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I hope this works this time. We still have seven Cornish Xs. They have to be some of the healthyist on earth of this breed, after all I've read about their mortality rate. Ours are 23 weeks old, today. LOL!! As I said, they are quite healthy!! They run, fly, fight, & yes, even try to mate...

We have a rooster. Not sure what breed he is, except he is half fighter. Whatever that means! He's small & skinny but full of himself. Faster than heck & a loner, for the most part. He has a (what we call)lazy comb. It is always hanging over one eye. It never stands up straight like our...

Here's a link that I found. I was thinking of ordering their meat bird special, which don't sound bad to me, but after looking at other things on the site, wasn't sure how dependable they were. Oops! Sorry. Here's the link: http://www.mthealthy.com/ Hope that works.

How do you tell when an egg is fertile? I know! It's a stupid ? We have tried to hatch some of our eggs. By day 14 they were still clear/transparent. How soon will you know that the egg is fertile? Our Rooster has 9 hens to choose from & seems to not be dicriminate but we aren't having much...

LOL!! Can you tell I'm a man? LOL!! What chickens are good setters? I have 9 Production Red hens & 1 rooster, plus, 14 Fast Cornish, 1 red fighting roo(rescued). None of my productions will get broody long enough to hatch eggs. I want a breed that will set!! I/we(Mrs Spock) want to watch...

My chicks made a huge mess in their brooder & of course themselves... Anybody here give their week old chicks a bath & what with??

I've got to laugh at 1 of or hens. We bought 10 hens & 1 rooster a week ago. They are Production reds. Even after the move, we are still getting 5-7 eggs per day since we've had them. Anyhow, 2 days ago we here this awful commotion in the coop from 1 of the hens & go to investigate. What we...

I have 10 Productions Red Hens between a year & 2 yrs. People are telling me that I need to have a light on in their coop 24/7. Is this really true & if so what is the light for?

I have 15 Fast Cornish chicks coming tomorrow. Do I start them on Broiler feed or Chick starter? These will be day old chicks:|

Well, I'm biting off more than I can chew here. I'd like to know how a person builds an incubater without spending a fortune??????????? Mrs. Spock & I just got 10 hens & 1 rooster. They are all between 1 & 2 years old. We were told that the hens would need a couple weeks before laying eggs...

Hi all you BYCers. The mrs. & I just moved to NM & got an acre of land to play with. After lurking in the shadows here for a few days, we're addicted to it. Nice, friendly & imformative here. I think we'll stay a while. That is if you kind ppl will have us?? After a kindly neighbor gave us 2...

I just got 2 chicks, from a feed store. 1 died in less than 12hrs. It was the active one. The inactive 1 still lives but is always chirping(constantly) & does not seem to eat or drink. It just sits there all hunched up. I should say that I was given 2 others a couple weeks ago & they are doing...