I have several hens that are going broody and I have been considering buying some eggs to put under them. I would like to try some of the varieties of eggs offered here on BYC . Has anyone done this, or is this a bad idea?
I have a three month old turkey hen that has a broke foot at the joint... Anyone have any idea's ? Should I try to make some kind of splint?
Our local vet says to put it down...
I have a flock of pullets with one rooster, they are 4 months old yesterday. The rooster started crowing about 3 weeks ago and use to crow alot through out the day. But I have noticed that when he crows now one particular hen will attack him... Pecking and flapping her wings at him. Then she...
A restaurant that I sell fresh eggs and broilers to asked me if I would consider raising either partridge or pheasant for them? I have never messed with anything like that and wonder which would be easier. I have chickens and turkeys in tractors. Would a tractor be suffient for either? Which of...
Thanks to all who have posted recipes, as I have been trying some for the last few months. Here is my favorite for roosters and old hens. Also works for leftover turkey meat.
Boil chicken till it falls off the bone, separate and cool.
Pyrex pie dish lined with a pie shell(the rolled up kind...
Hello folks, I live on a small farm about a hours drive from the ocean . I have a degree in livestock and poultry production. Worked as a farm manager for a poultry processor and then worked for APHIS(USDA) for a number of years. Then a resturant chain that sold chicken & Biscuits. Recently I...
With spring just around the corner, I have been planning putting my chicken tractor and turkey tractor in a back pasture. I don't really want to string a mile of electric fence wire from a 110 volt charger. Has anyone used a solar powered fence charger recently? How good a job do they do, are...