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Cool, thank you. This means that I am doing things right with my regular flock. They were about 9 months at processing.

Well, you can carry a baby and they can't. Plus if you and a skinny guy lost all access to food you would live much longer.

What is that big organ with the white on it and is it supposed to be hard? I culled a couple of roos that were causing problems and everything looked great with very little fat but I was surprised at how hard that seemed compared to everything else.

I meant the 5k price tag on the other ones. I already have a blue sumatra.

I think I will be staying with my blue sumatra. I know it has to cost to import, but that much? They are beautiful though.

And the new chicken crack is...wait for it...CHEESE! So, I let my meaties out of the tractor and into a small yard a while ago. Last night for the first time they all returned to the tractor (or next to it) at dusk, so I decided today was the day to let them see more yard. I have been trying...

Louisiana, staying in this state and thought they would be great in pollinating my garden as I choose not to grow GMO. Right now I use open pollinated seeds from the same farmer that has been harvesting and using the same line for over 100 years.

Thanks for the link. I was thinking about keeping bees for my garden a while back and when I started looking into the books about it, it just seemed so complicated. It just seemed that you had to keep medicating, feeding them basically sugar water, and buying new queens. My mother kept them when...

Nevermind, I just found the thread. No hair, great egg layers, nice size, different feather styles and patterns, and they can live until I need them... I just found my new meat bird. Thank you. These broilers aren't exactly what I was looking for in the experience, they kinda creep me out.

At what age do you process them? What size are they? I have never seen one in person.

I wouldn't mind eating one here and there. However, I still don't see raising them as meat birds, I still like my thighs bigger than a wing section.

All in all you are still on topic. They pollinate the crops for the chickens to eat and are great for wounds.

BTW, they said the carnosine levels in silkies matched that of turkey.

In China it caries great religious significance as well as believed to help recoup blood lost from our monthly friend, post surgery, and during illness. They are also only used in soups and stews that require little meat. In Singapore, it is for pre and post natal diets. The only thing proven is...

I have heard all my like that China and Japan consider black chickens a delicacy and used in their natural medicines, however I do not know if they are any better for you.

It works for termites? Shout that from the mountains for anyone that has ever had them. When I was young we lived in an area that was so bad with termites that everyone built cinder block houses to try to combat it. Do you know how much it costs to tent a house for them? Back in the 80's it was...

That little fluff ball breed, right??? Just making sure because I always thought of silkies as fluff balls and would never want to have to pluck them. Also, all the ones I have ever seen were small to say the least. I just don't see meat birds as a trait, now broodies is another matter, but not...

Bath the dog in dawn, salt the entire house. Bath the dog again in morning and vacuum up salt in 24 hours. Salt dries up the flea. This may not knock all of them out but it sure will put a giant dent in them.

Poor baby! That is a real problem with FF. I am afraid of mine trying to drown in the stuff every time I take the lid off. It's like they are telling us "You don't need to bother filling up that feeder, we'll just eat it from here."

Walmart, TSC, Lowe's. and Home Depot all sell them somewhere close to the paint dept. They are all food grade (2 in the recycle symbol on bottom) and they sell the lids separate. Buckets depending on design range from $3-6 and lids are $1.28 at walmart without a rubber seal to $3.99 at other...