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This morning on my way out to feed the meaties I noticed a large bird in the PVC coop. Once I got closer I realized it was the biggest owl I have ever seen. He killed 2, but was pretty frantic trying to get out. I opened the door and he flew out. I decided to let him go this time, but next time...

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I raised my first batch of cornish xs and had them butchered monday, they were 8 weeks old. I ordered them from mcmurray and was very pleased with them. Out of 29, I lost 6. 2 of them was my fault and 4 was the extreme heat we had last week. I am going to order 50 this time and found meyer...

I have 29 x's going to freezer camp on monday. They are charging $2.05 a bird whole. I think that seems like a fair price. I am having a problem visualizing how many coolers or those plastic storage containers with ice to take to hold them all. They will be bagged and ready for freezer when He's...

My cornish xs are 5 weekes old and its really hot and humid here in Ohio. Suppose to get worse as the week gets worse. I found 1 dead bird this morning. I put a fan on them, put ice in there water and emptied the ice maker on the ground were they usually sit. Is there anything else I could do to...

Can anybody tell me what this chick could be? It was the free exotic chick from McMurray Hatchery. Any idea on sex of it. Thanks,

Out of 8 chickens, I have 1 that likes to climb on everything. Last night I found her on my 3 wheeler. She sat there for a while.

My cornish xs are 2 weeks old today and I booted them out of the garage about 4 hours ago. I just finished my pvc tractor with half covered with a tarp and one corner has a small piece of tarp on it. I hope they will be ok. Not a good first night out. They have never been in the dark either. The...

So my 28 cornish x's are 10 days old and doing great. I ordered from mcmurray and they sent 1 free "rare" chick. I am planning on sending the x's outside at 3 weeks, but the other one will have to stay in for 6 weeks, I think. So do I need to order some more so he or she is not lonely when the...

I am going to build a pvc tractor for my meaties and want to buy the 3 4 and 5 way fittings local or somewhat close, don't want to order over the internet. Did any body find them at a big box store or chain store? All the fittings on the internet say furniture grade, is there a cheaper grade...

I am pretty excited. these cornish x came from mcmurray, They were born on saturday and I recieved them on tuesday morning. They seem to be doing really good. No losses yet. The kids just love them, wich may be a problem later. Just wanted to share some pics.

I should be recieving my order of cornish x on tuesday. Do I need to start with a chick starter or my local rural king has meat bird crumbles that is 21% protein? If I go with chick starter, does it have to medicated? What kind of losses am I risking if its not medicated? When do I want to...

I have 29 cornish x coming at the end of the week. I made a 5x3 and was going to cover the sides with deer netting, good or bad? I built it out of 2x2s and some osb for the floor. This is my first attempt at raising chicks. Is the 5x3 brooder big enough for them until they can go outside...

Just wanted to share a pic of my chickens following my daughter on the tiller the other day. They gobbled up a ton of worms. She had to really watch because they would get between the tractor and tiller.

I have 4 hens that are about 1 year old. I just recieved 4 more that are about 15 to 16 weeks old. Am I ok with just putting them in the coop together? One of the older ones was still in the coop and the new ones were in there and there was a lot of pecking going on. I would hate to have a dead...

I am new to the site and to chickens. I have had my chickens for about 4 months. They were already laying when they were given to me. I made a quick make shift coop/shelter for them and it worked great until about 2 months ago it got really windy and it flipped over, with them in it. I turned it...