Recent content by Happydaze

So I did both and Yes! That Are just as good! I actually preferred them as they were bigger and had a larger breast! I sold the farm but if I were to do it over I'd probably go with all male birds! :)

I have 60 Cornish X's and two turkey poults in a chicken coop that is built into the corner of an old barn. It measures about 10X10. Inside that I have them in a brooder that is 4X5 (an old Dresser) and the turkeys were in one about 2x2. The turkeys jump out and in with the chicks and now the...

Oh, that's great! Thank You!

Well, logically...I would think that yes they are larger but what makes them larger is their bone mass. More bone = Less Meat. Smaller breast and larger legs. I've changed my order once and for all. I've ordered 60 Unsexed this way I can tell for myself which is better. I chose this after...

I am getting 100 of these on Friday....I can't decide to go with mixed run or all Pullets! We plan on butchering them out at 7 weeks old. Will the meat be the same? Which are better? So far I've switched my order 3 times and right now as it stands I'm getting all Pullets. Second question...

Good One. I might follow that advice! Ha ha

That's what I was thinking! I would just love to be able to tell her that I haven't lost any either and that is with a full time job also!! lol. Yes, I guess we are always competing. Maybe because she is always bragging and undermining me. Oh well!

My mother in law used to raise 100 chicks at a time and is forever bragging that she has never lost one. I will be getting 100 chicks on Friday and have been reading that you can expect to lose about 30% of them. I need advice because I will NEVER hear the end of it if I lose some birds...

That is "Seagrass" Tarkett. We put it in ourselves and it was a Breeze. I love it!

You were right! I have now on order...50 Cornish Cross pullets and 2 Cockrels as well as 2 Nicholas white Poults!! I'm hoping for some ducks too this summer!! It turned out, out of that Clutch I got: Black one was a Black and red rooster Yellow Chick white rooster The other 2 yellow chicks...

It's a coyote. It's legs are long and thick. A fox has short delicate little legs!

Has anybody tried using Baking Soda?? I was wondering if this works?

LOL Yes, my daughter's finishing touches!

This little incubator was made with a 9x15 styrofoam box from a Pharmacy, my daughter's old lamp, a wire mesh filing tray, some foil, tape,glue and a piece of glass from an old picture frame. For vents I used jam jar lids with holes drilled into them.