Recent content by blue creek chicken man

has anybody crossed nn w/ cx if so do you have pictures

jls is right i seperate mine just to avoid damaging my hens

This is a good post. this guy is doing a service that alot of chicken raisers will not do themelves. last year i searched cl all the time and picked any free roosters. my hands were so soar from plucking and my wife was tired of helping. this year we hatched more and i am glad we did because...

run 24 hour light on them until they start laying then back it down to 13-14

yes but i havent been able to find breeders of anything nearby and have had no luck w/ mailed hatching eggs in the end i am hoping to have mongrel chickens that will breed w/ good breasts the rest doesnt matter

sorry my typing is so bad hope you get the gist

looking for a slower growing(vs cx) good foraging wider breated bird. I bought 10 dc cocks with my ideal order because they did not have straight run at the time. I am hoping by crossing them to the faster growing rir i will still retain the wider breast but grow out a little faster than the...

my guess is the murry rir are not that pure(bought at local feed store who uses murry) dc are from ideal- hens were sepperate for two weeks before collecting eggs

i have 10 leghorns(different colors) roos included(2) it has been below 0 many times already and we have over a foot of snow and no frostbite in my coop. Chickens are the best heater/humidifier out there

is it better to buy pullet orders and avoid the roos(and let the hatcheries grind the day old cocks alive) I think not at least these roos lived a good life

the batteries will probably be entering molt when you get them the hybrids will most likely need to molt also

hello new to the forum thing been watching the sight for years

I live in montana and do not use heat lamps for my ducks. they are in a old fiberglass topper that is cover with staw and tarps. My chickens are in a insulated coop w/ light(cfls) for light only but i do have about 70 chickens in a 16x10 coop. how big is yours?

I try to put mine in the coop when the are close to the same size. Put the in at night when it is dark and do not provide any light for them. They seem to have less stress this way but you will still see the fighting the next or so. Just monitor them and watch for any birds that might have...

it does have a rose comb right?