Hi, this comming spring im wanting to start raising free range meat birds to sell, how do i go about this legally so i dont run into any problems. I process at a USDA approved butcher shop but i dont know any further legalities that i need to know or do before i start.
Thanks for any help.
I could determine the gender of my BOxBA at hatch. The pullets had a gold chin whereas the roos we almost entirely black.
They are now 3 weeks old and very diferent in coloration.
all of the blackish ones are the crosses the others are cream legbars
I have 12 laying hens and 7 pullets, today i found a tiny egg along with the usual ones I get, the hens are well past the pullet egg stage and my young pullets are just going into week 14, is it possible to get and egg from the pullets? I put it next to the smallest two from today. Its only 1/3...
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This is an egg that came from the same batch of chickens that the eggs I incubated, any help determining if its fertilized or not, I noticed a slight bullseye but I am still a newbie, Thanks!
Well this morning when I went to see if they had killed eachother yet, and he ran to the edge of the pen to greet me just like all the rest of them, Im guessing thats a good sign
How old does my Buff Orpington rooster have to breed my hens, and once they are bred, how long until the eggs are firtile?
As well as how old until hens can be bred?
Thanks