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Hey folks, I have a chicken that is molting I believe, lately (last week, week and a half) she has been losing feathers and today I noticed all the feathers on her rear end, part of her back, tail and wing feathers are missing. I looked up molting pictures and it looks like that is what's going...

one of my meat birds has been acting weird, it might have a spine issue because it has a hard time walking but recently we noticed it's poop is green...she eats and drinks (nothing green) laying down but will get up and flap around when she needs to. I don't see worms, she's not growing very...

Thanks for the reply, the USDA basically says no hormone, steroids, antibiotics, and minimal processing are required for natural, very loose terms if you ask me much like you mentioned. The GMO free mash is $7.50 a 100lbs more expensive, I guess i'll have to see how this plays out. Thanks for...

Hey folks, I'm looking to sell my current 15 meat birds to pay for my personal 15 meat birds free and clear. I feed them mash ground down the road, no commercial feed, and they get to free range grass/bugs, clean water, no antibiotics/steroids/hormones. I'm not sure if the mash is GMO free...

I bring my chickens to a local Mennonite family to have them dispatched and processed. They do a great job, I was just looking into doing them myself to save on the cost. I trust these folks, they have been doing it for a long time and they have a very professional set-up, attitude, and they...

Just ran my hand down her back and it feels like she either has a growth or her spine is bent, it literally raises up to a peak then back down, much like a mountain top on her back (only way I can describe it). any thoughts? ~Anthony

Thanks for the reply, I didn't think of it that way, thanks for the education. ~Anthony

I was thinking of processing my meat birds this year but I'm not sure if I can dispatch with a knife. I was watching a Gordon Ramsey show where his birds were stunned with a electric stunner then dispatched with a knife, I feel like it's more humane for the chicken...and probably a bit easier...

6 1/2 weeks old

Hey folks, we have 16 meat birds (Cornish X). We ordered 15 and got 17 from the hatchery. 2 were runts, they weren't growing as fast as the other 15 (maybe they were females and the 15 are males?), long story short they are very aggressive and we lost one to a broken back yearly on. about 4...

The scratch provides extra calories which in turn creates energy stores that the body uses to generate heat through body system functions. That is where the "heat" comes from, the body functions are continuously working, the metabolism is consistently being activated regulating the bodies core...

We don't give them scratch during the warm months, only during the winter when they need it for the extra warmth. During the summer they get to graze on grass, bugs, and any veggies we don't get to eat. ~Anthony

we thought about adding a second feeder, I might make one because I hate the fact that they are tripping over each other trying to get to the feeder in the morning as well...when we were using the crumbles last year he had no problem but there manure smelled horrible and I liked the idea of a...

Well I do know that it is quality mash because the gentleman that makes it owns the farm next to ours and has been selling it for a decade, everyone swears by it and its been growing quality chickens. As far as the 12 hour rotation, its not insane its smart. My wife's family (who has been...

Hey folks, this is year 2 with meat chickens and we decided to switch from the Dumor Crumbles to a locally milled mash, much cheaper and better quality food. My problem is that the mash does not drop into the bottom of the feeder...I have the galvanized 3 pound feeder from TSC and I have it set...