I am not sure if I am putting this in the correct place but I have a question. I have had my chicks (hatched Mar 4) in the coop for 3 days now and I went out and opened the pop door for them. I expected them all to run out and have fun... one started out another pushed her out and then fell...
We picked up 8 chicks on March 4th. I got mine at Meyer Hatchery. We got 1 EE, 1 buff Brahma, 1 silver laced wyandotte, 1 barred rock, 1 golden-laced polish, 3 golden buffs. I am so excited about the polish!! They were not supposed to have any that week and I was not able to order one and...
I have been doing a lot of stuff in the background and not posting much. I built my coop (although the run has to be finished) and my chicks are here! I can't believe that they are so big already (they will be 2 weeks old tomorrow!!) I have 8 little fuzz balls in the brooder. 3 of them are...
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WOW -- I need to find a school that will send my kids home with chicks! That would get my husband moving with the coop! LOL! I thought home schoolers had all the fun!
BTW, it looks like your design is the one that I am looking to build too... if you look in my personal page you will...
I am willing to pay a little more for humane conditions for the meat and for better quality meat. However, $9 a pound is more than we can afford so I need to find a happy medium.
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I have seen these prices... but I am very ignorant... does this include the bone? I want the better quality and more humane living conditions for the birds but honestly we can only afford so much right now so I am trying to feel things out and see if it makes sense for our family. I...
Ok, sorry for all the confusion on this one. I TOTALLY understand them making a profit! I totally expected that! I was just surprised at the cost and when I did calculations it seemed off. For example, if I pay $1.91 for the chick then figure in the food, etc. and then only got less than a...
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Ok I feel stupid... Don't the leaves make a huge mess of the sand? How do you clean them put when they are all broken up? My husband is VERY apprehensive about me getting chickens because oaf the whole smell thing so I am trying to learn as much as I can before I get the chickens...
Ok so we went to a local farmers market to buy some Cornish crosses that we're raised in more of the manner that we would raise them to see what we thought of the taste ect. They were about $3 a pound which I did not feel was a terrible price for what we were getting. So we put one in the...
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I would be interested in what one you have currently so that I can avoid purchasing from a company that gave a negative experience. If you are not wanting to post that publicly I understand, but since I am looking could you please PM me with the information? Thanks!
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All I have done is picked the location and moved my garden but I started the page they give you on the site to show my paltry (or is it poultry) progress...