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The owl was back again this morning. I usually don't get up this early!

Yup, many sites will sell you sexed CX. I guess people prefer the males in this case since they grow larger -- and as opposed to...

the cx I raised poop didn't smell as bad and there was less waste some reading material...

I have 6x6 tractors (more manageable for one person) and put 12-15 per tractor. At 12 it puts me at 3 sf per bird. At 15, less than 3...

Oh wow, I just read the blog post by the chicken vet! The common method used by many (cutting the neck to bleed out method) is...

I killed my first two chickens this weekend using manual cervical dislocation and found it extremely easy and relatively foolproof. As I...

The meat chicks seem to generate so much of their own heat that if you have the means to keep them dry and secure and have source of...

That is so cool! Now I’m contemplating the possibility of outdoor brooding for my next batch.

Well, last night a Great Horned Owl tried to get at the chicks. I put a camera inside the tractor which detected some sound strange...

I have never raised cornish cross, but have raised rangers. Yes they will breed though I have not hatched any eggs from them. Nor have...

Got the chicks outside and installed their huddle boxes (2 x 50 chick plate brooders in some fruit boxes and covered by heavy canvas tarp).

Will do. Looks like I'm sort of a Guinea pig but happy to try it and see if its worth doing again at this time next year!

Check out this blog. This guy took pictures of his three chicks everyday. It's a fascinating pictoral of chick development...

Quote: Hi, I have posted threads on the growth of my chicks/chickens (Buff Orpingtons & RIR). 3-Days, 16-Days, 4-Weeks...

No it is not our first time, but it is our first time in the cold. We did two batches last year, harvesting in May and August (2020)...