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I recently added a farmers market in my local town. I do on-farm sales and one other farmers market, and this new market is making me want stop supporting my local community. The customers keep saying my product is too expensive. I sell whole chickens for $3.50/lb. My average cost per bird...

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It seems a coon figured out how to get into my brooder and decapitated all but 11 of my FRs. Ordered 30 more today and made another attempt at coonproofing, but it sucks to lose them almost 3 weeks in.

Had a bad run early on, and it seems I got a straight run batch. My smallest was just under 4lbs in the vak-pak. The biggest was 5.8. $2.50/bird to process and vak-pak whole. Kalmbach feed from a local feed store, on pasture in Salatin style pens. I have now moved to Freedom Rangers that...

Those of you that have gone from CXs to FRs, can you tell me the differences you have experienced? I started with 60 CXs, lost one chick, brooded until 2.5 weeks and moved onto pasture. I think we have lost about 10 or 12 more. They are almost 6 weeks now and we lose one or two a day. They...

Every few months my chickens get sick. They start sneezing, their eyes swell shut, I have to give them antibiotics and force feed/hydrate them. I was under the impression that raising chickens was pretty easy but I have found out it isn't. I just don't like the idea that I have this sick...

I have lost one bird, have several others sick, and now I am having to put a bird down. Symptoms are respiratory infection symptoms. Sneezing, eyes crusty and shut. I have 80 birds in my brooder but if I am going to lose my entire laying flock from something I am concerned they are all...

I have two (hopefully only two) girls with what seems to be a head cold. Snotty, sneezy, like that. I have seperated them from the flock and am considering anti-biotics. What do you guys do in a situation like this? Do you immediately go for the anti-biotics or do you wait and see? I am...

My local TSC has quite a few RIR straight-run chicks. I usually go there after they have marked them down and since I wanted to start caponizing, I wondered if anyone believes an RIR would make a good capon. I raise CXs for my customers, I just wanted to re-introduce capons to my area. Plus...

In april I went to the feed store and got 12 chicks, all sex linked for laying hens. Then I got 3 straight runs. 2 are roosters. I noticed today that my biggest roo is working my golden comet hen over pretty hard. I am curious, should I put her eggs under my broody Silkie? I don't know how...