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I could hurt one of my girls for doing this ? :ep I go to great lengths to make sure my girls have the best of everything. No less than I would do for someone who lived in the house with me. Yeah, I know there are a lot of them. Todays head count produced 28 buff hens ( the older ones) 2 old...

I agree. The videos gave me the courage to get going but it was the first 3 that made me realize this was not brain surgery. I like to age mine in the fridge for a few days before I eat them. The first time we had fried chicken that night and it was HORRIBLE. I don't want to sound like an...

Beekissed, up until you started posting to this thread, I was looking forward to what folks had to say. H*ll, I might be more traumatized than the chickens now! :ep Okay, seriously.. gloves, lube .. is this a two person job? Their roosters are normally pretty good with me handling them , but...

I would think if the chickens were going to be offended by her carrying them around ( btw, I carry mine around all the time, and still no worms) they would have long since made it clear. IF she should get worm, lice , mite, fleas, whatever.. you will treat it. We live in a society that has means...

Wait!?! the anus ???? I am not saying I can't do this , but I have to admit that seems kind of personal, you know ? and I am a bit on the stunned side :gig These are really sweet , loving, affectionate hens. Is this going to traumatize them? I don't want them to start looking at me as the...

Wow! Really ? You aren't just screwing with the newbie right? Cause I have always liked you and that would be really darned mean :lau I have to admit, I dont even know what vents are. So, to be iffy about how to even check them would provide not so great results I think. Really.. you mean it...

My first time was about a month ago. Its not near as hard/scary/gross/heartwrenching as I thought it was going to be. I looked at many of the videos that Buster posted in my search for courage and they provided it:D My Sweet Husband and my father in law both prefer a good knife. I personally...

:lau Omg! That rocks so much! I did the same thing gong to town last week!

Hey Victoria :welcome While my roosters are mean, its mostly to each other. I have gotten a little peck for being a bit to slow with the treats. I think these older chickens and roosters came from someone who handled them all a good bit. I can pick any of their hens up and I have held both of...

Yes, that helps. That helps a lot. We are totally keeping some roosters. We have RIR and Buff Orpingtons (sp) That will be the flock staple. We were planning on keeping two of each breed. As my sweet husband puts it " I wanna make sure we have a back up rooster' We want chicks. I loved having...

Chipmunk Easter Eggers! I started looking at pics of Easter Eggers to see if maybe I could find out what kind BYC has a pic of one that is definitely our girls. :woot They are apparently just pretty young right now. I wasn't able to find much on actual specifications for them. Full adult...

I have a Seal-a-Meal and absolutely love it. I prefer the Foodsaver bags though. I can put whole chickens in a single bag with no trouble at all.

Okay.. that being said.. Can I put them in with the chickens? They would be the smallest birds in the chicken yard and they are likely younger as well. I am always a little nervous about introducing new birds to the existing flock because of the squabbles. We currently have a few older...

It never occurred to me that they might be chickens. We were told they were 'game birds' so thats all I really searched for. I think you guys are right though. Google images produced several pics that make me think they are young EE's. That would actually be pretty cool, since I couldn't really...

Wait, they are chickens? They are really small. The tupperware in the pic is a two cup container, just to give perspective on size. They have not grown at all in a month. They were given to us with the only description being 'Game Birds" noobiechickenlady, the pic really faded their coloring...

I got these cute little birds and I have no idea what they are. I have googled till my head hurts and still can't find anything. Anyone got any ideas?

See? Thats where I am stuck. I don't want to just get rid of them , but I don't really have a use for old chickens that aren't laying and may not ever again. However, I have no idea how to tell who is laying and who isn't. We counted 127 hens, more than I thought. I know at least some of the...

:lol: No, they are infertile because they are old. Very old. Their spurs are every bit of 5 inches long. Farmerchick, We have roosters because they came with the hens :hu The plan was that we would cull out all the roosters, but raising the chicks was so much fun we decided to keep one of each...

So, due to a thread here, I have recently learned I can free range my turkeys. This got me to thinking about my other poultry issues. We recently acquired about 30 chickens with two Very Old roosters. We have lots of young roosters but the old ones are very good to 'their' girls. They ...

Lay off the hops!!!?? But.. but .. but.. how will I not die of thirst?? Besides, those beer goggles make for a very happy marriage! Seriously..I can free range the turkeys ? We have Royal Palms (adults), some sort of mixed wild breed of red ( young) and two of the sweetest little chicks that I...