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Hi there everyone, got a problem here. I'm going by the posting guidelines, so here goes: 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Red broiler, 13-ish weeks, maybe 8 lb??? 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She was injured on both...

Hi all, Yesterday, I walked into the local TSC with a few minutes to kill before picking up my husband from work. I figured I'd have a peek at the cutie widdle fuzzy chickies (NOT buy any, of course!) and price rabbit food (thinking of getting into meat rabbits). Wellll... when I saw that they...

I'm going to be butchering 6 of our 8 cockerels in the morning, and I have a few questions about doing this whole thing by myself. I have a large canning pot to scald in, but no outdoor heat source. Should I put on 2 pots and switch them out? Also, how long might it take for a noob like...

Hi there, everyone, I really appreciated the advice on my last post about choosing which cockerel to keep. Mine are now almost 11 weeks (give or take- being feed store chicks, we don't know exact hatch dates ;) ) and I can feel butcher time sneaking up on me. All the advice I've seen about...

Hi there, I currently have 15 chickens: 3 red sex-link pullets, plus a dozen SLW. The SLW are straight run, and all the birds came from Tractor Supply. They are all about 8 1/2 weeks old, and I can tell that 8 of the SLW are roos. So it looks like I got an "unlucky grab" out of the bin, with...

I'm raising my first flock of chickens, 3 red sex-links (Golden Comets?) and a dozen straight-run SLW. Look forward to meeting you all and getting advice from experienced folks (and giving my opinion when it's asked for). -AutumnThyme