Is anybody near St Louis MO, Pittsfield IL, or Hannibal MO going to be hatching this weekend or next week? Want to sell a few baby chicks? We have a broody hen who will be hatching Wednesday and after candling only two of her eggs look like they stand a chance of making it. If they don't...
Howdy,
we processed our first six barred rock roosters 2 weeks ago, at 13 weeks of age. They were small, but grandma fried them up and they were FANTASTIC... best fried chicken I've had since I was a kid.
There was just one problem - The wife and I spent hours getting out black...
I've got my first flock going now, after some initial troubles. Expecting eggs in the near future, and I'm enjoying having chickens very much!
That said, I got most of my birds from a hatchery. I want birds for eggs and meat. I've read many posts about how Buff Orps, Barred Rocks, and other...
Hello,
We've been having some trouble with our chicks, they are 3.5 weeks old now, but it started shortly after we got them home. This is weird because for the first 2.5 weeks I was losing one or two birds a day to this, but no more. All the others would seem perfectly vigorous and...