had an old black farmer here at my place the other day ... he picked up a chick an placed its head between his fore and middle finger ..leaving the rest of the body just to dangle in mid air ... apparently if the chick tries to get get out of this position its a male .... and the ones that...
had an old black farmer here at my place the other day ... he picked up a chick an placed its head between his fore and middle finger ..leaving the rest of the body just to dangle in mid air ... apparently if the chick tries to get get out of this position its a male .... and the ones that...
I was told that when cross breeding chickens the young end up retaining the better characteristics of the two breeds
OK ... I've had my New Hampshire's for about 2 years now and not very impressed with their egg production ...its not bad .. but i'm also a bit bored now ... I played around with...
About 5 and a half months ago i was inspired ..thought ..what harm could it do ''grow em and eat em'' ... so went out ..built a little 6 sqm chicken tractor ... bought a 100kg worth of feed and 24 chickens ..today got 19 full grown new hampshires (6 cocks and 13 hens) ... been a fun filled 5...