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So my first hatch of meat birds is in the incubator right now. What I have is: White Bresse rooster over 3 White Bresse hens and 4 Dark Cornish hens (non-hatchery). I started with Bresse over Cornish as that is what I have mature and laying at the moment. I will get weights on the rooster...

If you ever want any pointers on caponizing, let me know. I taught myself using videos and internet research. I would be more than happy to share what I have learned (i.e. all of my mistakes).

Would anyone be willing to share how they band their birds for identification? Because I am new to this, I have never banded my birds. Now that I am beginning to breed, I know it is important to keep track of parents and offspring. Any advice from someone who has been doing this for awhile...

Churchill 9 months Thatcher 6 months This is a fascinating thread. I recently purchased a breeding pair of LF White Cornish that I want to use to start a meat bird that has more of the body type of the commercial Cornish X, but that isn't a mutant Frankenchicken, and which lays well. I...

Yeah, two of the numbers were disconnected and the other one (Maybe Joe) didn't have a mailbox set up so I could leave a message. I will keep trying. Thanks!

Greetings, all on this lovely spring day! I am looking for someone in the nearby vicinity who is certified to do Pullorum testing. I will be getting certified myself next month, but would like to have my birds tested now if possible so I can go ahead and get my NPIP. I am about 60 miles north...

Okay. I got it. I see what you mean about the dark feathers. He is very pretty! Thanks again for the patient explanation.

Also, on jubilees, if you cross jubliee to jubliee, will you get some white and some black in addition to jubilee or do they breed pure? Just idle curiosity on that one.

So a rooster has to carry two genes to be barred, or does that make them double barred? Can a rooster be split for barring? Hens are easy, if they have b- they are barred; plain and simple. It is just a little more confusing for me on roos. Do you have an example of a single barred...

Thank you so much! This is so helpful to me. I am interested in learning more about genetics and coloring. I have been trying to understand the barring gene BB v. Bb. Is it typically possible to tell by the pattern? What I understood in my reading was that BB would have wider white bars...

Would someone be able to answer a question for me? Please and thank you. :) I have a chocolate cuckoo orp that I am thinking about breeding to my solid hens. I think he is double barred (?). What would the chicks look like? Would they be barred versions of each color or some sort of mix...

It is really hard to not want to help. They are so cute and fluffy! I always tell myself I won't help, but if something is obvious, I always try to. Guess I need to work on that. My fiancé says, "when you have livestock, you have deadstock". It is just part of it.

You are probably right, bigz. We should just invest in a new deep freeze. Much cheaper than loosing a bunch of meat if a used one were to croak.

Chocolate Cuckoo Chickies!! There is one yet in the 'bator, but these guys were wreaking havoc so I put them in the brooder. I LOVE hatching eggs!

Thanks, all for the info on canning meat. I will definitely have can some of the meaties I am raising. We just butchered a steer so the deep freeze is FULL. We plan on getting a couple of feeder pigs in spring. I am thinking we will need a second deep freeze. Guess I will have to hit...

Chickie update: The chick that pipped wrong way round had not made any progress after 24 hrs. I finally took it out of the 'bator and carefully removed the shell in a ring around the original pip, then put it back. Around midnight it finally hatched and seems healthy, although one foot is...

I am so sorry! Ducks are so sweet and funny. I am very sorry for your loss.

How do you can chicken? Do you do raw pack? I have never canned meat before, but is something I would like to try.