Restored 1930's Coop
I always had fond memories of gathering eggs and watching the hens with their new chicks when I was growing up. Now that I have a family of my own I want them to have alot of the same experiences that I had growing up and I want them to have the best food possible. We...
My first chicks will be a year old in may, when should I think about getting more so that they come into production when these start to slump off?
What is the productive lifespan of a chicken.
Thanks
Hens were hatched May, They are all laying
Purchased as day old chicks from Ideal Poultry can go to their web site to see pictures of what they look like
$10.00
1 - Golden Campine
1- Golden Lakenvelder
1- Silver Lakenvelder
1 - BB Red Kraienkoppes
1- Blue Hanburg
1- Golden Spangled Hamburg
I am making a flier to put out at some local businesses, letting people know we have eggs for sale
What are some facts about the benefits of local fresh natural raised eggs that I can also add to the flier
Thanks
Edited for spelling
I love letting my chickens free range. esp since they make their way to the barn and clean up spilt feed
However they are destroying my flower beds.
I really don't want to restrict them to their fenced pen but I have invested a lot of time and money in our landscaping
Has anybody discovered...
I have done a couple searches and have not found what I am looking for
Just wondering at what weight you have been butchering you red bros or freedom rangers and what is the average dressing %
This is my first experience with meat chickens and
Mine are at 4.5 lbs just curious how much bigger I...
They are now 3 1/2 weeks old.
I started with 26 and I am down to 24.
2 disappeared, I think my boys left the porch door open and the kitty's got a free chicken dinner!
I moved them outside into their new home!
I am really shocked at how fast they grow.
I finally have finished the coop
Just have the run left
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=8399-Restored_Coop
Yeah
PS
Can this be added to the coop page
A neighbor gave us this water tank and as soon as I saw it I said brooder!!!
Divided in half with screening,have 2 shipments of chicks coming 1 week apart.
26 happy new occupants
Here are some of the new babies I picked up this morning. 26 (1extra) black broilers from Ideal.
I saw a post earlier of someone wanting to see chick pics
My wonderful post office called at 5:15 this morning to let me know my babies had arrived.
26 (1 extra) Black broilers from Ideal.
I get to do this all over again next Friday when my 23 pullets 2 roos arrive.
My kids aren't up yet but boy are they going to be surprised kinda like Christmas...
I didn't read all the posts but If you have never trained a border collie or are like me and think you have the time to do it, I was wrong there, If you really want to use the dog for herding you may want to consider buying an already trained dog, it may save you alot of aggrivation. Their is...
Just for your info our lovely government has banned horse slaughter in the US.
That is why you can buy great horses now for 900 their is no market for them anymore. Their used to be a salvage value for a horse a miminum price. which was around 900. You can't even give away a mean horse, or...