did; I had posted there first thinking I was on this thread.... too many to keep track of sometimes ;-) Thanks for the input

OK folks, a friend is trying to make some decisions about where she is going to go with her poultry flock this coming year. We would like some input from more experienced breeders. Keep in mind we are looking at quality, standard bred birds, not hatchery stock. Right now one decision is...