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We have a Brody hen, she sat for 5 weeks and the eggs where not good. We went to TSC and brought home 6 Cornish crosses. She mothered them for 4 weeks. When we took care of our other meaties, I put the 4 remaining in the tractor. It’s been 48 hours and Moma has been sitting on the fresh eggs...

We have done a few batches of Cornish crosses now and have found the breasts to be a bit chewy or tough when cooked. We have been doing zero resting, basically dispatch pluck, part out and freeze. Everything I’ve been reading on line shows resting for the entire bird. Should we let the parts...

We have raised both rangers and crosses for meat in the past, so we are not new. last year we took our time as we where not going far due to COVID. This year, we are planing a few trips and would like to butcher In the advertised 8 weeks. We have been using the 12 on/off feeding method rather...

We raised 75 ish Cornish cross meat birds over the summer. With a late, June hatch August slaughter, and a second batch of 100 with a august hatch and a slaughter date of this week at 8 weeks. Of the 175 ish 50 where raised here on organic feed, the other 125ish at a couple of different friends...

just like it says..plenty of eggs this spring and our golden laced Wyandotte roo has been busy! We have quite the mix with some Barred rocks, lavender Orpington’s, Rhode Island Reds, silver laced and gold laced Wyandotte, Cochin, Polish, golden campaigns, buff Brahma, and Easter Eggars. Our...

Sorry if this has been posted before but I’d like to get some discussion from more SR chicken keepers, and I can’t find a good answer. I’m guessing it’s because most people go small quick and easy on a isolation area. I moved my nest boxes lower as I was having issues with a couple hens...

I see this asked a lot this time of year but just wanted a bit more advice..... We have 23 chickens. One is a rooster, 10 are only about 24 weeks old. This leaves 12 mature hens. Of these 12 3 (SLW) are about 40 weeks old (2-28-18 hatch date) the other 9 are at least a full year old. Most of...

We had a broody I let her son five eggs. She’s in isolation for the last three weeks. Today is hatching day! Of the five she pushed out one and broke it about a week ago. Two more hatched today while I was at work and she seems to have killed them already. One is trying to hatch now. Should I...

Not sure what to do... We have 13 hens and a roo, and 10 10 week pulletts in a separate coop. Hoping to make them one flock by winter. One of the hens is broody and in the big coop isolated box. We have 3 hens who have not yet healed from having there backs picked clean from the last roo, we had...

we are raising meat birds for the first time. 2 Friends and I split 50 freedom rangers and 25 hatchery choice 3 ways. The hatchery sent 51 rangers, 26 barred rock males. One of the other guys says he has 3 or 4 barred rock pulletts. I’m having a hard time being so new to chickens! I’m posting a...

Our coop was built on the dirt with 4x4 and decking for a retaining wall. After 30 years (lumber is stamped with a production date) it has shifted down the hill some... I “found” some 2x2x4 blocks, and fixed that today. Pushed the down hill side back up 1/2” I left the wood wall.

20 years ago I had pigs as a 4h project. We used a heat plate under the shavings for the new borns. Wondering if anyone has used this plate that has been collecting dust for 20 years for chicks? Temps seam to be about the same as the chick plate I bought for our now 6 week olds. Trouble is we...

These are not the best pictures but this is my BR pullet (she’s a late bloomer, I think anyhow). She has been standing in the nesting box a lot lately, even at mid day with everyone else outside. She is eating for sure, as I’ve seen her, her crop seams softish. She is up and moving around and...

I have a friend who thinks his hen may have good broody, maybe because of the 60 degree temps? anyway I had offered some eggs. we have a rooster so i'm sure some are fertile. what is the best way to store and collect them until we can meet to get the eggs under her? he lives about 45 minutes to...

So I came up with this idea at about 5am today. Couldn’t sleep. I recently ordered some chicks and need a brooder! I stoped at Home Depot and bought well nothing for this first post! The first picture shows what I used to build the box: Just ply wood and screws! Both of witch I had...

So I was feeling lazy and didn’t go out till about a half hour ago. Over night around 0f the girls seamed good last night. This one hen has been low bird in the pecking order for a while now, she has been sleeping alone on the floor in I pile of deep shavings. I haven’t thought much of it. Most...

So I forgot to close the windows to the coop last night. I went out this morning there was a bit of snow under both windows. I put them both up half way. I just went out and plowed some snow, and check on the girls while I was out. There was quite a bit more snow inside. I closed both (one...

We have a hen that has been getting picked on. At bed time all have been on the roosting poles but her. She has been tucked in under the poop tray. We have been putting her on the pole with some of the others mostly because it’s 13f outside! Calling for a low of 1 tonight. Are we better of...

I have a brown and a white Cochin I’m guessing full sized as they are the same size as my RIR and eggers. Anyway the white one (snowball) has a full comb the brown one (Big foot) has none? Both came with 4 eggers (only 3 left) and those have pea combs as expected. I’m not sure if any are...

calling for 1/2” of frizzing rain today. The app currently says its 30f, they say 35 by tonight but 28 for a high tomorrow. That’s the warm day, not going to brake 25f for the next week... Should I keep them inside and dry today? Or let them decide?