IT DID NOT WORK. I was feeding my meaties tonight and thinking they should be a bit bigger by now.. Came inside and realized their set butcher date (8 weeks) was May 29th! WHOOPS.
I need them to catch up.. FAST. Ideas? This was taken June 5th. They are maybe 1 or 2 pounds?
Just ordered 25 meaties... and realized no where on their site or my receipt does it say an approximate ship date. Anyone know if they are booked far out or if orders are quick right now? Anyone who ordered recently? How long did it take for your meaties to arrive? Thanks!
i live in washington state.. the other morning i wentout to feed and foundmy biggest drake dead and headless... i noticed a couple other birds were missing so i started searching the run. i found two deheaded turkey poults about 5 lbs eachand a dead bantam with its head and all 3 missing heads...
She/He is only about 8 weeks old. The older hens went after it today and I stopped them.. and seperated them (He was fine before this happened) Went back out to check on everyone and he is limping badly. Nothing is odviously broken but I dont know... Will he recover or will we need to put him...
He is just sitting there letting everyone run over him so I put him in his only little basket under the heat lamp..
Sugar Water or ACV Water?
Scrambled Eggs?
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"egg farmers" = lack of better word LOL
What is your favorite breed for layers? and why?
Also, Do you prefer to sell brown or white eggs?
and last question.. how many eggs do you sell?
THANKS!
My friend didnt seperate her turkeys and is giving me all the babies for free!
Anyone have this mix before? I would love to see what they looked like grown up! Also how long do you think it would take for them to reach meat size? Thanks!!
I went out to feed my poults and chicks lunch and one is just GONE. They are in a VERY secure coop with no way out, Except the door and sometimes they get past me, But I didnt notice any at breakfast time and she is just gone :( Ugh! I really liked her, Thought I had a breeding pair and not to...
I'm brand new to trying to hatch eggs and really want to give it a shot...
Can you post pictures of your incubators, pros & cons and maybe a ball park of the price?!
THANKS!!!!
So I started the season with 11 meaties and 8 RIR (all day old) they were on medicated & grain Fermented Feed. Then I switched to Non-Med and Grain FF when I realized that I couldn't keep the meaties on Med. (These are 10 weeks old now)
Then I came across a great deal on laying hens on...
I had a goal of seeing if they could have a HEALTHY 10 week life.
I fed them fermented feed and grains with lots of table scraps..
They free-ranged from 9am to 8pm almost daily.. In fact they are out there right now.
They are all so healthy and happy...
I don't wanna kill them!
Is it...
Tomorrow I am picking up 12 Hens and a Rooster (2 Years Old) from a lady on Craigslist..
I currently have 8 Cornish X and 6 RIR outside in the pen mostly 8 weeks old but a couple are 6 weeks..
How do I introduce them?
Also tomorrow I should be accepting my shipment from Meyer Hatchery of...
I am getting Bourban Red's and Narragansett.
I am planning on getting 2 of each. If I end up with breeding pairs, Then thats what they will be but otherwise Im planning on raising them for meat...
How long do these breeds take? Thanks!
I am the first to admit these are my first Meat Chickens.
My feed store told me to have them on Medicated Feed... and I wasn't thinking about withdrawal dates or anything (I have raised meat Cattle, Lambs and Hogs) So now I have 4 week old Cornish X on Medicated Feed..
What should I do? Is...