We typically do layers and broilers once a year. Our layers ar a combo of Whyandotts and the broilers are red Rangers. I would like a dual purpose bird replacing 5-10 layers a year
What is a good breed for this?
So last year we raised our first turkey a big breasted bronze. We got him in March, processed him in July/Aug and he came in at 33 pounds. In our opinion he grew too fast and we got him too soon
Fast forward to now, we bought 6 heritage turkeys in June. Not doing our due diligence we didn't...
We currently have 5 silver laced Wyandottes and would like to get more. We are not stuck on the silvers as other colors might be cool. We would like to get them as local to ohio as we can. Looking for spring deliveries.
We bought these as broilers but love the hens. We have 3 hens and 6 Roos. We plan to keep one roo and butcher the other 5. We also have 6 SLW hens which we dislike so they will become meat birds also.
Any idea what these guys are?
My wife and I have a small 5.5 acre farm that till now has been limited to horses. We have about a 1/2 acre pond and wanted to get ducks. In our search for ducklings we came across 5 9 month old Pekins that were rescued from and animal hoarder. They have never even seen a pond that I know of...