My stupid Tom decided to try to mount my hen. Both are white broad breasted. In doing so, he tore open her side. I didnt find out until hours later. I know I need to stop her suffering but I'm wondering if it's ok to butcher her to eat or could possible infection be started making it unsafe to...
My OWN dog killed one of my buff Orpingtons yesterday. By the time I saw him, he had a second one in his mouth, shaking it. I ran out and he let her go and jumped back out of the run. It took me a few minutes to realize one was missing. I found her dead next to the side of our shed. When my...
don't feel bad. I bought 14 HENS and have ended up with 4 roos, so far. We can't have roos so we have a nice lady, in a more rural area that takes them and we give them to her for free.We also pulled all of our 6 RIR's out of the "pullet bin"...lol
I thought so. Then I'm for sure he was in the pullet bin at the feed store. There were 6 that were pulled from straight runs, we got 2 roos out of those and 4 from pullet bins, with 1 being a roo now. I have 2 turkeys I'm trying to sex as well. They are only about 5 weeks old and one is...