Recent content by Lisa Weaver

Hi there. This year we decided to try and raise some birds for the table. I hatched a dual purpose bird (the Light Sussex) and I wondered what people’s thoughts were on what age you should slaughter for the table? I have totally bamboozled myself as there seems to be so many different...

Hi there So I will be having some broiler birds soon. Mt general set up is that they go from the incubator, to a brooder box (for 10 days) then go into a little ark pen on Aubio in a stable under heat until about 6-8 weeks. Where would people generally then put their birds to grow, would you...

I have a 5 day old chick and have notices she has what I think is a tiny looking hernia, what can I do about this? Will it affect the chick? Excuse the brown, I have put iodine on it Many thanks Lisa

Hi there I have some chicks that are due to hatch tomorrow. I have kept temperature at 37.5C and wanted to get humidity to 70% but can’t quite reach it. Can only get to 68% I have just read on here that to help raise humidity, you can test some strips of kitchen roll and dangle on end into...

Hi there Does everyone vaccinate their chicks against Mareks Disease? I have read so many conflicting things that I don't what to do???

Hi I am about to (hopefully) hatch some Araucana chicks and have been told they are really difficult to sex. At what age can I sex them from and can you recommend the way I can sex them? Many thanks Lisa

Hi there I am new to this forum. I have had a huge Redmite problem, which is now under control but I just wondered if there was any cream or something I could purchase to help my poor hens raw skin? Many thanks Lisa