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ISO Cob (Vantress) fertile eggs for a project. Strongly prefer the standard broiler type 500 bird but may consider others as they could also go to another project.

Please try to keep posts "show" related. We have a regular thread for eastern, Tn if you want to talk about anything else or have general questions about back yard poultry. That thread is located here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/449457/eastern-tennessee-thread/5740#post_9478549 This is...

I've got a wellie chick hatched on Feb. 28th from Meyer She has stunted growth ( about the size of a 4 weeker instead of 8 like she is) and she has a very odd gate / walk to her. She walks as though she is doing an old Soviet Union march and bringing her legs up so far that they brush her head...

Looking for a nice young (less than a year old) Welsummer Rooster/cockerel to put over our blue egg layers. No need for show quality since he will be over Ameraucana's and guardian for the girls only. Will be pick up or meet at local show only, so should be located between Knoxville, Tn and...

Cochin hen about 16 months old bottom of pecking order but doing well otherwise. Noticed a pasty butt last weak and ended up giving her a bath today because it was a bit worse than I thought (she enjoyed the bath immensely) After getting her wet I noticed a decent sized (almost baseball size)...

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Lately I have been doing some very exhaustive research on parasites that affect backyard chickens. As many of you know this can sometimes be an educated guessing game due to the limited official chicken approved products to eradicate these creatures that are the bane of our hobby and the good...

I will have a run big enough to divide in two or three parts. I want to rotate them because I can not free range very often. I was thinking of planting clover because it grows fast. I am concerned about two things though, The first is the bees it will attract and if they will be harmful or...

>>>>Not an auction...He is free as long as we are assured he has a good home<<<< It's a long story but I'll try to be brief with the facts. We were asked to watch Hogan for a week when a friend of a friend went out of town. Well, that was 8 1/2 months ago. Hogan was obtained from a very...

All comments welcome..... 10x20 shed is elevated on piers 8 inches off ground with welded 1x1 wire from bottom of shed to ground all the way around. I will wall of back 10x10 for coop, install man door from front half of shed to coop, one window facing south, self powered roof vent, a couple 8...

I'm very new to this and just picking our breeds for diff. aspects. Out of the twelve hens we plan to get, I would like to have 3 NHR's for meat birds. My questions are as follows; What age is good to let them go broody? I would like to let them go naturally and not use an incubator, is this...

I see a general and a middle Tennessee thread but not one for Eastern Tennessee? Seems like a lot of folks in the other two are actually from Eastern Tn. Sooooo, I thought I would just start one. I know I for one would like to have a local source for info, buying, selling, trading, etc.... I...

Just moved recently from Asheville, NC to Eastern, Tn. where we finally bought a house with at least enough yard ( 9/10 of an acre ) for a nice garden and a dozen or so hens We are waiting on the weather to clear to bring in our first pullets and get the coop done. We are going to convert the...