Search results for query: *

I'm a tad confused here. With our meaties (Cornish x) the consensus seems to be to only let them eat 12 on and 12 off. Does this mean they should have 12 hours of continuous feed? They currently use a 24" trough feeder from the feed store, and currently we fill it completely up once a day as we...

This is our first excursion into meat birds, and chickens in general...yay! Anyway, I ordered my CC's from Ideal and they threw in about 10 Silver Laced Wyandotte's for "warmth". So with these 10 free boys, I am thinking about keeping them and raising them for butcher. I know they won't grow as...

Hello everyone! About a week and a half ago my hubby and I bought 4 pullets from Big R. They were on sale and the last 4 pullets they had, and were not day old chicks. All of them were getting/had ther wing feathers and tail feathers. One is a turken, supposedly. She loloks exactly like the...

Hi all! We recently got 4 pullets as our first chick babies. Now that we have them I am hooked. I really want a roo so that down the rode they can make their own babies. However, I have heard that Roos do best with 10-12 hens in their flock, so I'm not sure if 4 would be enough? Our girls are...

Hello everyone! We've had our first chicks for a little over a week now. Ive been trying to figure out what they are, to no success. We got them at Big R (like TSC) and they were the last four in the "pullet" bin. We also have no idea how old they are, they were on sale 3 for 1, so I know they...

Hello everyone! I'm new to BYC, but have been stalking this entire forum for weeks now in anticipation of my chicks! I wanted meaties, especially since this will be the first time I've even seen a chicken outside of a fair! Hubby fell in love with a few layers yesterday, so we have 4 pullets...