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I am doing an experiment with a few heritage chicks I bought. They are from a hatchery, so i know that they will be on the small end. I am planning on caponizing them at some point this week. I have a time until I need to worry about finishing them. I was wondering what some of you do to finish...

We sent our 2 welsummer roosters in with our cornish x to get processed. They were a year old, processed weight was 4 and 4.5lbs. I roasted them low and slow according to an antique cookbook recipe. They were definitely a different texture compared to cornish x, but no where near as tough as...

I have a mixed flock of chickens that I free range. This morning all of them were standing on the edge of the woods on our property making lots of low clucking sounds. Then they would get quiet for a few minutes and then start clucking again. This went on for almost an hour while I was doing...

I just picked up by orpington chicks yesterday, they were supposed to be 4 buff pullets. But one is a little different from the others, I think it may be a gold laced, or maybe mixed breed. Its wings are the buff colored and white, also has gold colered chipmunk stripe along it back.body type is...

I bought a bag of layer feed from my local feed mill for my chickens, usually I get a bag of the prince organic pellets. They had a new guy load my feed for me it is ground really fine, I think it may be for making mash. No directions on bag though for making mash. Going to get new bag tomorrow...

Hello everyone, just curious what everyone is planning on cooking for easter. Our menu Smoked Ham (we buy a pig with raw hams, brine and smoke them for holidays. Corn and millet salad Loaded cheesy mash potatoes Tossed salad Homemade baked beans Carrot cake Lime jello Hope everyone has a...

I have 3 welsummer pullets. They are about a year old. I got them at tractor supply last year. All 3 are laying, but one is consistently laying eggs with gray spots on instead of darker brown spots. Is this normal? Also her eggs are larger then the others as well. Egg on the right side is from...

Hello everyone, I am new here from Wisconsin. I have 5 beautiful welsummers and 3 Delaware's. I am still pretty new at raising chickens, I have had mine for about a year now. I have raised Rex rabbits for the last 3 years. We just had our first batch of this years bunnies last week. I am a...