I raised heavy meat birds and bred them for years. You can't contain them if you want to keep them. They have to free range. The diet has to be monitored.
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Very frustrated with myself right now. Someone posted a link to a podcast they did on fermented feed. I thought I had e-mailed it to myself and saved it in my chicken folder. I only go tthru part of it and was just o overwhelmed to process it it all. Now that I want to listen to all and am starting to ferment - I can't find it!
I am in the process of going thru a ridiculous number of posts trying to find it. Was it you Lean's Mom? Can anyone help before I rip out all my feathers -er- hair?
The broody mama's have started to lay again, chicks are now about 5 or 6 weeks old - I've lost track.
And I think I have 4 pullets and 2 roos....plus the 3 legbar pullets, so 6 more hens will be laying this fall. The sulmtalers are great moms, and have taught the babies the best foraging skills. The babies peep hysterically when I get near the run because they want OUT NOW!. THe run has been eaten clean, so all the bugs and greens are out. Two fox dens nearby so absolutely no free ranging unless I'm there.
Plus, those chicks have a way of getting themselves into trouble.
So far the bear has left the coops alone - I'm nervous about having a screen door on the little coop - I want to be able to keep them cooler at night and when it starts to heat up I'll use the screen. Hardware cloth on a wood frame, but no match for a bear. I don't worry about the big coop,
happy solstice tomorrow everyone!
Hello! @aoxa is pretty good at breeds...maybe she'll know. Or @delisha ?Hi there,![]()
I was wondering if some of you that are familiar with a lot of chicken breeds could take a look at this chicken for me and tell me what breed it might be? I'm clueless as far as chicken breeds go. TIA!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/900085/can-someone-id-this-chicken-for-me