meat bird

Can anybody give me a quick reply! I was wondering if a chicken that has ascite fluid on the meat when butchered is safe to eat. Thank You!!!

Anyone raise dorkings for meat? I currently have 11 red dorkings. I plan on keeping a flock and raising birds every year to eat. My 10 week old cockerel is just under 3lbs and I have 3 more cockerels that are about 8 weeks old. One is just over 2lbs and the other two are closer to 2.5lbs. I...

I know this is a long shot (& I also check Craigslist) but I thought I would post this here as well. I'm not in a hurry to find this guy but am always hoping.... I am looking for a large fowl, white turken rooster: NN preferred, fully naked necked with no or extremely minimal bow tie. I am...

I know this is a long shot (& I also check Craigslist) but I thought I would post this here as well. I'm not in a hurry to find this guy but am always hoping.... I am looking for a large fowl, white turken rooster: NN preferred, fully naked necked with no or extremely minimal bow tie. I am...

I bought a mix of Jumbo Cornish X and Red Rangers. This one has a quite different color pattern... Is it a red ranger? If not, what is it? Did the feed store get them mixed up or is it just a different colored bird? (One of the pics is a normal red ranger)

I know typically you want the high protein count, but does anyone feed grains to the meat birds? How does it change the taste and texture of the meat, if at all? What grains would you recommend?

Can I feed my broilers the same start/grower I use to feed my layers? It's blue seal multi-flock and has a protein content of 22%. I know I should feed my layers broiler food, but this seems like it would work... thoughts and insights needed. Thank you.

Hello, I am going to be processing more chickens than I can handle myself and am seeking a good processor for them who is humane, etc. I am seeking my organic certification and that is a factor as well. Any Ideas? Dayton, Springfield area. Thanks.

I have one broiler. The eggs which I brought from called them Ross Cobb. Not quite sure what that is. I actually got 12 eggs but my incubator broke down and only one survived. When there is only one, it becomes special and makes me really hard to eat it. She looks like a she and is currently...

Everything has been going well for my new flock. I was supposed to get 3 White Giants and I got 2 and 1 died. I thought she was a laying chicken, but this morning I went out and Minnie Pearl could no longer walk. I swear she was fine yesterday! I sorta knew she was different, now I believe...

i live nearly smack in the center of the CLE and I love it, but I never thought that I would be able to have my own chicks while I lived in the city. Then I bought a house in a Latino community and there were city chickens all over the place. Beautiful homes and yards, lots of laughing kids and...

Hello! I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to be posting in, but I felt like you guys would have the best information. Also, you can direct me to a different forum, if you think it better fits there. So, about a month ago I picked up four bantams from the Tractor Supply, but it turns...