Hello! My birthday present is to be a trio of meat rabbits. I am super excited and know the basics of rabbit keeping and am reading "Backyard Meat Rabbits" by Boyd Craven Jr. and "Beyond the Pellet, Feeding Rabbits Naturally" by Boyd Craven and Rick Worden.
My delema is what breed. I would like...
What do you guys think? 8 weeks old and I am pretty sure we have 3 pullets and one buff orp roo.
Peanut Butter
Bunny
Babby (I didn't name her)
Strawberry
I may be jumping the gun, but I think my Buff Orpington is a boy. The chicks are 3 weeks old now and he or she seems to be developing more color in the comb than the others. He or she is also the designated protecter of the other three, always circling them around and ready to check out new...
After one "hatch failure" and six months of waiting, my baby chicks have finally arrived!
L to R Delaware, Partridge Cochin, Buff Orpington and an Easter Egger.
So exciting!!!
I know this doesn't apply to the backyard keeper as much, but I know many of you are keeping your own chickens in response to the horrible ways the commercial egg facilities are allowed to keep chickens.
I found this article in DVM magazine (May 2012) and found this information to be at least a...