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That is to funny in the last week I have spoken with just about everybody in that artical on this subject.I wanna sell my birds!!!!! I trust my practices more than those of "Big Chicken".I was a trucker for some time and had the unfortunate experiance of picking up at many processing...

Thanks Brunty you seem to be the go to guy for meaty questions. I always look forward and can almost count on your wisdom in other posts...thanx again:)

Does anybody know how the hatcheries sex cornishx.just curious if it is feather or vent?

I am not an expert but I live in maine and it gets down to 30-40 below in mid winter.As long as you keep the wind from getting to them you should be fine unless you have some young birds who havent feathered out you will be fine.:)It will actually strengthen your flock in the long run they will...

Thanks for the info ridgerunner I couldnt agree with you more thats why I have a roo.The fertile eggs are great but Im looking for a little protection for the girls.It sounds kinda mean but I would rather a roo get eatin by Mr. Fox than my girls I have worked so hard taking care of.I lost 4 in...

I am sure he will lol I was just curious if there might be any fear of aggresion either from him or the girls.

I am getting an awesome new BR roo tomorrow.I just wanted some opinions on the best way to introduce him to my ladies.They are about 8 months old and thus far it has just been the girls.I do plan on quaranteen.thanks

Okay i have 12 chickens with 14 hours of light and and a constant supply of food and water. They have been laying for 2-3 months its been great. They appear to be happy and healthy.All of a sudden they decided to go on strike as of the last 2 days i went from avg. 10 a day to 1-3 per day:( now...

had six dropped one:( out of 12 lazy chickens:P

Thank you so much that makes me feel better everything has been going so well I didnt want to screw up now just when there starting to lay.Next time I will take the egg bucket in with me so hopefully it doesnt become a habit....oops butterfingers!!!

I was collecting eggs after work today and dropped one in the coop.Before it even hit the ground 6 of my hens pounced on it and cleaned it up almost instantly.These are 6 month old hens who just started laying in the last month.Are they going to be sampling eggs on there own now or am i over...

Thank you for your response It looks like I have some research to do.They are a popular game bird here and very tasty so I was hoping to raise some to release on my land.Maybe I should concentrate on drawing the population that is already available to my land.Research research research thanx again:)

I realize this area is for pheasents but I was looking for some info. I am very interested in raising and releasing Ruffed Grouse howerver I can not find eggs any where. Would any of you knowlegable game bird raisers happen to know where I might get eggs or just hatched chicks? thanx:)

Maybe a stupid question but here goes...I s it possicle that a black sex link hen may actually be a roo?? It has the same markings of a hen but its head gear is really lookin like a roo.Or is it that she is just maturing at a faster rate than the other girls?It also seems much more vocal than...

I kinda figured theyed be fine its just a food option that never occured to me.He said they loved it and were running around with it like crazy.They will definately have a varied menu around here once I dare to let them free range.I just worry about the local cat population so they need to get...

I am lucky enough to have a 6 year old boy who isnt attached to a t.v. That being said when you have an active kid who loves to be outside and also loves his 25 month old chickens things happen....He took it upon himself to start feeding the girls frogs he has been catching in the pond.Need less...

At last after months of planning the great chicken experiment has begun.This is my first chicken experiance and until the post office called at 7 this morning i wasnt even nervous....how things have changed.So many questions....are they alive yup are they healthy yup they started to eat and...

25 babies arrive in the morning from purely poultry.I ordered a mix wonder what ill get?

thanks alot I did talk to him and I liked him alot and have in fact already ordered.I was just gettin a little nervouse reading some posts about other hatcheries.This will be my first chicken adventure and its gettin close to time to begin.Just wanted to thank all the helpful people on this...

I stumbled upon this guy in wisconsin has anybody ordered from him?Im new at this and I wanna do it right but I would just love to help out a small timer. Any info would be great