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Very nice indeed. Hang on to that because it can be lost "very" easily too! God Bless,

I'm confused. Aren't you doing exactly what you're complaining about? God Bless,

I'm playing catch up so perhaps someone has already commented on this and I am just a broken record. If so, I apologize in advance. If not, I'd like to say that I agree with DRB in that I've got a cockbird that is about 2 years old and is as dark now as he was his first year. Of course I know...

Anyone who's raised chickens for any length of time has seen and knows they'll eat a fair amount of their own poo. I wouldn't eat that either. But what I really wanted to echo was Chris' comment " as far as I am concerned, it is a myth propagated and repeated ad nauseum on poultry and group...

Hi Julie. I don't recall if we've met or talked before but I may be able to help you with getting some more Buckeyes. Also, unless there's a specific reason why you want to get more birds that are "in the same line" (Or did you mean same "strain"? "Line" would basically be going back to the...

50 years? Are you kidding me? Thanks a lot, Walt! I don't know whether to be encouraged now (because I'm REALLY still learning!) or just give up and go back to fishing! God Bless, Royce

According to Kenny Troiano in the Poultry Press last Summer, I think, he has bred his flock for 25 years without ever having to bring in new blood. He spent several issues detailing how he did it. He supposedly has the most photographed bird in the world, has written books, and commands...

Chris, I agree with you except I would say that as soon as someone starts breeding their birds, they offspring are from their "line". I draw this distinction because, reducing it to the ridiculous, suppose someone picked the two worst birds they could out of a bunch of eggs they /hatched from...

Ah, thanks Dan. I didn't know that's what it was called. Those hatching eggs that I mentioned before that were rotten did that after just a day or three in the incubator. I called it "sweating" as I didn't know what else to call it. Little hard yellow beads would form on the outside. Took...

Weeping? What's that? If I candle, I do so on Day 12 or so. I set eggs every Saturday and transfer to the hatching tray on Thursday usually. Since I'm opening the incubator to pull out eggs and transfer to the hatching tray, I will sometimes pull out the tray with two-week old eggs and...

I read last year somewhere that Sulmet was found to be problematic as a Coccidiostat. I think it causes liver damage but I can't remember for sure. Google it and you'll probably find something. I usually feed most of my chicks Medicated Chick Starter but decided to give Chris' feeding a try...

Just a couple of quick comments. 1) I actually have a Buckeye cockerel that had one white feather turn up. I can't remember now if it's in his saddle but I think so. Never had it before so I have no idea where it came from but obviously I'm not breeding him. 2) I do not "work on it ALL at...

I've been to a few shows where the judge makes three marks on the coop card. There will either be a check, check plus, or check minus for Type, Color, & Condition; respectively.

Or they might want to move to another state besides Washington. I have 5 acres and where there used to be grass in front of the coops and where the breeding pens are there is now mud. Most folks who have chickens will find that the high traffic areas and the areas which get most of the...

Well, for those of us who just let our birds free range there is an obvious better looking bird when it's washed. You don't see matted, torn, or filthy dirty caked feathers. The color is obviously brighter and not as dull looking. For birds that will have a sheen to them - such as my...