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So yesterday I come home from work and as usual I go to check my 55 meaties. Well as I bent down to get the water jugs I see, under the side where the tin is, a dead one. I figure crap we lost another one and that would make our 4th this far. As I move the tractor back I notice 8 more. They were...

So about 2 1/2 weeks ago our Cornish hen decided to go broody so we let her sit, thought it would be neat to let her hatch them just let nature take its course. She had been doing great was sitting on about 6 or 8 eggs had plucked some feathers off her chest she was dedicated never leaving the...

I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday who has processed a bunch of birds in the past. He was telling me that he would age his birds in a big refrigerator for two weeks and all he would do is cut there neck/kill them and hang them in the fridge for two weeks keeping them below 40 degrees...

I am trying to get my blue bantam Cochin hen to go broody. I was wondering how many standard size eggs could I put under her and still have a good hatch?

I am looking to rent a Plucker. Has anyone done this I have heard that you can rent them cause they are pretty pricey to buy. I live in TN has anyone from TN rented one before in TN or does anyone know of a rental chain I.e. nations rent, sunbelt. Any suggestions are much appreciated Thanks Seth

I built a homemade incubator from plans on byc. I took a cooler cut a hole in the top for glass to see inside two holes in the sides for ventilation a light bulb inside connected to a hot water thermostat along with a computer fan a plastic dish for water and a hydrometer/thermometer combo...

We bought ten chicks almost two months ago. So far only one lost the other 8 are growing fast and look great. There is one runt I'm not real sure why I'm guessing she's on the bottom if the pecking list. She has not grown much if any I'm suprised she has made it this far. She acts perfectly...

I'm having hawk problems and don't want to spend all that money and hassel to put up net what are some other alternative solutions that work. Any help is greatly appreciated

I built a new bigger coop moved my chickens into it nice nesting boxes pleanty of roost poles plenty of room. Seems like I've given them too much or didn't make the boxes just right I don't know but, they are laying in the middle of the coop just barley in reach and one lays to where I can't...

I have a hen hen that is about a yr and a half old and has been laying fine. Recently she started laying eggs that have had a raised ring near the middle and some shorter and stubby some a little longer all with thin shells. Her diet has not changed nothing has changed other than about three...