by McMurray Staff | May 11, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Brooder Temperature As the chicks grow older, then don’t need as much supplementary heat. A good rule of...
by McMurray Staff | May 6, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. ] Chick Grit Today, we began adding some grit on top of the baby chicks’ food. The grit is made from small pieces of crushed granite. The chicks will eat some of the grit and...
by McMurray Staff | May 4, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Weather It seems like our cool/cold snap is over. It’s 72°F outside today with a light breeze, and the...
by McMurray Staff | May 2, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] A man from the post office called at 8:23AM to let us know our baby chicks had arrived. The chicks (all 40 of them)...
by McMurray Staff | Apr 29, 2011 | Chicken Breeds
History Cornish, originally known as Indian Game, were developed in Cornwall, England in the 1800s by Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert from the Aseel, Old English Game, and Malay. The Dark Cornish was admitted to the Standard in 1893, and the White Cornish, developed from...
