Ok, so we want to raise meat chickens for the family this year. The Cornish x scares me so well go with the freedom rangers or red broilers and pasture them.
My question is; Do you have to keep them solely on processed feed? I figure pasturing them is going to unbalance their carefully...
Yesterday I found my white rock pullet sitting on the floor not able to walk. She would try to stand but her right leg seemed hurt, she tried to brace herself with her wings but just toppled down. I checked both legs, no sign of injury or pain in them that I could find. Her crop was empty so...
This is a Murray McMurray Rainbow Layers Assortment. My first flock so I am having trouble making positive IDs.
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#5 Is this a rooster? It is one of the smallest but its comb appeared real fast and it is a little aggressive.
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#9 This one has a fuzzy face.