Articles by augustmomx2

My Girls from IDEAL Hatchery(and a few roos) I have seen several posts recently in regards to examples of different hatchery chickens. I know some prefer a private breeder, but in my opinion, to each is own. I live in a suburban/urban area and need the option of sexing my chicks. I have...

Cornish Xs I purchased 15 cornish Xs through Ideal Hatchery, March 2010 with my layers. All made it fine and mostly all survived to almost adulthood 8 females + 7 males = 15 chickens Weight per Chicken (1) 6.32 lbs (2) 7.01 (3) 6.06 (4) 6.29 (5) 6.43 (6) 7.11 (7)...

Local Chicken Resources After having chickens for over 2 years in Indianapolis, I have been on the search for chicken items. Not only chicken items, but chicken items that are priced reasonably & are easy (for the most part ) to navigate. Also, in this chicken quest, I have become very aware &...

Chickens...Really? Welcome to my BYC home page! The above statement pretty much represents everyone's reaction when I decided to bring some girls into our family. I live in Indy & not many people around here have chickens. Those animals are for the "farmers" in the country, not the citizens...