I noted that some gamecock breeders let there stags range with little more than whole corn. They have to work to rustle up what they need. It seams that this is in part for practical reasons, but they also want them to grow out slower and more naturally. There is a belief that this makes for...
http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Record_Keeping.html
Came across these ready made record forms the other day. Printed right out. I was afraid to print the profit loss...
What are the benefits to group mating vs individual mating like you say with your leghorns. Next year will when you go to four pens how will the mating be then? Father/daughter, mother/son.?
I know some have been talking about breeding pens. Here are my redneck makeshift pens.lol. Light come on at 3:30 and off at 8. Including the Christmas ones on the pens. It's the season. The have been set up since thanksgiving and they are starting get cranking. I've got two trios set up and I am...
Some birds have nice profiles but lack in depth and width of body. Not saying he does, sometimes it is hard to get the 3-d in our heads without seeing it. I know it helps me when I walk to my pens to have that vision in my head.
Someone was talking about grit. In the summer we will use chicken coop cleanings to liquid fertilizer tomatoes. We let it soak in buckets for a day the dilute it and apply. At the bottom of the buckets it always surprises me how much sand and grit is in them when we clean up. If you wanted to...