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Anyone have experience renting their chicken plucker? Do you require a deposit? Do you deliver? What is your rate? Has your overall experience doing so been negative or positive?

The Kosher King chicks we ordered from Noll's Hatchery arrived on Thursday. We ordered 50 chicks, and 52 arrived. We raised Freedom Rangers this spring, so I'm interested to see how the growth rate on these birds compares. Our FR's reached an average of 5.5 pounds apiece by 9 weeks. Anyone...

I'm currently using a friend's Little Giant still air incubator, but I'm considering buying my own. Given my experience with the Little Giant I don't think I want one of those. I found this link on craigslist http://www.customincubators.com/custom_incubators, and I was wondering if anyone else...

A few months ago a friend of mine told me she had an incubator and that I could use it, so that set my wheels to spinning, and I decided a couple of weeks ago to finally pull the trigger and order some eggs from Pips and Peeps. After I placed my order one of my Delawares decided to go broody...

I've got a Delaware pullet (almost a hen) who is driving me nuts. One day she's broody. The next day she's out free ranging with the rest of the flock. I haven't put any eggs under her, but I have started collecting them. I'm just afraid that when I do separate her from the flock and put...

I have a Welsummer roo (well technically he's still a cockerel @ only 8 months old) with my 15 hens of various breeds, and all but one or two of the girls are showing signs of wear and tear from his amorous tendencies. I have hen savers on about half the flock, and at this point it looks like I...

So much for that being an unlucky number! My little broody Silkies hatched 13 out of 13 eggs I put under them - on their second time being a mama! I'm soo proud of them!!

So Saturday we slaughtered our 50 Freedom Rangers and one superfluous Ameraucana cockerel. We had 8 adults and my two nieces helping. Everyone showed up between 7:30 and 8:00 and we started setting up our equipment. It took us a bit to figure out where we wanted to process the chickens, and...

So it's been a relatively nice spring here in east Texas. The temps have been in the 50's at night and up to the 80's during the day. Not too bad for us for April. The layers I bought last summer seem to be doing well, but my 5.5 month old Ameraucanas are already breathing with their mouths...

I'm currently raising my first batch of meat birds. Some friends of mine and my husband and I are splitting 50 birds. I don't care for organ meat, so if I kept those parts I'm not sure what I'd do with them. I don't intend to eat them. I guess I could save them for my Pop, but other than...

My Silkie hatched out and raised a couple of chicks. The chicks are 6 weeks old. The Silkie is still very motherly to the "little ones" (who are almost as big as she is), but she laid an egg today. Should I go ahead and put her back in with the flock? Is there a way to put the mama and the...

I let my broody Silkies hatch out some chicks a few weeks. They were born on February 13. I set Delaware, RIR and New Hampshire Red (and maybe a Welsummer??) eggs under my little broodies, but I don't know which are which because I can't tell their eggs apart. The father is an EE. Anyone...

I've got a first time broody silkie pullet. She keeps pooping in her nest. I put 6 eggs under her 2 weeks ago, and I've already chucked two of them that were literally covered in poop. The other two silkies who brooded out chicks always got off her eggs to poo. Very frustrating!!!

I have two 8 month old EE cockerels that were supposed to be pullets that I decided to keep after I put one of my other cockerels down for being cantankerous. Now I have a Welsummer cockerel that I'm going to replace these two with. I've tried selling them but no luck. Are they too old to be...

I ordered some Freedom Rangers and saw that they recommended Hiland Naturals. The Hiland website doesn't contain a whole lot of info on the ingredients or protein levels of their various varieties, and the closest store that carries it is 80 miles away. If you do feed (or fed) Hiland which type...

So I have a broody Silkie, and I'm trying to decide what kind of eggs to put under her. I have 2 EE cockerels and an assortment of hens, but the two eggs I'm considering letting the Silkie raise are either my EE eggs or some Welsummer/EE cross eggs. What can I expect from an EE/Welsummer...

I bought some hen savers for my pullets because the roosters are wearing them out. When I put the Hen Saver on my Silkie, she wasn't happy, but she was still functioning. Same with the Delaware. I'm not sure she even realizes it's on her. I put them on a RIR and a New Hamp, and they shut...

So I had some broody Silkie pullets, and I put 4 eggs under two of them a few weeks ago. When I went out today I noticed that one of the hens had moved her nest a few feet away from the original spot. Then I saw a cracked egg shell in the pen. I checked under her and saw two little chicks! I...

So I work for an accounting firm, and I've been working crazy busy hours the past few weeks. Consequently I haven't been able to spend much time with my chickens. It's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home. When I went out to let them out this a.m. I noticed one of my silkies...

Had the peeps out free ranging yesterday. I was inside looking at Christmas pictures of my nieces and nephews with my brother. I could see the chicken from our big window in the kitchen, and they were milling around close to the garden. I'd just commented to my brother that I needed to go...