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So at about 18 weeks they would be suitable to cook whole in the oven? I don't mind slow cooking in crock pot if necessary. :)

What age should I process my roos? I'm not sure what breed they are, as they were in the box shipped to me for warmth. They are 3 weeks right now. Thanks!!!

Production reds, maybe. I probably should've taken a few pictures when they were first here.

They aren't rhode island reds, because I also got some rhode island reds and they look totally different. :)

These little guys (most likely are guys) came from Ideal Poultry with my other birds for warmth. Born on 2/13/13 (2 weeks, 2 days old) Can you help me with what breed they most likely are? Thanks so much for your help!!! I'll be back in a few weeks to ask if they are really male or not! :)

I just got a shipment in from Ideal. 23 chicks. Only lost 2. Box was in fine condition, chicks were all in fine condition. Some loses are to be expected, unfortunately.

Great! Thanks! Glad I can raise them together and feed them the same thing. Will make things much easier around here!

I will be getting a bunch of rhode island reds and barred plymouth rocks. I would like to use the roosters for meat. Can I feed them the same as my layers, our should they be separated? I would really like to only have to separate them when the time comes for processing. I'm so new to this...

Really glad I saw this. This was a big concern of mine! I was thinking to cover the brooder almost completely to keep the warmth in...and that was all I could think of! The warm water bags would be great, too. Any other ideas out there? (Where I live, we've been hit with a lot of harsh...

I'm glad people think it's a good idea! I wasn't going to put a bottom on the brooder, and just put a tarp underneath it, but then I got to thinking what if I could just take the whole tarp outside instead of scooping out litter once a week? I just wanted to see if there was a reason no one...

We made a plywood brooder box. I want to line it with a tarp so that the tarp covers the bottom, comes up and over the sides walls of the brooder. I will clip the tarp along the top of the box so that it stays put, and then put the pine shavings down. I want to do this so that I can just lift...

She only has 4 eggs.

I have a friend with a broody hen. She has been sitting on eggs for 5 days. She was separated from the other chickens in the coop 2 days ago. She has been sitting on the eggs, but they are not completely underneath her sometimes. She gets off the nest to eat, drink, and relieve herself...