I have just recently got two trios of BEAUTIFUL Standard Buckeyes and have decided to make a thread so a few others can learn with me!
The two trios I got are about 1½-2 months old. These birds will be going to a few shows this summer and fall so I will post as I choose the birds to show as...
OK I have eggs that are starting to chirp but just remembered I have to leave till Saturday and dont have anyone to watch the incubator! How long can chicks stay in the incubator?? Thanks in advance!
How old should heritage turkeys be to show in 4h this summer?? I amthinking of getting some poults from a breeder to add some color to the fair but dont know how old they would have to be... Thanks in advance
Last spring I started a project to find an amazing hybrid. All I had was a simple hatchery Welsummer roo and a flock of 60 hatchery layers to choose hens from. I was looking for a bird that was large enough to be used as a broiler but could also lay a large quantity of eggs each year.
So I...
I know we're not to August yet but Who has set eggs for August!!?? I am setting eggs for the first week in August. Who else is going to be an August hatcher!!:D
Please help out a fellow poultry man!! I told him I would start telling people to watch, subscribe and like his videos! Please help him out with his duck and goose adventure on Youtube!! Thanks!!
Has anyone ever tried to cross a Buff Brahma hen and a Welsummer roo? I hatched one of these and am wonder what its going to look like. And r these sex linked chicks or not?? I'm new to the whole breeding and genetics thing.
Thanks!
We have decided to try and raise and raise a few CornishX on Mangle beets and other scraps and veggies from the garden and was wondering has anyone else done this? I am just trying to find a way not to feed alot of corn and grain and all those other nasty things.
I am making this to see how spoiled some people's chickens are . Ours get spaghetti,cucumbers,beans,pumpkin blueberry sourdough cake. How spoiled are your bird's???!!!???!!!
Well this morning when we went to do chores we found 2 dead CornishX cross 1st had it's head ripped of and the 2nd had been bit in the neck. The 1st with the missing head was in the middle of the pen and the 2nd was right next to the other it was like what killed them put them in a pile!! Any...
I recently decided to take twenty of our CornishX and start composting with them . I didn't want them to eat all the bad stuff in grower so I have them free range in the composte piles during the day . I am quite sure they are getting enough protein from worms and other bug's they find because...
Yesterday was the big day we finally moved our chick's out to the big coop with there nannies LuLu and Sesle they were so excited they ran in circle's playing they also got to go onto grower .
Her they all are they also have three turkey friend's in there . In all there are 250 Cornish...