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I have been growing out 3 heritage RIR cockerels to see which one I want to keep for spring breeding. One of them has been stubborn and wanting to roost outside the "fortress" as I call it. It's basically a bulletproof coop inside of a fenced run protected by electric fence. Well, this morning I...

Yeah me too. The north side of my coop/run is protected so wind shouldn’t be a problem.

Hey Y'all. I haven't been on in a while. How's everyone doing? Hope y'all had a good christmas! Have y'all seen the weather forecast for next week? Looks like we are getting in the low 20's for 4 or 5 nights in a row. I know they will probably be fine just wondering what everyone else is doing...

Yeah I think they did. Everything was free

It's not that big of a deal. The state vet did test every one of my birds (30 or so) when I got my NPIP cert a couple of years ago. Took an hour or so. They test for AI

Not sure if it's fowl pox the pic is a little blurry. If you can, I would isolate her from the rest of the birds for a while to see if she starts showing any other symptoms like being lethargic, not eating or drinking much. Better to be safe than sorry because it can spread in a hurry.

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That's similar to where I live, one way in with about 15 large lots. My neighbors enjoy the eggs so they don't complain.

Do you live in a neighborhood? If not, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I highly doubt your neighbors would care

Country, I did some google searching and from what I can see there is no real ordinance or law regarding keeping chickens. The only thing I saw was about not letting animals run loose and keeping them confined. That was in St. Martin parish, not the city of St. Martinville. Dmontgomery is...

Looking good! Here's a pic of some of your chicks.

I ended up not getting as many as I wanted. 14 went into lockdown and 11 hatched. I need as many as possible to select for breeding. Sorry. Hopefully next spring I can get you all you want.

Looking good!

You're from the "LP" ? Haha.... Welcome to the thread

I took a little road trip the other day and got some chicks and hatching eggs. The parent birds look pretty good to me and the guy said they were a few generations removed from Don Nelson birds which are some of the best in the country. I have 24 eggs in the bator so if the hatch goes well you...

That's perfect! Should be nice. Keep us updated on progress

Welcome! North of Baton Rouge here. 3/4ths of an acre fenced would be plenty of land for chickens to free range during the day but I would definitely have them a place to be locked in at night. Not sure if you've had ducks before but they are messy compared to chickens. If you're planning a...

I'll keep looking, thanks. Good luck with your mother and husband hope all goes well. Hopefully one day you can get back into it!

Thank you! It was a really tough decision to cull my entire flock of 40 and start over. I was really discouraged and didn't want to get any birds for a while after that but after a few months of looking at my pen sitting there empty I had to get more. I took it as a lesson learned the hard way...

Mrs. Terri, How have you and your family been doing? When I came and bought that Octagon incubator a while back, I remember you saying you had raised Heritage RIR but had to give them up. I'm looking for some myself now...do you know where I can find some quality birds? Would prefer chicks...