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Not sure if was the NHR or the other BO, but the one I just put in the crockpot was 2.34 pounds.

They free range and always have chick starter available in the feeder in the coop as their primary food sources. They also get kitchen scraps via the compost bin (they're favorite mid-day roost) and then a few cups of meat flock feed in the run in the mornings. Every few days I throw out some...

The biggest offenders have been taken care of!

Thanks all for your suggestions. They were duely noted. We thinned out the 3 biggest terrors today. The change in flock behavior was almost immediate. It was a steep learning curve but by #3 we had started figuring out a process that worked for us. The biggest offender had so much fat on him he...

Thank you so much for the advice! We will gather what we need and probably go down one or two in the next few nights.

I boot them as hard as I can when they come after my girls. We’re trying to convince my gentle eldest that she needs to do the same to establish her dominance but she gets scared and freezes up.

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and affirmation that they need to go soon. The NHR - we call him “big red” was just super friendly and would come up to us more than the rest. These birds are tolerant of us and none like to be touched. I think the dick BO will go in the next...

Hey all, This is my first go round with raising chickens. These chicks hatched 17 weeks ago and I got 6 each, straight run Buff Orps, New Hampshire reds, and Silver-laced Wyandottes. I ended up with 4 BO & NHR roos, and 3 SLW roos. I let them free range but there are just too many and they are...

Hey all, This is my first go round with raising chickens. These chicks hatched 17 weeks ago and I got 6 each, straight run Buff Orps, New Hampshire reds, and Silver-laced Wyandottes. I ended up with 4 BO & NHR roos, and 3 SLW roos. I let them free range but there are just too many and they are...

3 EE, sexed 6 buff orps, straight run 6 silver laced wydanotts, straight run 6 New Hampshire reds, straight run Hoping to have it down to 8 layers by the fall. The rest will end up in the freezer or used for trade/barter if the opportunity arises. We are still debating if we want to keep a rooster

I don’t even have them yet and I am already beginning to save for them... I’m sure this cannot be a good sign

Thanks! Will probably use our vacuum sealer to bag them up!! So excited for these chickens!!

We recently installed a wood burning furnace but do to some issues cannot connect it to the ductwork yet so we are using the radiant heat to heat the rest of the house. Our basement went from 50-60* to 70-85* and an unexpected result of that was that the squash in our root cellar started...

Thanks for the replies. We just started looking for windows and pricing stuff out. I didn't get them. I was thinking vinyl for winters but we are also considering barn windows on a hing. Figure it will be easier to find windows and cut the holes to fit the windows than the other way around

Is $45 a good price for used 36x38 windows each?

Thank you for all the replies! I would post an aerial photo but it wouldn't do much good as you can't even see the granary due to the trees. Also, the aerial photos are out of date as we have removed a lot of trees from the entire building site so it is dramatically different. There are a...

Howdy all! I'm brand new to BYC and so far I love what I have been reading and have learned so much in just a few days. My husband, 2 girls (4 & 1) and I moved onto his grandparents' farm place this last summer. We hoped to be able to start chickens this spring but adjusting to our new life...