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Hey, all!!! I've missed you! Life has been so busy lately, and with very little computer access, there was no time for forums! I have been poultry-free :( for quite some time but now am the proud momma of two little ducklings and my sister is taking care of our new chicks! I hope to stay...

Ok, guys... I searched and searched for the answer to this but cannot find exactly what I want, so here's the situation: I just bought a 2-year-old bantam cochin hen who had been broody for over 2 months. Her broodiness was broken during the move. Now my question is: How long until she starts...

So here's the conversation I just overheard coming from the living room between my Mom and my 2-year-old sister, Keziah (KEE-zee-uh). Keziah: "I hided it" Mom: "You hid it" Keziah(determined she's right): "I hided it" Mom: "No, you hid it" Keziah(a bit upset now): "I HIDED IT!" Mom: "You...

It seems to me that the only place to get colored rangers is through JM hatcheries? And the minimum order is 100? A friend told me this, and I have been trying to figure out otherwise. If it is true, we will probably be splitting an order next year.

Subject says it all, I guess. My cornish crosses will be just over eight weeks old for our county fair in four weeks and their skin is just as pink as it could be. I was told, or rather had heard, that many judges want yellow skin, but that it isn't that big of a factor. I cannot for the life of...

My cornish cross chicks will be two days shy of 8 weeks old for the county fair. They have to be between 4 and 5 lbs for fryers and 5 and 6.5 lbs for broilers. At 7 days old eight of them weighed between 6.5 and 7.3 oz. The little one weighed 5.5 oz. and the big one weighed 8.7 oz. They had...

My two-week-old cornish crosses were just moved into their new home: my first-ever homemade chicken tractor! It's not perfect, but it works! I'm having a time teaching them to go up and down the ramp though.

I've heard they grow at different rates, but does anyone have a preference for one or the other for any reason? I purchased pullets for my first time because I thought it would be easier pairing them off for the fair since they have to be uniform. Any thoughts?

I picked up my meaties from the Red & White on the way home from work today... they were so cold and peeping so loudly. I put them in the pre-warmed brooder (half cardboard box, half plastic tote) and they immediately grouped together under the lamp. Once warmed, they began browsing and I made...

This little guy is out of my latest hatch... he's three years old now. He's one of my aracauna/RIR/white rock/barred rock mutts. You can really see the aracauna and RIR in him. He was such a poser! (my then five-year-old brother took the photo for the fair)

Ok, so after calling the Red & White about something else and them informing me that my chicks will be arriving bright and early tomorrow morning I ran down to their brooder to test out the new heating lamp . Hanging two and a half feet above the 2'x3' "nest", the temps read 90 in the far...

So how is one supposed to prepare a chicken for judging? I mean, keeping away the fleas and mites, bathing the day before, stuff like that. Anyone have any experience? Especially with cornish rock crosses, because they break their wings easily when over handled so I hear. I'm taking my first...

Hey all! I've been raising egg-layers for nearly ten years now, though the few the family has left are dwindling because mom hates them eating her garden. I am building a chicken tractor right now, inbetween thunderstorms at the moment, preparing for some cornish crosses. Once those are gone...

I'm a newbie to the site and an egg-layers only for nearly ten years now. (yes, since I was nine years old). Anyway, I'm in 4-H and have decided to raise some cornish crosses for my siblings and I to enter in the county fair. I'm not quite understanding the start/grow/finish principles and am...