Last year, I ordered my first batch of Cornish Cross Broilers from Purely Poultry. Over the first two months, I had a much higher failure rate than expected (anticipated 5%, had 18%). I noted that they shipped from Iowa. When I ordered a second batch a few months later, a Missouri hatchery...
Hello all,
Without going into too much distracted detail, pretty soon the winter months will be upon me here in New England and I will need to have my two egg laying flocks merge. I started with 7 egg layers (which are now 5 months old), and 2 months later opted to get 16 more birds to justify...
Hello there,
I figured I would go through the line items from the suggestion:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Originally from Portland Oregon, I moved to New Hampshire so I had land that was more free to use than other places. On my two acres, I started...