Recent content by dlbranton

Wow! Thank you for sharing. This sounds like an amazing spreadsheet. When I click on the link it gives me a 404 error message. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

If you have any additional information to share it would be greatly appreciated. One person made what seemed to be a very important note on another thread. It seems that in Texas, while it is legal for a chicken to have sex with a human, it is illegal for a human to initiate (reciprocate) sex...

I have seen multiple threads and post concerning the different licensing and permit requirements in Texas for the sale of Poultry, Game Birds, and Eggs from either or both. I have done some extensive research to make sure I am with in the laws for my farm operation, Branton Family Farm. There...

My coop is about 300 square feet of floor space. I can comfortably roost 200 hens in it. That equals 1 1/2 square feet per hen. My hens stay out during the winter and only come in to roost. I call it my Roost Wagon rather than my Coop. I move them to new pasture about every other day...

Let us know. I agree with donrae and farmerchef. I have purchased and also hatched black giants. I've never seen barring on any of them.

She looks like a New Hampshire Red to me. She definatly is not a RIR. It's true that hatchery strains are sometimes a darker brown but there is never this drastic of a differece. (At least in my flock of 300 RIR's that are all hatchery, I have not seen this big a difference.) Whether she is a...