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Makes me wish I had a sister that was younger. Something unsettling about a 25 yr old guy selling cupcakes, eggs, and lemonade. Hahahah

That's funny. I hate mowing. Yet my mom who lives in a town home loves it. So she mows my lawn. Half of my property is woods so its not too much. Still had to pony up and buy her a zero turn mower. Almost makes me want to do it myself. My uneducated palate can't really tell the difference...

I'm sorry ladies, but I'm feeling a little left out. Its funny how our little hobby can bring such a wide array of people together. I'm a single guy in my mid 20's, so its interesting hearing how you had to convince your husbands to put up with chickens. For me, the opposite is true. I'm in the...

Last year was my dad's first attempt at bees. I've got too many things going to start that. He had high hopes thinking because he has a pond that he was going to do better than was expected of them. Nope. He did a little collecting of some uncapped stuff, but I wont touch that. Sorry. He's going...

The vet no longer does the surgery, but sells post-surgery roos for a pretty penny. In our case, it was best to rehome our sweet boy.  Our current roo, Tank, is here temporally - or at least that's what I tell myself. I think we still have a roo because many of my neighbors are widows & have a...

There are some good videos on YouTube of people doing it. Seeing might be better than explaining. But...the testes are inside the bird. You make an incision between the bottom two ribs when the birds are still young. They're marble or bean size. But apparently, if you don't get all of them they...

I've got as many roosters as I want. So, I either cull my next hatch, or turn a few into Capons. Couple different breeds I'd like to get so id like to keep at least one roo of each breed. Any more and its either cull or capon.

You could also caponize them when theyre younger and you could do that yourself if you can stomach it. They're not roosters anymore then so I guess that defeats the purpose. But, it stops the crowing. I'm tempted to try it with my next hatch

But.... The fertilized embryo is still in the egg. Its not like it becomes fertile once incubation starts. Its just kind of in a hibernating state until incubation. So yeah, you're not eating a fetus, but your eating the embryo which is where it starts. Frankly I could care less, just didn't...

Personally, I'd probably let her go if she can keep them warm enough. I think if you break the broodiness now, good chance the other BO would become broody before this one would. If you want to be somewhat mean, what you could do is try and execute a controlled boomerang effect. Let her sit for...

Appreciate your first hand insight. My dad has a friend that has chickens too. Again very religious, anti-abortion type. He has told me a story of how he met his wife. He "asked god for a wife, and god told him to go to China". He has a tendency to be the preachy type, which I don't care for...

Normally you break broodiness by placing her in a wire bottom cage that is off the ground. By doing this, you cool her chest. If you pick her up, you'll notice she has probably pulled her feathers out of her chest. You'd leave her there for a couple days. By cooling her chest, it breaks the...

Again, you're making a lot of assumptions. Which is fine, but just make sure you break down the root word. ***-u-me. "What good does it do to keep them?" Well, I can afford it so that isn't really a big deal to me. Frankly they save me money. Because of chickens, I'll save 3,000 dollars a year...

For breeding purposes a good rule of thumb is 10-12 hens per rooster max. Any more and you could have fertility issues. Fighting happens with birds. Its not just to prove dominance, but to play. Mine don't really fight. The only time I have had any issues is when something has happened to the...

Km Mine each have their own little harem. I had a racoon wreak havoc a couple months ago. Took out my lead rooster and it was a total free for all. Now its all settled down. I have one BCM roo that has 4 or 5 leghorns and 2 BCM hens. If one hen starts squawking in the woods somewhere you'll...

Sure why not. I have 6 roosters and 38 hens. 44 total. I know I'm a little low on my hen/rooster ratio. But like I said, the hens haven't shown any signs of a bareback.

Without knowing my layout, coop, run, number of hens, etc. I don't think you can have a valid opinion on if I have too many. These birds were hatched May 2nd of last year. They fight, and chase eachother but it hasn't been bad. I have re-introduced. Successfully. Believe what you want. I won't...

I have 6 roosters. 1 got injured somehow before bed one night. Really bad limp, but no visible issues. Decided to separate him for the night. The next morning I put him inside the coop in a corner. Another rooster seen that and went right in to show his dominance. I kept him isolated a few...

I have never tried a dry hatch. I have hatched turkey, ducks, and chickens all from a table top incubator that was 10 years old when my grandma gave it to me a few years ago. If you're trying to get your hatch rate up I would advised against dry. Granted, mother nature can't increase the...

I never saw that one. This is the one that I found. http://www.lakecountyil.gov/Planning/publications/Forms/Registration_Form_Chickens.pdf