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heck if they went on strike after a year of laying, I'd say I need a different type of chicken.. Where I come from you need seniority to go on strike! I don't care if they lay every day but this is just wrong.Maybe I should just buy fresh eggs from someone around here lol...I'll check the FF out...

Hi everyone; long time no post. Been busy, been lazy, computer been on vacation... My chickens ain't laying, pretty much down to zero. I got one last night and there was a 3 day stretch... nuttin! wife tried to tell me some breeds quit for good earlier than others, but hens that just started...

I asked in another thread and I'll ask here too. Do you put your birds in a bag or whatever you use for freezing, first, or do you let them "rest" in the fridge nekkid before bagging and freezing? I'm in the process of processing lol. I'm having a bit of trouble with swarms of ladybugs, they get...

Mmmmm wonder if it will work for me? My legs ain't what they used to be lol..

Not hot pepper butter, but I did a trial processing run on 2 cx today. I had a bird that didn't walk very well and you know meatys, if you hesitate at the feed trough you loose. It was a recent thing so I figured I'd test myself to make sure I haven't forgotten how lol. Actually I had time...

Ok here's what I would do (and did). Best way to learn anything is (here I go again Bee) just jump right in and do it, sure you will mess up like the mini volcanoes on here and in my pail, that's how you learn. Next get your 30 gallon bucket or what ever, dump in whatever you wish to ferment...

Yeah and who'd a thunk it? Walt

Feed seems high here. I found a new feed store, it's right under the grain elevators (mostly corn, soybeans, and maybe in season winter wheat) but @ 15.99 for 50# of gamebird, I think that is high. TSC is slightly lower for layer I think it is around 14. Lucky for me the layers do not eat much...

Thanks for the plug Bee. You have a nice piece of land there, and just think you get to look at it too, hopefully you are not too busy to notice things like that. The leaves are falling here had a couple of frosts already. I have an app on my phone for weather mostly so I can tell wifey how warm...

YOOO HHOOOO Bee over here..... here we are the earthlings you know and love. Just a minority sweety just a minority. Probably wouldn't do it even if you did it for them... Walt

#1 it's too big and unruly for FF, I have cut it back to 2x per day and they are ravenous. With the dumb moves (not thinking it through I guess) this year I will chalk it up to the learning curve. Next year 2 weeks and outside you beasts. They are walking around more and standing up more and...

Ok let me pose this question... For meatys while planning on processing in the 10-12 week range, how much feed do you give per day? I say meatys because they tend to eat more. Dry I have a 3 quart scoop 3x per day for 24 birds oh they would eat more if given. FF I have no way of measuring, I use...

The only 2 problems I have is 1. Oldtimers disease... I forget to stir it 2x a day. I admit to remembering maybe once, however it does not seem to care, and 2. I am not as wise as to protiens etc... so am I doing harm to my critters if I mix 20% (for meatys) it doesn't seem so. I use that...

Okay da da da dit dit.... update. Just weighed a few meatys (good thing they can't run very well I had to chase em down). I had 2 @ 7.8 lbs and 1 @ 7, a little disappointed as I thought they would be a little heavier. turning 8 weeks on monday. I know now why y'all like FF so much they were...

Armorfirelady too, I go out every single night of the year just at dark (tiny bit late tonight) count heads and close doors. My critters are lucky, the chicken coop looks like it was a kiosk that guards stay in. It's a small insulated building with a house door on it, 2 windows 1 each side which...

Thats right just jump right in (over your head like everyone)(ME), then worry about it later. Walt

Not now, the bike had to go in '09, lost my job and things got tight soooo..... I'd love to get another, however there are a bunch of knuckleheads out there getting in accident (a lot of which are not their fault) and cars do not pay much attention to what they are doing, texting and on the...

Yeah they climb. I once lived in an old house on an estate, now this was a very small house(cottage) and it had a small galley kitchen. In this kitchen in the corner were 2 copper pipes going vertical. I had been there a while and really had not noticed them until I saw a mouse with her naked...

I saw my chickens chasing a mouse and boy where they flying! Both the mouse and the chickens, note chickens didn't get it. I saw them with a foot long snake doing the same as they do with a worm, one will get it then another take it away and so on. Walt

Sorry to hear that. I haven't had any experience raising chicks from a broody hen, but everyone I saw that did seemed to keep them seperated. I have a couple of hens that pick on the meaty chicks when they are out, it has slowed now that they are nearly as big. Walt