Sorry to hear about your rooster. I have discovered that chickens can be pretty tough though. About a month ago I was at a meeting for the afternoon and had my chicks secured in their run. One of my cats had reached through the 1 inch chicken wire and had gotten ahold of a chick while I was...
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I live in Northern CA near the Oregon border. I am getting a bunch of blrw chicks this week and next week, and plan on incubating their eggs next spring if that helps. I will probably be selling some these birds that I don't keep if you are interested.
Also Katy, how many different bloodlines do you have and are you still integrating different lines or just using your own line? Thanks for all your help.
Wow Nancy, what beautiful blrw's you have. I am just getting started and so excited to be getting my chicks this coming week from two different breeders, and I must say that I hope to have beautiful birds like you and Katy someday. What an inspiration! Any words of wisdom for this "new egg"?
Thank you for your help! I should be getting my chicks next week. I want to keep my flock to about 20 (space is an issue) quality chickens. I figured if I am going to raise some chickens, I'd rather breed quality BLRW's rather than just raise hatchery BLRW chicks.
I have heard that...
I am new to raising chickens, and have just purchased some quality BLRW chicks from two different reputiable breeders. At what age can I start "culling" my young birds on their type and what are some of the things I want to look for? And what age do I "cull" for color and what do I look for...