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I ordered two Black Australorp cockerel chicks with some new pullets. As they grew I handled them and fed them by hand a lot. I kept a rooster scoreboard to see if Russell Crowe or Kevin was the better man for the girls. That breed is generally very mellow. I picked Kevin to stay and gave away...

I raised some cornish crosses which is the industrial meat birds. They are more bland, they are super messy due to eating so much, and they start dying off from heart problems, and they are ugly. Also they can hardly walk by 8 weeks (although if they get more exercise they walk longer I think).

He is mature enough now! Rooster is mature at about 5-6 mos I think. I butchered mine at 13 weeks which is old.

I have a rooster now and he is the shepherd of the flock. He is so hardworking! He keeps the hens together and makes a special noise when hawks are near. Then the hens know to run under the deck. He runs madly back and forth on our 1 acre back yard, escorting hens back to the flock when they...

Black Australorps!

That is what makes us human - we have complex thoughts and feelings!

Wow, good to know! Do they have no predators there?

That is good to know! I am also looking into growing some fodder

I think Icelandics are super foragers or something.

Hi. Maybe Icelandic chickens? Auracana mixes are very independent I find.

That is definitely the problem! Pine shavings are great.

My name is Catharine. I live in the Texas Hill Country outside of Austin. I’ve been raising chickens for 20 years - meat and eggs. My chickens are in tractors I built.

My 8 hens range over an acre of grasses, other plants and oaks. Since they are eating bugs and even sometimes lizards, could I get by feeding them just non-GMO scratch?

Hi, I have 8 hens in a chicken tractor with an acre of pasture. I want to raise some broilers now.