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Would someone please share their dilly bean recipe with me? I would like a spicy one and a regular dill one. I googled it, but there are a million of them...and would like one I know someone off here has used. Thanks in advance!

I have 5 hens that are broody right now. It is the first time for all of them. Some chicks are close to hatch date and a few just started. They were in nest boxes in the coop. The nest boxes are about a foot off the ground. Tonight I moved all the chicks and their eggs to an area that is...

I am in Minnesota and we have had extremely warm weather. My birds are outside in a tractor and just over 6 weeks old. Today was 96 degrees and guess what...we lost 13 out of 97 birds. Tomorrow will be in the 100's with heat index. What are some ideas to prevent that kind of loss tomorrow...

So I was thinking about this tonight.....in the past I have let the chickens sit in a cooler or fridge for a few days and then vacuumed sealed and froze. I know that some people seal them and then let them sit for a couple days. Is there a correct way to do this? My thinking is that sealing...

I got a call this afternoon from an animal control in a city I used to work for. They had picked up a rooster and wanted to know if I could take it. I drove in to town, took one look at him and knew that he was coming home with me. He was found with a string tied around his neck, and he is...

We ended up with meat birds last year by accident. I was not so sure at first when I found out what they were cornish x's, mainly because I knew nothing about them. I did my research and was super excited come processing time. Processing time came and went, and do I dare say that I had fun...

I am having a really hard time deciding what I want to do for coops, so figured I would come to the place that I know can help me decide. Last fall we had the plans all drawn up to go with one rather large coop, now I'm not so sure. I will need the space to hold about 100 birds, maybe more...

I incubated shipped eggs. Out of 12, 10 made it to lockdown. Only two hatched. One is thriving. The other one appeared to have intestines coming out the vent. It fought to live...was alive for about 26 hours and died last night. The one left is soo lonely...cries all the time. I do...

I am on day 23. I had 10 eggs go in to lockdown out of 13. As of right now, only 2 have hatched. One of the hatched ones came out very wet and sticky...my husband said that it was starting to dry off and was getting stuck to the wire floor in the incubator. My husband pulled it out, washed...

I have 14 8 wk old chicks in a grow out pen in our shed. I have 4 4 wk olds in a brooder in the house. Is there a chance that I could put them all together, or would I be asking for problems from the start? I was going to try it tonight and keep an eye on them to see what would happen, but...

I picked up some of this today and will be using it to treat my chickens that have Favus. My question....is it safe to continue to eat the eggs from these chickens??

I ordered 12 Delaware eggs off of Ebay about 22 days ago. I received 13 in the mail. 13 were placed in the incubator...one was infertile, and there were 2 early quitters. 10 went in to lockdown. Today the first one hatched. I was under the impression that the chick would be yellow. Am I...

I am expecting a shipment of eggs either tomorrow or Thurs. How long am I supposed to leave the eggs sit before putting in the incubator? And do they sit at room temp or in the refrigerator? Do I need to turn them while they are out? I know that I have seen the answers on here, but now that...

My husband has agreed to build me a new coop come spring. He is drafting it on auto cad as we speak. There will be a main coop area and then a storage area. We are thinking of doing roosts all on one end, so the main part of poop duty is contained to one end. On the other end would be...

This is my first time incubating. Set 22 eggs. Last night was day 3 and I candled the eggs out of curiosity. There were a few eggs that I could definitely see something going on. Once again out of curiosity I took an egg that I did not see anything in, and cracked it open to see what was...

I am going to give this whole incubation thing a try. I will be setting about 20 of my own eggs tonight. Anyone have any last minute pointers? Anything you wish you would have known on your first hatch? I have read this site up and down and have learned a lot. One question I have....I have...

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Not really sure where to post this, but I know once upon a time I read a BYC'ers website that had info on keeping eggs and how long they would be good for...and it even talked about keeping eggs on the counter. Would someone be so kind as to direct me?

Yesterday was our first butcher...we had 8 cornish X. I was initially going to take them to a processor, but when I called the processor they only do chickens on Wed and they were booked. Me being inpatient and wanthing to get them done, decided to do it myself (with the help of my husband)...

Today is the day that we will be butchering our 8 meaties, but I have a quick question.....we plan on vacuuming sealing the chickens, do we do that before or after they rest in the fridge for a couple of days??