Recent content by wkyongae

Well, butchered 8 six and a half week olds. Gizzard nearly doubled in size, no problem with crop anymore. Birds averaged around 3 1\4 lbs, alot more fat. So feeding program is working. Birds act alot like cornish cross with the way they lay around.

Actually not the wild bird seed has cracked corn, sorgum, millet, sunflower seed and a few others. We also put dirt box in with them as well.

Chicks where five weeks old, butchered weight 2 1\4 lb average weight of three birds. We butchered some because we thoughts there was a problem with the crop being too full. Turns out gizzard too small and not able to process feed fast enough. Started chicks on half 30% high protein feed and 18%...

Two weeks old first field trip

Agreed, but my wife feels better.

Agreed, but my wife feels better.

In a couple days I'll take some pictures and video them playing in the water. And I'll take some pictures as soon as my wife makes their brooder look presentable.

We have 21 Chinese brown goslings. They are one week old. They have imprinted to my wife and a little to me. I've read that they are not supposed to start swimming till a couple weeks old. But. seriously, give them a really big tote with two inches of warm water they absolutely love it. We've...

I now live west of Spokane Washington but I grew up on my parents farm in Ohio where they farmed over 200 acres raised over 100000 starter layer chickens and 240 sows and the finisher held over 1400 hogs. They had to soil test. My cousins had over 500 sow operation and finished the pigs and...

I wish there was more soil testing done on nice green yards. Especially for nitrogen run off from over watering. Large farms get tested for run off every year. Can't say a backyard chicken farm ever gets tested for run off or soil erosion caused by chickens.

Large farms 50 years ago used to be very polluting but now with the high cost of fertilizers and chemicals they aren't anymore. Farmers use very precise machines to apply these products. I am amazed when I see the equipment they use today on YouTube. Very high tech stuff. My Korean wife's mother...

I hope many that have been following this thread learn from his ten year, costly mistake. Always check first before proceding and check every so often to make sure you are still allowed.

Not really but it acts just like a law and can come with civil penilties provided you live within it jurisdiction. Just like HOAs their rules don't count either if you don't live there and sign the contract. That's called freedom.

Someone made a comment about years ago chickens being raised in town. Hum, if I go back fithty years ago to the town I grew up near no one had chickens in town. Chickens were considered lice carryers and rodent attractors. The only animal that might have been raised was the rabbit. Never...

Bonus question How many people who raise chickens also raise a garden? If not why not? If you do garden do you use the chicken manure? If not why not?