Recent content by sgarth05

When is a good age to do a first clip? Mine are only 3 weeks old today so they aren't even going into their coop for a while yet but I'd like to know if I should do this at that time or wait until they are older.

If/when I ever decide to raise chickens for meat (I'm only on my first three chicks at the moment) I will definitely try this method! I'm certainly not above using my chickens for meat. Or any other farm animal for that matter and I've never killed an animal in my life.

I'm no where near ready to process my own meat. I've only bought our very first set of three chicks a couple weeks ago. But I'm not overly squeemish and have bagged many rabbits we've killed on our property. I just have never cooked them. My husband wondered why the process is so detailed. Why...