I have Raised CornishxRocks 2 times now and have good results and have been very happy with them.But this spring I was thinking About trying the rangers after hearing how great they are from other people on this board. So I went to the J.M.Hatchery site to read up on them and to see if I could...
its a long article but was interesting here is the link
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Can-You-Really-Store-Fresh-Eggs-a-Year-or-More-Without-Refrigeration.aspx
I am thinking about raising a couple of pigs in the spring for food. I am trying to figure out the cost does anyone know how much in feed it would take would be to raise newly weaned pigs to slaughter size (200 to 250 ) pounds would be? thank you so much for your help
I have 13 pullets that have started laying about 1 and 1/2 months ago I finally started getting 13 eggs per day last week on tuesday it dropped back to 12 per day and one of my pullets stays on the nest all day and night . I have to take her off to make sure she eats( And she really raises hell...
well this time I decided to order my meat birds from a different hatchery.So I shopped around and found a very good price I got them for 91 cents each for cornish rock broilers straight run and only 6.90 for shipping so the total was only 29.65.I picked them up at the post office this morning I...
Yesterday I went to let my chickens out to free range .There was one of my Iowa Blues on the nest . She Started laying alittle over a week ago so her eggs are still small. Well about 15 mins later she came outside so I went in to retreive the egg and the other Iowa blue (which has not laid yet)...
Well 1 of my girls finally laid and egg yesterday it was one of the Iowa Blues it was a very small egg (about the size of a quarter)but man it was tasty. Could not belive the color of the yolk . It was a very dark colored orange.I was very happy to find that she laid it in the nest .All the...
Just an update on My CornishXRocks .They are really putting on the weight now. I weighed them all again today.The average weight of the Roosters is now 8.1 pounds on the 14 th it was 6.7 pounds.The average weight of the hens is now 6.6 pounds on the 14 th it was 5.4. So in 5 Days the Average...
This is my first post even thou I have been reading the forums for awhile now. I have 24 CXs that are 6 weeks old today.The roosters weigh an average 6.7 pounds the hens average 5.4 pounds. And yes they are stinking to high heaven. My 84 year old Dad (who claims he can pluck them all by hand in...