One of my EE's lays really large eggs and I have been hatching them with success in my hovabator. Well one of them pipped last night and hasn't progressed all day (getting close to 24 Hours), so I thought I would help it out a little (I know you're not supposed to). I peeled back just the part...
I was thinking about this today, I bought 24 chicks from a feed store figuring that with the 90% sexing accuracy my odds of getting a rooster should yield about 3 roosters, so I would be bound to get one. Well I got 24 pullets, after considering how this happened I remember reading that even as...
Ok, I know this is a stupid question, but I keep hearing references to when lockdown should be done, but no explanations as to what it actually is. I have searched all over BYC and haven't been able to find it.
The next question is, my broody is on her 21st day today of sitting on her eggs...
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what happens if I continue breeding say a RIR and BR in a line breeding scheme? I'm sure the sex linking will disappear after a while right? I'm interested in taking positive traits, being large size and good egg production, and breeding them in. Basically...
Has anyone thought of doing this? I have been planning on mixing my Dark Cornish with my Barred Rocks for an improvised meat flock, but I just had the idea of mixing my Dark Cornish with the Freedom Rangers instead. Or perhaps mixing my Barred Rocks with Freedom Rangers to then mix with my Dark...
I have 24 chicks that I purchased from my local Feed Store. They get them from a hatchery out of Texas somewhere. I have 9 Rhode Islands, 9 Barred Rocks, and 6 Ameraucanas(Easter Eggers). I have noticed the lack of weights and statistics online so I figured I would share my results as they...