We are looking to order quite a few Rhode Island Red chicks (50-75) .. have not had good luck w/ Murray McMurray. I'm looking for other recommendations?
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Had just finished gathering eggs -- had about 48 in my basket. Set them down outside one of our pastures, where hubby assured me 'the pigs won't come thru that gate' .. yup, they did and the first thing they went for was my ENTIRE basket of eggs!
Yesterday temps here in VT reached 90, with extremely high humidity. We have 3 week old broiler chicks. We lost a couple of them, which I believe was due to the heat ... all the others seem fine this am, except for 2. These two are standing very still, they look kind of puffed, and almost...
We just received our shipment last week on a Monday. Our chicks were shipped the previous Friday .. from Iowa to VT. By the time they arrived at our PO on Monday, I had 6 dead ones. Within a day, out of 84 sent, only 59 survived. I don't blame the po.. am a bit surprised the hatchery shipped...
I'm fairly new to BYC - (Love it here by the way!) ...
We've got about 54 laying hens, some Rhode Isand Reds and some are Partridge Rocks. We noticed yesterday that one of the PR's seems out of sorts. She's all puffed up like she's cold, although the house is not cold. She seems to stay by...