Recent content by threequarter

I agree, sunflour, but I was hoping for a more scientific answer. I understand it is illegal to give commercial poultry hormones, but I'm not putting complete faith in the legal system's function. Hopefully, by this time next year, I will have added not only turkeys to my flock, but goats and...

So we've been raising chickens for eggs, and meat, for over a year now. We've taken in birds from various sources, even adopted two male guineas in the process. The home raised chickens have never given my wife a problem, but commercial birds have given her quite a fit. We have harvested...

Well molly finally got them hatched. All five were fertile, one was runty and didn't make it, and one was dead in the egg two days after the rest hatched. Not the best results, but I'm happy they had some success. I now have another hen sitting on eleven, I didn't know they were there...

I'm on my first brooding/hatching adventure, as well. My buff orpingtons found their spot and molly decided to start sitting. Molly is the only one of my hens who has shown a personality, so she's the only one named. She has always been more people friendly, and spent more time looking...

Good information. I'm wanting to try rabbits again when i find them, and i was wondering if i could house them together. I plan to build racks to hang the hutches on, with chicken wire to keep the birds from roosting on the bunnies. Not that it matters so much, but i feel like it would stress...

Thanks for having me here at byc, I've read a number of informative posts and decided I should join. I'm raising buff Orpingtons and also have a couple Dominique hens, I plan to raise for both meat and eggs. I'll admit, I'm a bit crazy about self sufficiency, and that's why I started with the...