Can anyone who has experience hatching Toulouse tell me how many days it takes for their eggs to hatch? I keep getting mixed results from places I'm reading online. Some I'm finding say 28 days some say 30...?
I have never heard of "dry packing." I have heard of a raw pack in which you do not add liquid to the uncooked meat, but I have never heard of a dry pack with cooked meat?
I have some that are 9 weeks old that I would really like to try and caponize. Do you think that they are too old?
For future reference what has everybody here decided is the "best" age to caponize?
I just found this video... I have read through most of this thread and from what I can tell it seems to show the process very well. Those of you who have caponized (I have not done the procedure) how well do you think this video shows the steps? The only thing that I can see he does different...
yeah, they should feather out but their feathers don't always seem as nice as the layers. Mine also wouldn't go in and out of the coop like layers, but they do seem fairly active and do a good job of eating down the grass in their tractor even though I move it everyday (Maybe their level of...
X2 on eviemethugh's post especially on making them go out. I would add that you need healthy chicks to start (I love love love http://www.schlechthatchery.com/ and they are cheap too!) Also, don't feed twice a day. Give them full access to feed for the first 2-3 weeks. After 2-3 weeks give them...
I don't usually medicate either, (nor do I have many who get ill and would need it anyways) but I like to keep some vitamin/electrolyte/probiotic powder on hand to mix in their water during times of stress...
I don't think that you really can make a hoop-house secure from predators; if they want in they will find a way, most likely will just dig under. I built one portable pen that had a solid area for them to sleep in like you mentioned, but by the time I built a "secure" area with solid walls...
I am going through the thread (link to post #1 here) and copy/pasting all the relevant info to this page(the thread is currently over 200 pgs long... after just 20 some pages I was already sick of A.) reading a few posts and then having to hit "next page," and B.) having to read through all the...