Does anyone in Belgium/Germany breed these jet black birds and sell them, im looking for a breeding trio/eggs to come over and collect and bring back to the uk. Im looking for complete black, no redness on wattles comb, dark eyes, black feathers legs and skin etc. Could someone point me in the...
MY new cokerel Henry has been with his 6 new wives for 2 weeks now, he has settled in very well, he's a cross between a Orpington and a bluebell, I just want to show him off
we did our first one yesterday, I didn't named him, but watch him grown from hatching, i was quite upset yesterday, I didn't watch it, but it was all done so quick and over in a flash, no stress and all calm, I did pluck him though, which was very easy, a couple of tears in the skin, but not bad...
On thursday we will be dispatching our first roo, he's a big boy weighing in at nearly 6 pounds, not bad for first go, anyway, here is the method we're going to use is the cone method, put the chicken in the cone and cut the vein in neck, does anyone agreed with me or it this a painfull way for...
My 10 week old chickens, still go to the nest to sleep every night, which is a right pain because my hens that lay in the nest box, sit on all the baby chickens poo and then their eggs are really dirty, so for the last week, when it's dark and im going to lock them all up for the night, i've...