I am so glad i saw this!!! I was wanting to get some cornish X this spring but heard such horrible storys....i am getting them for sure now! Thank you so much....You said you were horrified by the online feeding guidelines. How much did you feed before you could put them on grass?? I will be...
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I have a coop with little chicken door that opens into a very very secure run for my chickens. I have had the coop and chickens for 8 months, a few things have tried to get in with no success. That being said I have started leaving the door to the run open for the chickens...
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Next spring I will be getting some meat birds, I have layers right now but I am looking for a inexpensive set up for the meaties....anyone have any good ideas for a inexpensive coop or tractor for meaties?? I want to keep them separate from my layers....My layers have a coop with a large...
unfortunatly I cant set them up their own place...I did think about that....but its not do-able.....if its to early to process them...we will have to muddle thru.....they are not horrible with the girls yet.....i was just thinking if I could process them now...why make the girls live with them...
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I have some roosters that came with the chicks i got this spring...They are EEE's but they are large and I had ordered only hens....just a mistake at the hatchery and I had planned on processing them when they hit 18 weeks...Well we are now at 13 weeks and they are becomming big...
thanks for posting!! this is an excellent reference.....I have three roosters that were supposed to be hens....I will need to process them soon, they are 13 or 14 weeks old now, im trying to wait as long as i can but they are causing quite a ruckus lately with the girls and each other......I...
Thanks everyone!! We got appropriate permission from the powers that be for what we did, normally we would just dispatch of the critter but it was 5am, we have close neighbors, and going to be a hot day over 100 degrees and humid and animal control couldn't not get to us that day so to avoid...
amazingly I don't have a game cam!! I am setting out a live trap at night....I will keep everyone posted...hubby thinks its a fisher...I think raccoon or fox
OK Friends!! I had my first predator try to get in the run of my coop last night...found three areas that they tried to dig under, no sucess though, they hit the chicken wire I burried all around the outside of the run to prevent this...I saw this muddy print on the door of the coop...and they...
Thanks! Im not sure if i can fence in an area for them though, we have 8 acres but neighbors across the street....i might just have to keep a much closer eye on them.....
Hello! I have 14 10 week old pullets. I have a coop and a great fenced in run for them but when i am out in the yard i want to be able to let them out to peck around, eat some bugs and tick ect.....and help clean up the yard! What is the best way to start doing this? are they too young...