We are looking for a poultry judge for the Sac County Fair {Sac City,IA} on July 24th.We would prefer to have a judge that can judge both poultry and rabbit's.The poultry show starts at 8:00 am and usually lasts about 2 hours for the 4-H and open class.The rabbit show starts at 1:00 pm on 24th...
We are looking at getting back into waterfowl,We had around 30 different ducks before we moved back to Iowa from Minnesota,I had different contacts from Minnesota that raised waterfowl but cat find there names anywhere,Would prefer breeders in Minnesota or Iowa. Thanks Mike
Is it all right to feed turkey feed to chickens? I have a friend that has turkey barns and raises 1000 of turkeys a year to a turkey processor.I don't know what the protein content or other ingredients are in the feed but I would think it is a high protein feed? I can get as much feed from him...
If you breed your show birds when do you do it? We have some really nice birds from a few different breeders and was wondering if they are going to be shown when do you breed them.We only show at our local fair for now but would also like to breed them for more chicks but don't want them being...
Looking for some more bantam Cochin's,what hatchery has the best bantam Cochin's? all of our Cochin's are show quality bought from different breeders but thought about maybe adding to them for possible breeding with hatchery birds and wanted the best I can get from a hatchery.It's tuff finding...
Has anyone bought any bantam cochins from McMurray hatchery latly? I heard they replaced there breeding stock a while back and was wondering how they are. I would like to see pictures of them if anyone has them. I would also be interested in any other hatcheries that have nice bantam...
We are looking for some good quality bantam and standard cochins.Mostly looking for black,white,red,frizzle,maybe other colors.Would need shipped to Iowa unless close by.Thanks! Mike [email protected] 712-662-3882
Didn't know where to put this but thought this might be the best place.I ordered some anti pick bits from Mcmurry Hatchery for some of my qual and pheasants,I have been loosing about 10 quail a day because of them picking at each other so ordered the bits,they should have been here the 24th and...
Noticed today that 3 out of about 40 chickens have swollen eyes,the worst one seems like she cant see at all and the others are just swollen so far.any ideas what it could be.Thanks! Mike
When we came back from the fair this year we took out all of the roosters that were with the egg layers and now they are not laying any eggs at all.before we had 3 roosters with about 20 hens but no roosters with them anymore.I know you don't need a rooster for them to lay eggs but do you think...
I'm thinking about useing some on my bobwhites and was wondering do they go on top of the beak or in the mouth? can they be used on birds during breeding?can they eat mash or do they need to eat pelleted feed? I am wanting to put them in pens again before winter but don't know if they can be...