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You all are waiting for eggs at 20+weeks. My girls gave me an egg at 16weeks it was extra small but n egg! they are now 18 weeks and i'm getting about 2 dozen week and some are large! I'm hoping by 20 weeks all the eggs will be close to large!! Wonder what I'm doing different than you all??

It was time to change and get some of my Roo's in to freezer camp. I had 63 plymouth rock chickens of which 33 were roo's lots of crowing in the mornings ! They reach 16 weeks yesterday and I sent 30 packing to the freezer! My biggest was 7.5lbs dressed and smallest 3.8lbs average worked out to...

Here is a story I just wanted to share with you all! i just spend at week at the heart institute getting a defibulator. When I came home after a couple of days i went out to the coop with my boys to see how there were doing taking care of my chickens! My hens were all mad at me and did not come...

I don't like this method there is to much blood left in the bird the breast is so dark!! A friend from Germany showed me this method. Hold by feet and neck stretch neck till it pops no blood, but i want them to bleed! I will not use this method! Has anyone else tried this method???? Jeremy

My month old just about fully feathered chicks are now outside in the well fenced yard on thier coop. My question is it dangerous for them to get wet by rain, and are they smart enough to come in out of the rain?? Thunderstorm in the forcast for today!! thanks for your help in advance...

You will not believe this A friend of mine works for the humane society which I think is great she donates her time for free!! She called me last week and asked me what she should do with a chicken they had turned in, she had never worked with chickens before, i went in and offered to take it...

Hi all have a stupid question?? I'm the one with 60+ plymouth rock chicks. I've opened the whole coop except the nesting boxes to my just under two week old chicks. This morning when i went into the coop one of the chicks was on the roosts I have for them when they get older (or so I...

Hi All, Have a question??? I have 60+ plymouth rock chicks there are aproaching 1 week old. They are psycho they are getting there wing feathers and jumping and acting stupid and trying to jump out of the box! I'm used to the more docile meat chickens. Is this behaviour normal?? They are...

I'm so happy got my 60 peepers as my 2yr old son calls them! They are unsexed plymouth rocks. My hope is they are close to a 50/50 split. will cull all the roosters except one at 20weeks. Keeping the hens for laying. and next year maybe trying hatching a couple. See how it goes?? Wow can not...

Hi All, I'm in Ontario Canada. I used to raise meat chickens sometimes several hundred at a time. I'm taking the plunge to raise just for me now for both meat and eggs. Tomorrow I pick up 60 plymouth rock chicks unsexed. Hoping to get about 50/50 split: If I do will kill all rooster by week 19...