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Pic from when I moved them last week to a different field. They had been in the to-be-garden area. Now they will be rotated on this ~half acre I've been working on improving with the sheep. It was a weedy mess of maybe 10% grass and 90% goldenrod, iron weed, poison ivy, multi flora rose...

It's been a busy summer. Last week I butchered all but one cockerel. The young ones (spring hatched) were not staying in the netting at all. I had to keep them in cages, which wasn't the plan at all. Ended up with only 2 cockerels with the flock and I picked the better looking one. Also...

Last night I closed up the chickens and hauled the older chicks out. They settled in fine. Moved the chickshaw in the dark and finished setting up the fence this morning. They were quite excited to have a nice big area and lots of forage! I spread out the feeders and the little ones seemed to...

Chick/ wk2/ wk3/ wk4/ wk5/ wk6/ wk7 1- 225, 352, 470, 589, 871, 1111 2- 205, 322, 421, 520, 797, 1038 3- 198, 311, 411, 510, 776, 983 4- 219, 346, 473, 600, 858, 1099 5- 190, 303, 415, 528, 778, 1033 6- 200, 314, 402, 490, 715, 1002 7- 195, 295, 395, 495, 748, 928 8- xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx...

Forgot to post weights on Tuesday. I'm doing the second hatch chicks the same time because it's easier to do it all at once. Chick/ wk2/ wk3/ wk4/ wk5/ wk6 1- 225, 352, 470, 589, 871 2- 205, 322, 421, 520, 797 3- 198, 311, 411, 510, 776 4- 219, 346, 473, 600, 858 5- 190, 303, 415, 528, 778 6-...

Well.. sadly this hatch was a big flop and I did indeed end up with just the four chicks. I'm thinking multiple things went into it... -roo has favorite hens so some hens eggs were probably blanks. Solution, when hatching I need to have a pen for breeding group. -incubator. I think the farmers...

In order of hatching. Kind of blown out from the heat lamp but there is membrane dried to the back of 2. You can really see in person that 1 and 2 are like bright blonde then 3 and 4 are the more buff yellow color. 1 has chipmunk stripe, 2 doesn't seem to. No pips currently. Waiting for them...

The first chick to pip (last night) was not progressing. I kept an eye on it and ended up assisting it. It has membrane dried to it's back and I'm wondering if it managed to dry up that much to cause problems last night when I topped up water. I can't see anything else. Dunno. That was from an...

I was just thinking about something I read about with pigs... A bunch of people were breeding small homestead breeds to the big modern breeds. Like AGH x Hamp.. or kunekune x duroc.. etc.. anyways over years of forum posts and fb groups posts, across many years, I repeatedly read that the cross...

The two barred chicks. Pretty sure cockerels. Interesting barring and Columbian going on.

Last year 4wk weights (grams) FR- avg 437. Low 371. High 525. NH- low 368. High 539. Brahma- low 99. High 539. March batch weights Chick/ wk2/ wk3/ wk4/ wk5 1- 225, 352, 470, 589 2- 205, 322, 421, 520 3- 198, 311, 411, 510 4- 219, 346, 473, 600 5- 190, 303, 415, 528 6- 200, 314, 402, 490 7-...

Lockdown for the eggs. Left with 5 Bielefelder x FR eggs so it'll be interesting to see what down colors they are. And the rest NH x FR down colors. Thursday/Friday hatching so we shall see!

Brought the chicks in. Lost 4. Not sure if it was rats or mink. Really annoying... Not sure if I'm going to try to put them out during the day and bring them in at night. I didn't get weights on Tuesday. It was raining or threatening to, and windy. I couldn't figure out how to do it. I'm also...

Weather is being up and down spring weather again. It's about 45* but nice and sunny thankfully. The chicks are spending time in the sun. I've been moving the pen every other day. I fill the feeder and move it to the front edge of the pen then pull it about half to three quarters up. Then move...

I don't think I could raise them more strict on feeding them unless I had them in a building somewhat climate controlled, and only the rangers. I only feed once a day. Ya they just are bred to put on weight and they do it.

Yep. I'll pick the best ones for breeding. The rest will be eaten or sold.

NH roo over freedom ranger hens... 34 from 44 set. Bielefelder roo over freedom ranger hens... 6 from 12 set. NH roo over brahma and a Wyandotte... 2 from 18 set. Current batch total is now 42. Really glad I set so many. I'm wondering if I should be worried about the fertility. They are...

Chicks survived the first night outside! I went out at about 11:30 and put them all into the tote. Had to hold my hand over the door a minute for them to calm down.. "oh this is cozy"... :rolleyes: Dummies that's why it's in there. I waited several minutes and they stayed in there. I put my hand...

The 4/26 (4wk) weight was in lb/oz so here it is in grams. I'm probably going to continue with g/kg to make it easier. FR low 371g, high 524g, avg 425g. Red (NH) 368-539 Buff 145-193 BR 122-193 Del 122-193 Sussex 142-190 6/13 last year random weights. 11wks. FR 1724-2132 NH 1678-2223 Buff...

It definitely wouldn't pass a scientific study 😉 I suspect all three play into it... I think the NH from mcmurray would be better to order than anything else I got from them. They did that good under the same conditions as the rest of the bunch. I had alot of losses the first two days which I...