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Tag: chicks

Hungry Chicks

I’ve been posting cute chick pics lately but make no mistake about it, I took the leap with incubating eggs for the home grown meat. I’m feeding these hungry chicks now, in order to feed my family this summer. Some of these chicks have less …

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chicken eggs, chickens, chicks, FoodLeave a Comment on Hungry ChicksMay 5, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

What Kind of Chicken is That?

Will they be good layers? I have to admit I am still a chicken breeding virgin, and it seems like the more I learn about chicken breeding the less I understand. Three things are certain. They eat and drink and sh*t.

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chicken breeds, chickens, chicks, hens, laying hens, rooster, white leghorn roosterLeave a Comment on What Kind of Chicken is That?April 14, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Eggxiety

Wednesday afternoon is the expected time for them to start pecking their way out of their little worlds into the bigger, badder world waiting for them. I know first hand now what it means to say, ‘don’t count your chickens before they hatch.’

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chicken eggs, chicks, incubator1 Comment on EggxietyApril 4, 2016 By Martha Mims

About that Incubator

My idea of what’s natural is pretty half baked when it comes to chickens. We’re in a compromised situation. In 2016 there is hardly such a thing as a “natural” chicken, that would just “naturally” sit on her eggs until they hatch.

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broody hen, chicken eggs, chicks, incubator, laying hens, raising chickens for meat, roosterLeave a Comment on About that IncubatorFebruary 23, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims
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