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Thought I would add on to here how my mom and I have enjoyed our Sagittas. We each got 2 pullets from Dunlaps beginning of May along with some other breeds of pullets. They developed faster than the other dual purpose and laying breeds we bought, however not as fast as the Cornish X. From the...

I had looked at the worm chart and I just relooked. The closest would be the worms and/or egg peritonitis one. Not the same color but definitely the right "type." I've only ever used pumpkins and apple cider to deworm with. Since they do all free range (and eat enough nasty stuff! - dog poop...

I have a 1 1/2 year old white Leghorn hen who has been an excellent layer. She is one of 12 hens who free range. On Friday everyone looked normal. On Saturday I let out the layers and went off to get stuff ready to butcher our meat birds. While I was doing that my daughter walked up to the...

We have the "GoodEnuff Chicken Brothel". Have a sign on the coop and another one on our driveway.

Tuesday evening I tucked my girls in for the night and I noticed one hen sitting on the floor by me and not wandering off while I gathered eggs. I thought it a little unusual, but not enough to make me take notice (my hens are pretty tame). The next morning when I let them out the same hen was...

Okay, thanks. Is there any particular antibiotic I should try? I am rather rural and can't just run to the feed store (over an hour away). I can, however get drugs that work on dogs, cats, horses and cattle. Is there something for them that works on chickens? Thanks again!!

I have a 4 mo Easter Egger pullet who suddenly started sneezing this afternoon. It's 90 out and she goes around panting and with her wings out to cool (however her wings are out further than any of the other chickens). You can really hear her breathing (much worse than the others). She...

So I go away for several days and the 2 pages of posts has turned into 16! Mostly on sustainability. I hadn't realized I'd opened a can of worms! I knew it could be a touchy subject, but not that bad. However, to all of you who responded, thank you. You have made up my mind and provided...

Wow! This is great info. Thank you everyone! I asked our friend and she raises McMurray's Cornish Roasters. This definitely makes me think that there could be truth to the bloodlines on the Cornish hybrids being good or bad. How long does the true Dark Cornish take to raise before they are...

You are right. I just got my Murray McMurray catalog today and read that the Roasters are hybrids too. Now I'm really confused! If anyone has an opinion on anything with Cornish in the title I'm all ears. Thanks!

Squash and pumpkin huh? I am growing both this year so I will add them to the poop pile and see what happens. Thanks!

I am thinking about getting meat birds this year (somewhere between 10 - 25). A person we know whose raised chickens (including yearly batches of meat birds) suggested going with standard Cornish - not the hybrid She said that the standards don't have leg problems, don't have as much...

Thanks! I'll have to look into adding the comfrey and yarrow to speed up composting (anything to improve my clay soil!!). I wish I could just let the chickens free range, but right now I do not have a fence for the dogs. Three of our dogs find chickens quite interesting and would like to make...

I read a very interesting article in a sustainable farming magazine about using pigs and chickens to compost horse manure. The basic concept was to: 1. Collect the horse waste (horses in tie stalls on mats) 2. Toss it into a large stall until it's pretty deep 3. Throw in a couple "work" hogs to...

Ok. I see what you are talking about on the brown leghorn. I looked at the others tonight and came to the conclusion I shall have to wait a little longer. I thought the juvenile molt was when the chicks started getting their "big kid" feathers when they were a couple weeks old. No wonder...

Yes, we are hoping he stays friendly. We could use a good guard here and the "freebie" chicks would be nice too. My mom is hoping we'll have chicks for her to take.

Thanks for the input. He's currently friendly, so he gets to stay until he goes after my kids. Alfred's definitely bigger than the girls. There is another chick that has a large comb, but it's half the size of Alfred's, started developing later and isn't that pink. This other chick is also...

Quote: I was hoping #1 is an Australorp, but I wasn't sure because of the white wing tips. Is that just because she is production run? By red or white earlobes are you referring to skin color or feathers? I was checking them out tonight and most of them are showing pink skin there. Thanks...

I have been trying to match up my chicks with the different breeds and I do not know enough to pick out the fine details to differentiate between similar breeds/colors. They are 5 weeks old. Any opinion as to what these are would be appreciated. I can take more pictures if need be. Thanks...

This is my first time with chickens and I decided to go for the MPC Rainbow Special (nothing like jumping in over my head!). This particular chick started looking like an Alfred at about 3 weeks (photos at 5 weeks). What is your opinion? Also any guesses as to breed are welcome too. Thanks!