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X2. It's been freezing here for awhile.

I was told to use the saddles from Stromberg's. I have yet to get them but supposedly those work well.

First off I could care less what my neighbors say. We're allowed to have them( sort of ) so I look at it as their problem. Guess that doesn't matter for me because my neighbors actually enjoy hearing mine. Most people would have two separate breeding pens per variety. This means one roo per pen(...

I would like to back up having three males at any given time. Two doesn't cut it sometimes. I went outside the one day to find both of my boys dead. That really set me back( a full year got wasted ).

Gorgeous!

Alright, thanks. I probably will only try to cull a little heavier with my cockerels next year. Pullets can easily be sold as laying hens around here so no sense in wasting them. I want to really keep good weight records next year so I can compare everyone's weights to scrap the smaller ones sooner.

If you don't mind me bothering you with my questions I have a few about culling. With your birds only being 11 weeks old what did you look at to know they need to be culled? Also what did you do with the culled birds? That's the thing that gets me about culling that early. Not much of a carcass...

The birds were suppose to be white leghorns but we were sent the Plymouth rocks. They were ordered from a guy in Florida via eBay. I don't think they are hatchery birds. I was told he gets like $20 a pop but who knows.

I have a question for you experienced breeders. I hatched a few chicks out of my neighbors "white" plymouth rock hen and white leghorn male. All of her birds came from me and every white leghorn hatched pure white and so did their offspring. The Plymouth rock appears to be pure white but her...