I ordered my NHs from a hatchery. What kind of quality are you looking for? If you want NH chickens, you can just order from a hatchery too. If you're looking for breeder quality, then you need to find out about a breeder. If you're looking for show quality, then you need to find a breeder...
The two males that I've processed (at about 30 weeks) have had nicer breast meat than other roosters I've processed (Leghorn, NHxBO, and BOxGLW among them). Also, my lead male feathered out very early (much earlier than the rest of his flock) and matured very early (much earlier than the other...
This is one of the females from the first set. She's super friendly and she likes to hang out with DD while she's hanging laundry. She's been checking out the nesting box, the past week -/+ and she was practicing her egg song this morning (no egg yet, just singing about it I guess).
These...
Okay. I finally have the pics on my computer. I'm sorry to have taken so long.
This is Picard, my lead rooster. He was the largest from early on and the fastest growing and earliest to mature. He showed a little aggression toward me once, but when I pushed him hard with my foot, he...
I'll have to weigh them. That involves going outside, which I try to avoid this time of year. lol But I really want to know, so I'll try to do that as soon as I can.
Also, I'm working on getting pics posted. DD (went outside for me and) took some pics for me (some = about a billion and...
Hi, @crazyhen , yes, she's beautiful!!!
My DH ordered me some New Hampshire chicks late last summer. We're doing some research now, b/c apparently the NH did not escape the industrialization of chicken breeding. =(
I was wondering if I can join your thread and get some opinions from you and...