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Quote: Somewhere at some time in the past I was watching a show on Discovery or National Geo, one of those channels and they had a bird in Africa (I think) that was actually helping the chicks out of the shells a little. Seems the chick pips and the parents just stand there a bit to watch it...

Here's a new twist on an old myth.... If you really want a lot of eggs, do NOT get a rooster. Eggs are a hen's way of announcing she is looking for a mate since roos can smell eggs up to a mile away. Another goodie.... If you want a hen to go broody, add another roo to the mix. The fighting...

Quote: OH NO!!!! I gotta wear an apron to tote scratch out there? My babies are gonna starve before that happens. I always thought that's what Folger's cans were for.

Quote: How rude, how barbaric, how.... oh who am I kidding. I got a neighbor with a python who seems to appreciate something besides rodent.

Just a thought, and I am sure someone else has probably already mentioned it or at least does it and didn't post it, but if chickens that are free-ranged can get everything they need for a balanced diet from that free ranging, it certainly does not hurt to put out some "commercially-made...

Quote: Thank you for the explanation and the use of the word "cook" as to your post. I truly do appreciate it. I, too, have used field specific terminology when discussing certain functions, procedures, etc. to those who express either an interest in that particular field or come up with some...

Quote: Okay, please do not take this the wrong way but I need to ask a couple of questions in regards to this particular post. I wish only to clarify what you are stating and not attempting to start a war of words with you or a fracas in regards to how to explain avian reproduction organs...

Quote: I'd rather eat the spinach than the yogurt but that's just me. The birds don't care either way.

Fred's Hens : Part of the problem of recommending 95F heat is this. Where are folks taking that temperature? On the floor of the brooder? At 6" above the brooder floor, in other words, 6" closer to the lamp? Those two locations can account for as much as 5-10 degrees of differentiation...

Quote: I do not even bother baking them or washing them. They sit and dry a bit then get smashed up into small pieces, mixed into the daily scratch ration, and out they go. Back during the Great Depression my grandmother's family raised chickens as a way to put meat on the table and make a few...

Was told: Squirting a rooster with the water hose will break him of being aggressive. Actual fact: Squirting a rooster with the water hose just makes him madder than a wet hen and he will then become aggressive to the water hose (and whoever is holding it). Was told: Feeding chickens red or...