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ISO Crele Orpington chicks

ISO Crele chicks

Looking for red dorking pullets. PM with details. TIA

I dont personally do the butchering. I have an Amish farmer in my area with processing equipment. $3.5/bird. Worth it to me. But the idea does not bother me at all. My birds live happy chicken lives. They are well fed, well sheltered, able to free range and handled humanely. I talk with...

Cooler should be fine as long as you keep ice on them and refresh as necessary. I let mine rest for 4 days.

Hi. I personally dont care for the idea of cornish cross. I prefer Heritage Birds. Ive bred Dorkings for several years and and switching to another breed. LOVE the dorkings, but they love to tree roost and I'm over getting them out of the trees. Considering Delawares, also Orpingtons. But...

Tried to upload a pic of Ceasar, my Red Dorking rooster, but wouldn't would.

Red Dorking

1. I am pretty new to all of this as well, but I am a little bit ahead of you so I thought I'd chime in since no one else has. 2. There direction I am taking is different than yours. I am using only heritage birds because I choose to fight the big corporations and the modifications they...

Oops...currently feed 3/4 of a container that originally held 4# last twice daily. Sorry about that.

Question to veteran chickeners: short version: is there a way to tell if the chickens have eaten enough? The reason I'm asking ... My 13 free- ranging chickens have access to 5 acres ... There are areas they have never attempted to forage. Currently, I'm feeding them about 3/4 of a container...

Hot peppers! The hotter the better. They love them and they are good for cleaning out their system.

Tried? As in there were no chicks available? I'm excited.

Horstman for some. I believe I may have found 1 APA rooster out of Utah (fingers crossed, lol).