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Growing Your Flock

Week 10 With Rudd Rangers

This week, the Rudd Rangers are officially 2 months old!  They have made it about 2/3 of the way through their time…

Growing Your Flock

The Arrival of New Chicks- Week 1

Our 15 Rudd Rangers arrived safely this morning!      The post office gave me a call first thing Thursday morning and we picked…

Advanced Topics

Harvesting Meat Chickens

Raising and harvesting meat chickens at home is a great way to provide your family with nutritious food. It’s nice to know…

Advanced Topics

How to Safely Can Poultry Meat

You can’t compare the flavor of home-raised poultry to the flavor of birds that are raised commercially. If you’re raising your own…

Growing Your Flock

Week 7 With Rudd Rangers

The chicks are now 6 weeks old and moving their tractor everyday has become a part of my daily routine. It is…

Growing Your Flock

Week 4 With New Chicks

Our Rudd Ranger chicks are turning from babies into teenagers right before our eyes! They are growing more “real” feathers, and just…

Growing Your Flock

Week 8 With Rudd Rangers

This week the Rudd Rangers are turning 7 weeks old, with about 5 weeks left until processing day. This week they have…

Growing Your Flock

Week 3 with New Chicks

This week marks the Rudd chicks’ 2nd week birthday. They are averaging 180 grams now and truly growing each day!  The 13…

Getting Started Their First Day Home

Preparing for Chicks to Arrive

The most important part of raising your own meat birds is preparation. We begin preparing well in advance, so when the baby…

Growing Your Flock

Week 5 With Chicks

This week the chicks have officially moved outside! All 13 are now living in the chicken tractor with lots of extra space…

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