I was told that at some time that you added breeder DC also in your line the show quality bird I have are from ed smith, I will find your ad for eggs that states your birds are hatchery and breeder birds. I'll edit where I mistakedly wrote show quality. I love your birds even though...
All the different opinions on here will make your head spin!! First of all I have raised hundreds of chicks on pine shavings and never had a chick die, if they are dying then its something else perhaps you used cedar shaving which will choke them out, secondly there are horror stories and...
Oh, also I have back cross chicks hatched out today, they are the black rooster in the pic, over the rirxcommercial broiler hens, I've got black, white, and reddish tan, they are much larger than my SandS line chicks.I'm planing on keeping back the white birds for future breeding.
when referring to a cross the cock would come first, you have in one post CXxDC and in the other you say , DCxCX, so its a little confusing?!?! You see its important to know which is the sire and which is the dame because you get different attributes in the offspring depending on which...
I get wheat, barley,and pea/bean screenings and I ferment them in the summer, they ferment fast in the heat, I also get some fermented grains from a local brewery, I'm a big fan of fermented foods, and so are my birds!!