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************** PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND PAID FOR **************** Thanks for all the replies and interest!! Hello All, I've not been on here in quite some time. Because of my declining health, I've had to get rid of all my chickens. Since I am no longer physically...

I use a Little Giant, 5 gallon, galvanized water fountain to water my chickens with. I've only had it about 4 or 5 months and it is already rusting. I've never had trouble with rust in anything that was galvanized. Do any of you have any idea on how I can stop the rusting?? Anything short of...

As of today, I've had the Dark Cornish 5 weeks. And, all 27 of the boys are doing fine. During those 5 weeks, the 27 boys have devoured exactly 100 lbs. of feed. That's about 3.71 lbs. of feed per bird! They can really eat.... and poop!! Those who have been following the progress of these...

I have 13 Buff Orpington hens and 3 roosters. They are about 7 1/2 months old. Until shortly after the time when they started laying, they were a beautiful orange/gold. Now, they have developed very light colored spots on them. I'm sure the sun hasn't bleached their feathers out that way...

Hey all! Though my back is better, it is still a long way from being right!! At least it was in good enough condition to check the boys out. I have had these Dark Cornish chicks exactly 4 weeks today. All 26 chicks are doing great, growing like weeds, eating, and drinking like there's no...

After what I have just experienced, I am about ready to throw in the towel and quit! If this had happened the first time I incubated eggs, I would have quit! Here's the story.... I hope someone can help me diagnose!! I have 13 Buff Orp hens and 3 Buff Orp roos. All were about 7 months old...

Are there any of you who keep pigeons?? Robert

Hey all! I finally found it at Wal-Mart. It was lurking in the toy section next the liquid bubbles and such. What was it????? The all elusive, difficult to find, and virtually never photgraphed...... WATER WIGGLER!!!!!!! Some have asked where to find one. I've been looking too. And, when...

Hey all, The other day, my mother sent a thing called a "Recipe Tree" to my wife. The instructions are simple and easy to follow. You send 1 recipe to the person whose name and address appears on the back of the original letter. You then make 6 copies of the front of the original letter and...

I've been told that they make attachments that you can use on your drill to pluck the feathers from your chickens. Have any of you heard of these or know where I can find one?? No more birds than I will process in a year, I can't quite justify the cost of the typical plucker. I just thought...

I know that some of you pay someone else to process your birds. How are you charged..... by the bird, by the pound, or what?? How much does it cost to have your birds processed?? How do the processers package your birds?? I ask these questions because I just don't know how much longer I will...

Hey all, I'm sorry that this update is so late. It is so late due to some "technical difficulties" that were beyond my control. During the second week, the Dark Cornish did not increase their weight (percentage wise) near as much as they did the first week. But, I think that most of it is my...

For those who have expressed an interest in how they are developing, I thought I'd try to post a weekly update on my Dark Cornish. Yesterday, 10/19 marked my having them one week. When I first got them, I weighed each one of them. They averaged weighing 1.5 ounces. And, each chick was so...

I live about 60 miles north of Jackson, TN and was wondering if any of you know of any shows that would be close to me. I'm sure that the possibilities of there being any "upcomming" shows are quite slim. But, if there are any annual shows that would be local to me I'd sure like to know where...

Any other time, I'd have put this post in "Feeding Time." But, I've put it here because it is a meat breed that I am talking about. As most in this area know, I got my Dark Cornish chicks from Ideal hatchery yesterday. I am happy to report that all 26 are still doing great!! But, I have a...

I just thought I'd share my Ideal hatchery experience with you all. Last week I ordered 25 Dark Cornish males from Ideal. They hatched and shipped this past Wednesday with an anticipated delivery date of today (Friday). At 5:00 this morning, I picked them up at the post office. When I got...

I ordered 25 Dark Cornish male chicks from Ideal hatchery last week. I'll use them to cross with my Buffs for meat chickens. They hatched and shipped out this Wednesday, Oct. 10 with an anticipated delivery date of today, Friday, Oct. 12. Last night, the temps here dipped down into the low...

Let me start my apologizing for a mistake I made in my original "Dry Incubation... my experience..." post. So shoot me! I'm an old f@rt with bad eyes, only one functional brain cell (and it's usually on vacation), and sometimes I get in entirely too big of a hurry for my mental and physical...

I have two incubators; a Hovabator and a Little Giant. Both are still air, foam incubators. In the past, I have incubated eggs in them, followed the included instructions "to a T," yet had rather poor results. The best results that I have ever had was about 20% hatch from eggs that were 100%...

I finally ordered 25 of the Dark Cornish cockerals this morning from Ideal Hatchery! I wanted them to cross with my own hens to come up with my own Cornish Cross. Since Ideal won't sell any more cockerals than the number of pullets they have sold, I have to wait for the Oct. 10 hatch. That's...