I just wanted to throw my "two cents" in about the black rangers. I don't have much experience with them, but I'm in the process of raising Red Freedom Rangers and one black ranger that was a "bonus" bird (from the Poultry Hatchery). Our black one is a roo...we got ours at the beginning of...
No worries, I'm not one to obsess .
I was just curious what others thought since I've seen other threads here from people posting pics from day old chicks to try to sex them. Some of my chicks seem to have some noticeable differences, so I wasn't sure if that meant anything. I don't have any...
We've got 9 hens left and two roos....we're letting them get a little bigger before they "graduate". One thing I will say, is that for 7 of the 9 weeks, we gave them food "on demand". Non-Med starter for 6 weeks and then broiler feed for the remainder...even when they were outside they had...
I got some chicks at our local Agway last week...they're 2 weeks old tomorrow (Monday). We've noticed a huge difference in the 3 buff orpington's....2 are developing tail feathers an wing feathers very nicely, but one is REALLY slow...we're thinking roo? No tail feathers and the wings are half...
Hello,
New here to BYC...been reading the site for a while, but finally have something to post! We got 16 Freedom Ranger chicks from the Poultry Hatchery at the beginning of March (First time with meat birds for us). 3 weeks in, one died in what seems to be a broken neck from trampling at...