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Just checking, is that a tablespoon of salt per quart jar? Have you tried/liked adding other seasonings? Thanks, Angela

this is not a criticism, I just wondered why you worked this hard instead of feeding the birds "rat tartare." ? Mine seem greatly entertained by playing tug-of-war with snakes/lizards/table scraps. Angela

That makes 2 of us!!

All but the 2 youngest chicks are wingbanded, so it will be easy to keep track of the slow-feathering birds. So far, I don't see a pattern; neither gender, parentage, color phase or age seems to be a determining factor. The half-naked ones are scattered all through the various chick pens. (The...

As several of you may recall, I am hatching and raising laced Wyandottes this year. My ultimate goal was to keep the good-to-great red coloring and blue lacing and type while meeting standard weights at 6 and 12 months, and producing >200 large eggs per pullet year. I have hatched a sampling...

Temperament, like production, is strain-dependent, not breed-dependent. What I am trying to say politely is that you cannot count on anything being the same when you change strains. However, if you are fairly happy with the hatchery birds you have acquired, you can breed your hens to a "breeder"...

If you have never had chickens before, I would suggest you start with day-old hatchery chicks to learn basic chicken-keeping. If you enjoy being a flock keeper, you can gradually upgrade your flock to the breed of your choice as time and finances permit. My parents, siblings and I have regularly...

Gee, here I thought keeping one cockerel out of 108 eggs incubated was culling pretty deep!:gig Seriously, kudos to you for your commitment to quality livestock. Best wishes, Angela

check out this link for sources that may be near you: http://www.realmilk.com/real-milk-finder/virginia/#va Best wishes, Angela

I would like to add my personal experience here. Last year, I was very proud of finding a locally milled chicken feed that was gmo-free, used animal-based protein, organic vitamins and minerals, met all the recommended nutrient levels on the tag, et cetera, and I fermented it to get the very...

Ummm....I'm not sure what you meant in this post...... What do you mean by "qualified" breeders and who in the heck has the authority to qualify one? Why complicate things? If you want to use clan breeding, just buy starter birds from a breeder who clan breeds, and have your breeder tell you...

Good news on the hatchability front!! My Urch hen went broody with 23 eggs under her. She hatched 8 before leaving the nest, and I put the remainder in my incubator, with a total of 16 hatching. All were fertile. This is a much higher percentage than I had this winter. I guesstimate that 4 of...

I hatched all eggs large end up. My ration contains fish meal, and for a time, I added cod liver oil, but no difference in hatch rate. Other breeders are getting excellent hatch rates with the same ration, so I think this is a Dorking-specific problem. Kim (capayvalleychick) has tried...

My eggs are very fertile, but not hatching. As I have tinkered with incubation and storage parameters, hatch ability has improved to ~60% at best. Early in the season I had quitters at all ages, now they die between day 19 and pipping. Big buzzkill. Out of 72 eggs 70 have been fertile, and I...

SInce he has mentioned multiple color variations continuing to crop up for several generations in his whites, I would guess the white is dominant. (If white was recessive, then 2 whites should not produce ANY colored offspring.) Angela

Thank you, pigsflyacres, I will contact BGMatt, and order some kelp. I already ferment my feed, so it is pretty full of probiotics. Yeah, if I can't find some birds that nick, or get better hatch rates in one or 2 seasons, I will look at bringing in cock birds of other colors. I believe Joseph...

There are no pre-mixed poultry or gamebird breeder rations for sale in my area. I also have not found a mill that would make small batches of custom feed. My current feed has no corn or soy in it at all, (except that in the Calf Manna I have added.) I would love to have your recipe for custom...

Ditto, x 100. I fell for Silver Grey Dorkings, even though the Yellow House Whites are so lovely, in much better shape than the SGs. I got some chicks from McMurray, which were generally correct in type, with LOTS of little flaws, and not as big as I thought they would be. I got an adult trio...