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Well I lost 4 of my hens last week, due to a carelessness on my part. That currently leaves me with: 2 - Barred Rock roosters who know their job and are very good at it (4 months old) 1 - Jersey Giant, whom we love, her buddy is one of the 4 we lost (7 months) 2 - GLW (4 months) 2- buff...

OMG, we have done some amazing things since moving to the country, and most of it has been made possible by watching it done on YouTube. Processing is not one of those things. The first turkey (our largest) we manged to tie up and slit his throat but though we thought we had a good cut and...

Ok I have my first two turkeys. The tom is VERY large. Live weight two weeks ago was 35lbs (granted that was me holding him while stepping on a scale and subtracting my weight but he's big). I've processed chickens but that set up will NOT work for a bird of that size (luckily the other is a...

I got 2 jersey giants literally days before they started laying about 4 weeks ago. While their eggs are a normal size (though a bit small compared to my 2 EE) the color is off. They are faded from dark brown to almost white. I realize this is related to the speed at which the egg moves down...

So, I have a great dog and a number of chickens. The dog has been around them outside since they were 3 weeks old and feathered enough to be out free ranging. They are now 9 weeks. A couple weeks ago I added a 4 baby silkies, for broodies to use next year. Really never thought a thing about...

My son would really like to show chickens for 4H. I had him look through a couple hatchery catalogs and he kept coming back to the Black Jersey Giant. Is there any reason this wouldn't be a good breed for him? Also are there good heritage APA standard breeders that someone could direct me...

I've read all these great stories about turkeys and their antics well my 2 BBB apparently only got the eat, drink and poop gene (which is probably what they were indeed bread for). They have access to about 1.5 acres and never stray more than about 4 feet from their enclosure, never eat...

Ok got the good camera out today and got a decent pic of my BO (the one in the middle) who I"m pretty sure is a pullet. I have one other than looks just like "her" but the rest, look like the ones around her in the pic. I'm really hoping I have 2 because I gotta say I"m loving my BO.

While cleaning up in the horse barn I heard the dying cat sound. Ran to the chickens and saw my favorite cockerel striking the pose. I have 22 cockerels and only one (maybe 2) is going to be kept everyone else becomes dinner. This guy is so much redder than any of the others. I really hope...

First let me apologize for my atrocious drawing ability. All my birds are currently in a 12x12 potting shed. They are 4 weeks old and there are 22 cockerels (actually I think I have 2 that are pullets) and 11 confirmed pullets. They have access to 1/3 of an acre for aprox. 14 hours a day...

I ordered 25 of a fry-pan special. 25 heritage breed cockerels. I happened to only get BR and BO. All the BR are definitely boy, but I have two BO who have me questioning. Here is a pic of one of them, all the other BO have considerably more comb, and it's red, they also seem to have larger...

So I have 6 Barred Rock Pullets and 5 Gold Laced Wyandottes. Those are my layers. I also have 22 (started with 26) heavy breed cockerals, they happen to be Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. They don't know it but one of them gets to be our rooster and then gets a reprieve. Right now the...

They are only four days so probably too young. I ordered 25 frying pan special from Cackle and it looks like I just got two breeds, the others are all BR. They are only supposed to be heritage breed cockerels. These are much feistier and more outgoing than anything but the turkeys.

I put my order in two months ago but had to wait until I moved to get them. They arrived yesterday from Cackle Harchery. I ordered the following: 25 frying pan special ( dual purpose cockerels) 5 barred rock pullets 5 Gold Lace Wyandottes 3 Bronze Breasted Turkeys All but one of my chicks is...

I got my first order of chicks today. Of the 35 chicks one is noticeably smaller and uncoordinated. Stumbles, falls over, then falls asleep with its head down and bum up in the air. I've separated him have him in a cooler with a heat lamp and his own water and food. He only seems to eat and...

http://swheatscoop.com/ I use the above as cat litter for my cats, it is all natural no scents added or anything like that, but I was wondering if we thought the chicks would eat it rather than their food if I used it in their brooder? I just figured it would make keeping the brooder clean...

I need to put in my order for the week of July 10th. And I just can't push the button and buy. I keep second guessing what I want to do. I am ordering from Cackle, because I know I want 3 turkeys and they are the only ones I've found that will ship them with my chicken order. I wanted Myer...

Not quite sure where to put this so I apologize if it's in the wrong place. I'm getting my first ever chickens when I move in July to a 5 acre farmette. Here's my plan: 5 - Barred Rock Pullet (chicks) 1 - RIR cockerel (chick) These have a nice coop and then will be free range during the...

Currently I live in a small townhome in a fox ridden neighborhood. So no chickens. I've wanted to keep chickens for a really long time and now it's about to be a reality! We are moving to rural southern GA and have 5 acres with a horse barn already built. So excited, doing tons of research...