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I am a 4-H leader in Michigan looking for a place other than where we have been getting our meat birds for the past few years. Has anyone heard of "fast growing white broilers" and "slow growing white broilers" have any of you heard the difference in them the only time I have seen them is on the...

Just came across this site its full of every spice I could imagine and their prices are pretty good to. Thought Id share! http://www.myspicesage.com

Does anyone have a recipe for peanut butter fudge that doesnt require marshmallow? Also I am looking for a good no bake peanut butter cookie recipe. i have a good chocolate one but I had peanut butter no bakes the other day and fell in love lol.

My daughter just received a pair of Silver Spangled Hamburgs. We really know nothing about these birds other than the many different opinions we have read online. Do any of you have pics that you can post so we can compare ours? Also PLEASE BE HONEST if you know what they are suppose to look...

Some of our meatys dont have many feathers. They have no bugs and are kept dry and in the shade. Any ideas? My kids are planning to show them for fair.

I found this on one of my Serama Roo's that we have had for about a month that we got from a very reputable breeder. When we got him I noticed it and I treated him because I thought it was lice, the hen he came with, and my entire flock with Ivermectin. Its now been a month and he still has...

I have an excellent broody Serama hen. She hatched out 6 out of 7 eggs on Monday. She still hasnt left the nest and there are no eggs in it but she seems to think so. I have another hen that could care less about hatching eggs and when she does she tends to kill them if we dont catch them. My...

I really know NOTHING about the breeding for specific genes so on and so forth but I do have a pair of single comb Nankins and a pair of rosecomb. Which is the more dominant gene? Is there by chance a "cheat sheet" for this kind of thing? I also have a serama that has a slight silky to his...

We have found that our meat chicken often come out to be tough or almost grainy when we eat them any advice on how to get them more tender? We love to cook them on the grill but they are tough without basting or cooking in a bag

We received a roo and a hen which were tame when they left the breeders house, upon arrival to my house though HE WAS INSANE ! She is still as gentle as can be unless you attempt to grab him out of the cage. He beats himself up something crazy trying to get away and he pecks like no other, this...

Got a pair of Serama's about a month ago, the roo had a very strange sounding almost froggy crow. I asked the previous "mom" and she said he always had so we thought nothing of it. After a week or so he began to get congested sounding when he would breath so I started him, and all 3 of his hens...

I was wondering if anyone has a pic of an excellent Colombian Bantam Cochin. My son has been raising them for a year now and he has a batch of eggs going but we'd like to actually SEE what the greats look like. Its tough to get a real gist of an idea from a written description and we've seen...

I am a 4H leader and I would like to do our group project this year on vaccinations, illnesses and diseases. Does anyone have a really good website, other than this one, that has pictures and descriptions?

Just wondering if anyone has any designs for a coop for meat birds. I prefer something that isnt permanent since we only have them from May to August for 4H projects.

We are at the county fair. Our cornish x meat birds are pooing almost pure blood. There wasnt any yesterday and now it is almost all bloody. We have removed them from the fairgrounds but I am now worried about the others! Help ASAP.

Looking for bantam COLUMBIAN cochin eggs/chick. We have a trio but don't think he is fertile. Unless he just isnt "doing it right" lol.

Here is the entire story. Need advice! We put 7 of our meat chickens in a cage outside, the cage has 2 solid wood sides and top and the bottom and 2 sides are small rabbit cage material. When we checked on the birds in the morning it appeared as though there was a full blown fight. We rinsed...

Looking for bantam buff brahma eggs/chicks. My 4-H show birds are getting older and have only produced hens for 2 years running. I REALLY need a roo. Please Help!! I currently have 1 roo (4+yrs), 2 hens (4+yrs), 3 pullets. Any assistance would be great.

Started out with 6 call duck chicks that hatched the second week of August. The first one died in October, she was very small in comparison to the others. 2 weeks later, another died, no apparent cause. About 3 weeks after that another died again no apparent cause. Now one of the last 2 appear...

Over the past 2 weeks we have suddenly and without warning lost 3 of our babies. First was a Serama hen 2 yrs old and very well taken care of she was my daughters favorite bird. A few days later my best Serama Roo and 2 days after that my sons Sebright roo. None of the birds act ill in anyway...