Recent content by ocaw

Thanks for the help i wasnt worried about growing them faster then normal, but i was worried about them growing slower then normal. Also thanks for the link SteveH i saw that thread actually and was reading on it when i developed this question of mine. Thanks!

I am wondering if you had a Cornish rock male and cornish rock female could they have chicks? Seems like a obvious question but i have heard that because a cornish rocks has such a big chest that it has a hard time.. we'll say situating himself. Does it make sense if you have a group of 50...

Maybe its just me but didnt i hear a few years ago that Java's were endagered? Or maybe its just pure Java's. Not hatchery versions of them.

I guess for me and my family it really comes down to birds that are raised by us from birth to those we purchased already grown. It kind of worries me to meet someone whos fine raising say 5 chickens from birth and not feel some guilty about killing them. So go ahead and feel bad, its more then...

Thanks for all the answers! Sorry i did not add that i live in Southern Minnesota, so in the pasture they would be in the local farmers call it "Sweet Grass" which grows about 2-3ft high and has a mix of alfalfa, clovers, some thistle, burdock and some other things i cant identify. Does that...

Hi, My family and neighbors were thinking about going in on some pigs for meat and some goats for milk. Im just poking around at this idea so you dont need to pile on a bunch of tales of misfortune, we know the predators around here, we dont have wild dogs, and we dont have any wild...

Hi all, thanks for your replies. I wanted to make it known though that i do not plan to show any birds from any hatchery, I mostly am looking for eggs. So if all hatcheries want is maximum egg production then thats not to bad for me. But it is nice to know that you have a chicken that if you...

I read a old Backyard Poultry issue and i saw a article about a young man who raised chickens for show and when he first started he bought some chickens from a "Well known hatchery" and it was disqualified from a show for being a "Unknown Breed" . If my memory is right he was saying that when...