Anybody in the Bitterroot have heritage turkeys or plan on having heritage poults? I wouldn't mind getting some from you if you have some to sell but don't want to pay the local arm and a leg price.
Judging from the title I'll let you decide what this thread is about.
So, let's get started. I was surprised to find I now own to calves.....I mean who saw that coming when I bought chickens many moons ago. Okay okay so I wasn't surprised, I mean after all I'm the one who paid for them and...
Well truth be told I just wanted to hear ralphie say gimlet......either that or the shavings were free.
Any who I used them in two separate coops and nobody died. Shorten the life span of them? No clue, I wasn't told in the manual I got with them how long they were gonna live.
Yeah all I've gotten is old wives tales and opinions going both ways but no science. We need a science nerd or two like @casportpony or @duluthralphie.
Well I finally got around to weighing my foundation male. He weighs a healthy 9.2 lbs. Keep in mind he is also the dominant male and free ranges all day as well.
It all depends on your other birds. I currently have a group of 19 Cornish Cross chicks that are about 6 weeks old. They have there own run and coop. I only let them out in to there run but inevitably some escape it and will free range with the rest of my chickens. The other birds pay them no...
Well the CX were a miserable failure. New idea is to use Red Rangers (or whatever name you want to call them) in place of the CX. Currently have some that are growing out nicely at 9 weeks old.