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I'I'really not sure how much they weigh but they are all bigger than a basketball and boy can they move when they see me coming. Why are these two ingredients avoided?

I'm not even going to try to incubate anything for a long time. I got an incubator at tractor supply and tried to hatch it and think I hard boiled it via steam. Then i cried because i felt like a accidental murderer. Lol

Thanks to everyone for being so nice and helping me out. I wish there were classes offered to me about these things. I've lived in the city in Philadelphia, PA almost my whole life, so now living out here in Louisiana in the sticks theres a lot to learn about animals and not many people willing...

Well as I see I'm pretty stupid I guess because I was told at tractor supply that these meat bird will reproduce no problem so that's why I've kept them around so long and now seeing what I've been helped with on here and doing my own research i feel pretty stupid. I have a family of 8 and...

The actual are the cornish cross broiler chicken from tractor supply.

At the feed store I was told to keep them in a small cage about 6 foot by 6 foot so that they will get really big and not lose weight by moving around a lot. No matter what I did I couldnt keep the cage clean enough because it was so small and they poop way to much and the metal hurt their...

Ok thanks I have a ton of peat moss I'm not using. But how can I get ride of the de without causing more damage to more of my environment. I bought it because everyone told me it was natural and safe but I feel like what your saying I'd right every time I'm near it I end up needing my I asthma...

My meat birds are eating about 7 pounds of that feed in one day and only seem to want to eat either corn or bugs that are on the ground they wont eat what falls. They look like 2 year olds that just cant seem to work a spoon and all the food goes all over.

Ok thanks you so much I will get ride of that de asap.

Also thanks so much I'm glad to find a spot to get good information on having happy healthy chickens. Most people dont seem to care to much about how they treat their birds because they will be used for food. I think they should be treated way better because they will be giving me food.

They are three months old, I have been feeding them crumbles at 17 dollars a bag and that doesnt go to far with them their are 24 of them. 8 of them are the huge meat birds and 16 of them are egg layers.

Hi I'm new to raising chickens and wanted to change them off of commercial foods because the cost is slowly killing me and with the advice from the store my poor chickens ended up with bumble foot. Anyway what I wanted to ask is will feeding my chickens corn, soybean meal, a little added lime...