Image by chrisdat Processing 280 Chickens – Cornish Cross & Red Bros at Pete and Jen Backyard Bird’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Question by : Can I have Chickens in my backyard? I have 2 pairs of silkie chicken in my backyard. I had one pair and I had them for 5 mounths. They didn’t […]
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Image by chrisdat Processing 280 Chickens – Cornish Cross & Red Bros at Pete and Jen Backyard Bird’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Question by Ty H: how do i get started raising chickens in my backyard in ohio? I want information about space issues, legal requirements, and the best breed for eggs and meat production. […]
Continue reading …Please can someone give me some information on hatching and raising ducks?
April 23, 2012 3 CommentsQuestion by Barney: Please can someone give me some information on hatching and raising ducks? I would like 2 ducks as pets, after looking for a pen for them I found that you can buy them as eggs and hatch them yourself. I would really like to learn more about this and see whether I […]
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Image by kristen & todd Question by 2live Crew: Should chicken be allowed as pets in the city? Chickens are quieter and require less care and are more useful then dogs and cats, as they can be eaten and provide eggs. so why it’s not allowed as a pet in urban areas? What do you […]
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Image by chrisdat Processing 280 Chickens – Cornish Cross & Red Bros at Pete and Jen Backyard Bird’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Question by : Can you have backyard chickens inSt. Paul, MN? Well, I really want some chickens but I don’t know if i could have backyard chickens! I am already almost done with […]
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Image by LollyKnit Kris and I joined our friends Aaron and Melissa for dinner last night. We fed their neighbor’s chickens our table scraps. I haven’t spent much time with chickens, so these birds really made me laugh. They made really funny sounds and were very excited to get the scraps. Question by : what […]
Continue reading …how can i raise broiler chicken within 6weeks from day old chick from an intensive systems of breeding, pls h?
April 18, 2012 1 Comment
Image by Marji Beach Gillian is what industry calls a broiler, a type of chicken bred for consumption. Gillian arrived with 100 other birds (we call them peepers) in 2005 after the broiler shed they were living in in MIssissippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. From the 100, only 8 are still alive. In the […]
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Image by iChris Feeding the Chickens Question by Fish Man!: can you start to feed chickens layers pellets at 9 weeks of age? What do you think? Answer below!
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Image by laurenipsum Chickens love pasture! We moved the chicks to pasture on Sunday during a slight break in the rain. They’d been on grass in their brooder, at home, but it’s been so cool and rainy that we kept them at home longer than would be ideal, and the grass was mostly gone — […]
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Image by BioDivLibrary Turkey raising New York,Orange Judd publishing company; [etc., etc.]1922. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19954451 Question by Andrea1977: how can i raise turkey poultry from hatchling to the eith week.? My husband and daughter tried to raise baby turkeys but the did not eat for 6 days and died on day 7 and 9. They were fed […]
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