opinions? I am having fun with a mixed flock and want to bring in a rooster from a productive non-white egg breed (large eggs), meat production is not a factor in my mixed flock. I am trying to pick a breed with most eggs and fewest problems. Right now I have an easter-egger and a 1/2...
I have four chicken tractors that are 50 square feet each, each one has an end that has a solid roof and three solid sides, that end is pointed north for the winter, there is a wooden roost wide enough for five chickens, each tractor has a rooster for the winter, the hens and pullets are in...
If you have time.... another way to use BYC is to center on one person and their posts, find one of their posts and hover your cursor over their name, a drop down menu appears with one of the choices "all posts".....click on that and read what they have written
Yellow House Farm (Joseph)...
interesting comments, thanks to all !!!
Mr. Frank Reese charged a BYC member $10 for a Jersey Giant bought on his farm in Kansas.
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Mr. Reese has breeds that answer "Which Breed?" very well (my opinion). Jersey Giant, New Hampshire, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island, Wyandotte, Cornish and Leghorn...
I have enjoyed thinking about the Frank Reese birds and his meat business
http://standardbreedpoultry.com/breeder/Frankreese/415
http://www.reeseturkeys.com/Products.htm
I purchased Australorps from Duane Urch and have been pleased with the egg and meat compromise. My 18 month old cocks are 20% over standard weight using fermented feed for the first two months.
http://standardbreedpoultry.com/breeder/Duane%20UrchUrch-Turnland%20Poultry/190
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I am a little confused. Please tell me the difference between a "sex link" and an "ISA brown". What I thought was. one is breed to be easy to sex the other more eggs.
before we leave the rabbit topic completely I want to add that I found the Google "Texas A&M rabbit" an interesting search and found the breeds
that this farm raises interesting:
http://www.carterfarmsrabbitry.com/
I also found the comments by Joel Salatin interesting as his son attempted to...