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  1. Mike Fronczak

    Ducks getting killed in the water

    We got 10 ducklings this spring (early march), 6 Pekin & 4 Kacki. We grew them out for about a month in a brooder then another month in a field shelter, once I opened the field shelter door they never would go back in it, I had built it as a house for them, but they had other plans I guess. We...
  2. Mike Fronczak

    Summer Brooder for Cornish x chicks

    We are getting our second batch of Cornish X chicks in mid July. We typically get laying cchicks in winter keep in a stock tank with a heat lamp in one end & keep in our garage. The first batch of Cornish X we got in April seemed to get to hot useing this set up, so I'm sure that is not what to...
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    1st batch chickens done advise for second

    We are nearly done with our first run (25) of Cornish X chickens, butchering scheduled for Saturday. Before this we have only done layers....this has been an experience, meat chickens definitly don't look like layers, grow differently, we lost 2 which we never lost any layers. As long as we...
  4. Mike Fronczak

    Duck pen

    As our adventure into ducks continues I will need to build a more permanent home for our 10 ducks. My thought is something similiar to our chicken area; they have a coop with about a 10x16 yard then we let them run the yard currently. That is all getting changed up a bit because they got...
  5. Mike Fronczak

    How much water ?

    We got our first ducklings about 4 weeks ago, 6 Pekin & 4 Kacki. How much water should they require a day, they seem to drink what they want then play & make a total mess once they are hydrated. I don't want them getting dehydrated but don't want the living in 6 inches of water constantly...
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    Keeping a brooder clean with ducks

    This is our first experience with ducks, we have chickens already & more in a seperate brooder now, they were in same, but I was nervous it was to wet. First I understand ducks are ducks & like water. The problem I'm having is I change the litter, even if I only put a quart of water in the...
  7. Mike Fronczak

    What to do with male chicks ?

    We are incubating some eggs for the first time, they are from our Rhode Island Reds. I'm trying to figure out what to do with the male chicks. We bought some straight run of another breed last year, ended up with all roosters, we slaughtered them because they got aggressive, but the carcasses...
  8. Mike Fronczak

    Looking for a recommendation/source for hatching eggs

    My friend got my son an incubator, he wants to do a project for the school science fair on hatching eggs. Luckily we have chickens (egg layers), and happened to end up with two roosters, that so far are well behaved, so for chicken eggs we should be fine with our source. He also mentioned...
  9. Mike Fronczak

    Pastured turkeys

    We currenly have chickens for eggs, & are most likey going to do some for meat next year in movable pens, following our cows.. I know the chickens need about 4 sq ft per bird. Now my question, a neighbor built & is selling a 4x12' movable pen 4' tall. Which chickens dont need it that tall so...
  10. Mike Fronczak

    First time butchering, any tips ?

    This is our first year with chickens, we bought 8 pullets (2 types of reds) & 4 mixed run (black & white), for eggs. Most if not all the mixed appear to be roosters (kinda hard to tell one from the others because the move around, I figure I can look once they are in the cone & double check, &...
  11. Mike Fronczak

    Hard boiled egg question

    we just started raising our own chickens this year. We hard boiled some of the eggs, they whites seem to adhere to the shell when you peel them as opposed to a store bought egg that the shell just slips off of. Is this normal ? The chickens are fed normal TSC crumbles, leftover veggies, and...
  12. Mike Fronczak

    What breed ?

    I'm new to chickens we have a horse, goat, 7 cows and 3 cats. We are looking for chickens for two reasons; I'm told they will help control insects and eggs, egg size isn't a huge concern if we need to use 2 small one instead if 1 I'm ok with that, the cats killing them does concern me. Of the...
  13. Mike Fronczak

    New to chicks will this work as a starter

    We are new to chicken, planning on getting maybe a dozen or so this spring. I understand you need a starter cage,( brooder ?). We have an rubbermaid water trough from our cattle that leaks (has a crack at the bottom), so we no longer use it for them. Will this work as a starter area, with a...
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