Decided to let my chickens out for a little supervised yard play. I think they enjoyed it. I decided to leave them out on the ground but covered up with another cage I have laying around while doing a grocery run. When I tried to put them back in their main coup, the first two decided to jump...
New member started with raising some some egg layers about a month and a half ago. Have two crested polish, two isa brown, and two ameraucana. I started this after moving out of the city and into the sticks. My plan is to start doing meat birds ( chickens and turkeys ) and rabbits.
I was helping a friend process a few birds today. Out of five birds two were skinny, no meat in the chest or legs. I was wondering if someone could help me figure out why. He was free feeding his birds and had automatic water buckets. The birds were roughly 10-12 weeks old.