Recent content by DrumstickRanchTex

Do you have a favorite hatchery to buy the best California Greys? I am in Texas. I have called Ideal hatchery and tried to use their website. Its kind if funny that I can go to their search bar and start with “brown eggs” and I get a message indicating that they dont know what that is. Many...

For poultry, including ducks, people have raised them, even before there were feed stores available everywhere. For smaller ducklings, we used to take eggs and scramble them and them mash them well using a fork, or more commonly, our fingers. Ducks that are a bit older do well on those same...

There are other breeds of barred chickens. There are cuckoo marans , Dominickers, and some others.

I saw a snake and reptile zoo that used a few mice but used large numbers of chicks for feeding the snakes.

I believe that Hylines must be purchased in large quantities. If thats the case, most backyards poultry people and homesteaders, would probably get the ISA Browns.

I’ve mentioned this on here quite a while back, but I’m still searching. Years ago, I had chickens that laid beautifully colored eggs: pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, lavender, etc. I believe that many people breed for blue or green only. Does anyone know of a source for these eggs. I...

Please be ready to remove the spurs from the rooster you keep, that way the hens, and you, and anyone else will not worry about him.

When I had a rodent problem, I took a container, (sometimes large buckets and sometimes a trough) and filled them about 2/3 full of water. Then I rubbed a bit of peanut butter above the water line. My containers were near walls they could climb. They would try to get the peanut butter and...

What are favorite brown egg layer breeds? Do they tolerate heat well? Are they prolific layers? Longevity? Are they personable with people as well as other fowl

Has anyone raised Production Blacks from Ideal Poultry in Cameron, TX? Could you possibly point out any pros or cons with this breed? They sound great in the catalog but I dont know why there doesnt seem to be many around. People I know dont seem to have them or know of others who have them...

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Does anyone know of any differences between California Greys and Production Blacks, the latter being ftom Idesl Poultry in Cameron Texas. They seem to have the same coloring, the same egg production, and they weigh the same. Both are white egg layers. They a bred from different background...

Most modern hybrids lay heavily for about two or three years. The heritage breeds seen to lay fewer but will lay for as much as 8 or 10 years. Lots of chicken keepers have mentioned they dont prefer having to start over every three years with day olds which means they wont have eggs for their...