Good morning! Our flock is diversifying even more. My daughter's ag class hatched eggs and she came home with 5 more chicks.
We are also getting the coop area ready further. The fence is up and the new coop is just waiting for a for a door and finishing touches.
It's all still a work in...
yeah, I asked about them in another thread and just got a response. I'm disappointed for sure. They're still beautiful, but not what I thought I was getting.
once the larger coop is built, the meaties will stay in the tractor and the rest will go to the bigger coop. The meaties don't seem to have the personality that the others do, they just eat and sleep.
My grandmother taught me how to do it 15 or so years ago. It's never really bothered me. Meaties grow so fast, I don't get attached to them. Now if I ever have to cull one of the other hens, that'll be a different story.
I will probably process a couple myself just so the kids can see how it's done, but I was told of a place my coworker uses that only charges a couple bucks per chicken to do all the work and they come back vacuum sealed, ready to freeze. I'm contemplating using that service.
Here are a few of the Chicken Train. We still have to add wheels, we are taking them off of either an old mower or using old wheelbarrow wheels, not sure which he decided on for sure.
And here are a few of our chicks..
Some silver laced wyandotte
the younger crew, RI Reds and...
Hello! I'm new to BYC. My husband @patnewk76 and I are just getting back into raising chickens. I had them when I lived in northern Indiana. After moving to east central Indiana when I met my husband, we had a few in a small backyard coop living in town. We now have more space, close to 3 acres...