lol... On impulse, I purchased 5 cute chicks one day at Atwoods. I came home in the city and put them in my bathtub! I knew I was going to be moving in a few months, but didn't expect them to grow that fast... sheesh - they were jumping out of the bath tub, jumping up on the toilet and sink...
I have 6 nest boxes in my coop and four broodies that are driving me NUTS... they sit on some eggs for awhile and then change nest boxes with each other all the time; this has been going on for weeks. I collect all the eggs under them nightly because I don't want any to go to waste. I have eggs...
I have a mixed group right now too. I mix half and half of layer feed crumbles and chick starter; everyone gets a little bit of everything and a nice variety of the two types of feed.
We do about 300-350 birds at a time on an afternoon - we have over the years almost perfected our little assembly line :) The 2 guys do the cone killing, dipping in water, plucking 2 at a time in a plucker.. then us 2 ladies take over and start the butchering part. We then hand them off to her 2...
I keep my broilers in a large chicken tractor as well and feed fermented meat bird pellets to them (I think it is Nature Wise brand). This is my 4th year raising them and I was just hoping to try something new. My friend and I raise over 1000 a year and sell them at the Farmers Markets.
What are some good high-protein human foods that I can feed to my broilers? Can I give them chicken livers, ground beef, scrambled eggs, etc? Was looking to supplement their feed in the evening.
Adamsheather - I sent you a Private Message :)
Hope everyone is well... life here is busy busy busy of course.. don't know how you all have so much time to get online! I can barely find time to start my computer some days..
Chicks hatching (lots of turkens!!) about every other week around...
The little early chick! Can't wait till the rest hatch in 5 more days... unless there are more early surprises :)
Meridith - Hi, I'm in rural Winfield close to Oxford. I have a very good friend in Oxford who has a son with Autism and they have a fabulous huge farm with horses, cattle, hundreds...
Interesting..... I bought 2 dozen hatching eggs a few weeks ago and they are due May 1st. Last night, I heard chirping! One of the chicks has pipped and should hatch out today. I'm assuming this little one had been sat on and the lady didn't know it was being incubated. But what is really...
I picked up a little 6-week old fainting goat kid today and thought the name Boo! was appropriate :)
I was out in the field with all the goats, lambs, Sam and Holly (My GPs).. Sam started barking; he and Holly took off.. all the goats and lambs went running with them (they always do that) -...
Nice! I picked up a smaller crate a few years ago and built a little duck pen from it. My boyfriend just picked up 4 of the larger shipping containers from one of the aircraft companies in Wichita and we're going to put them together to make a large stall for goats/lambs.. They are so cheap and...
I just had a stress done a week and a half ago. They hook you up to a bunch of wires and have you walk/run on a treadmill at various inclines. They aim for a certain number to get your heart.. it took 12 minutes for them to get mine to 100% and that was literally running uphill on the...
I have started a lot of seedlings in 3/4 egg shells this year and so far, so good. I am going to plant my garden in my pig pen... Since we have new land this year, my BF is going to prepare it for hay. I'm not really into the whole gardening thing on a big scale - but am looking forward to...
Cream legbars are hatching! Woohoo... first 2 that have hatched are girls :) I ordered a bakers dozen hatching eggs for a very good price - they are hatching :) If anyone is interested, PM me and I will let you know the guys name on ebay - he lives in Oklahoma so travel isn't far at all for the...