I wasn't going to buy any chicks this spring! but we went in to buy scratch and layer crumble and I peeked in the chick cages. I just had to rescue one little baby about to die. The chick I just bought had pasty butt that was bigger than his head. I told hubby I had to buy him or he would be...
It looks like a cornish cross to me. Last spring we bought 8 chicks of different breeds to put with out two broody hens. We ended up with two Cornish cross roosters. We did not know what meat birds were. Once I found out their life expectancy, I determined that we would do what we could to give...
I am in Southern Indiana, and I need a rooster for my 7 hens. I kept waiting for one of them to show signs and start crowing, but they were all pullets! :)
I have two Cornish X roosters that are somewhere between 13 and 15 weeks old. They started crowing a few weeks ago. I wanted to let them free range with the other chickens, but the dogs seem to want to get at them more than my other chickens, so I fear for their safety. They are not very...
I've been using the deep layer method since last fall and it works great! The hens, and now baby chicks, are constantly stirring it themselves! I never have to do it for them. I have to hang my feeder higher and put a wooden box upside down under it for them to step up to the feeder, because...
We bought eight chicks of four different breeds for our two broody hens. We didn't realize we had Cornish Cross's either. They seem to be getting along great, but they are still very young. I am glad to hear about some living a long life! I hope to give them a good life!
We have only had a few chickens for a very short time, and are very much beginners. We just bought eight babies of four different breeds to put under our broody hens (who are first-time mothers). Even though the chicks were at least three days old, and some over a week old, every single one was...