Search results for query: *

I thought I'd pass this along to all the cooks here. It is a chapter from a set of Home Economics textbooks printed in 1923, and consisted of 5 volumes. If anyone is interested, Project Gutenberg has all 5 volumes. Unfortunately, they didn't keep the illustrations, so I had to remove all...

Hi Y'All ! We want to be able to trap-nest the hens we have come spring, to see who's laying and who's not. Therefore, we need to build some trap-nests. (or cages big enough for single waterers and feeders and keep them confined for a week.) Anyone have any they've built? I've heard about...

I'm having a bit of trouble getting my head around the difference in the terms AS USED here....... Fryers are YOUNG meat birds. How do you determine when to butcher for it to be a fryer? CRX's 4-6 weeks? FR's under 12 weeks? Broiler - generic term for any Meat Bird butchered as an...

Has anybody kept any of their Ranger pullets long enough for them to lay eggs? Yes, I KNOW they are supposed to be a meat-bird. But as they wont drop dead at 12 weeks, like some of the other dedicated meat varieties, I was curious about them. How'd they do.?

The big-wigs up at Wall Street have finally figured out what we knew weeks, if not months ago..... We're in a Depression. The only difference this time, is Europe is not on the verge of War, and ALL the countries Around The World are having banks fail at break-neck speed. We may escape being...

Hi All! I've got two Cockerals, and one hen all with clear watery eyes, one eye on each bird has matted closed, no eye drainage. Clear fluid from one's nostrils. No coughing, sneezing so far. Wattles on only one roo is hot to the touch. Edit to Add: I just caught the other two - there is...

I've aquired a group of four BO hens three weeks ago, ranging in age from 3 years old on down. (Two roosters as well). I got them because they had stopped laying for their previous owners (two owners in less than 6 months, and no eggs), so I got them. I've only got 1 hen, a White Leghorn that...

Greetings All! Rusty, our 3-year-old Buff Orp rooster, has nominated himself for freezer camp next weekend. He'll be our first Harvested Bird.... and all my chicken cooking experience is with store-bought fryers. I've never cooked a "stewing hen", or even a "broiler" chicken. Please...

We've got one Production Red / RIR pullet that's just started laying about 10 days ago. Now she's laid claim to the biggest nesting box, and keeps rolling around and checking the two eggs inside it. She's been doing this off and on for a week, and today, hasn't left the nest in the last 4...

Greetings All! With all these chickens moulting feathers everywhere..... Anyone got some uses for them? I know about feather pillows and down comforters, but that's the limit to my knowledge. I KNOW my grandma would of had something she could do with them, but she's long gone. Can't feed...

For all of you that have raised Meat birds (Cornish X's, Rangers, etc): Have any of you tallied up the costs of raising your flock versus number of birds/pounds of table meat you ended up with? What kind of numbers did you end up with? Do you feel these were cost effective for you? I already...

Tonight I went in to turn the eggs one last time, put the hardware cloth in the bottom of the bator, and got quite a scare..... (8:00 pm began day 19) over in one corner it looked like one of the eggs has cracked, and yellow goo was under several of the eggs nearest to it. I assumed that one...

Let me see if I have all this straight..... Chicks from shell to 8 weeks old - Chick Starter (medicated or unmedicated) or Mash, free choice. Chicks from 8 weeks to 20ish weeks(point of lay) - Grower Finisher? If Laying Hens only - Layer Pellets. If Mixed Flock (hens, roos, adolescents, etc)...

I Think Luck just smiled on me (will take a few weeks to know for sure). Out of the blue, I was given 5 BO's today, 4 hens and a roo. The roo and at least 2 of the hens are three years old. The other two hens are at least a year, and possibly up to three years old as well. These were all...

Does DE work for fleas? We have sand fleas here BAD!!!!! If DE does NOT work for fleas, anyone have any suggestions what I CAN use around kids, dogs, cats, chickens?? Advantix for the dogs only lasts about two weeks before they're covered again, the fleas are in the carpets, the chicken coop...

Greetings All! What kind of records do you keep (if any) on your flock(s)? How do you have Yours set up? computer, notebook, filecards, in your head? Do you band your birds? if not, how do you keep track of your birds? If you do, do you use the number bands, or color combinations, or some...

Has anyone used a Waterbed Thermostat in their home-made incubator? How well did it work? What problems, if any, did you have? Gong to be building MissPrissy's Bator this winter, and would rather use something a bit more acurate than the Hot Water Heater thermostats, if it's possible. I've...

Greetings All!! When you mate a brown egg layer to a white egg layer or vis versa, which egg color with the offspring lay?? Thanks, Kathy

Greetings All! What breeds best tolerate Hot and Humid summer weather? I've read that several are "hardy in cold weather", but I've only found one, the Brahma, that states specifically that it tolerates heat extremely well. Anyone know any others? We're looking for birds that will not only...

Greetings All! This morning my son went out to gather eggs, and one of the NHR hens was on the nest. She jumped down from the nest box and started to walk away, with an egg half in and half out of her vent. My son reached down and gave a gentle tug on the egg, and it came out into his hand...