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I would add some Moo Glue (brand name transglutaminase) to the ground bird to help it all stick together. Make your own nuggets.

Those are questions to pose to your local legislature, from city council on up.

Feather sexing on new hatchlings only works on specifically bred crosses, and since you don't know the parentage of your chicks to be, it won't work. You'll have to wait until the chicks are 6-8 weeks to know which are cockerels and which are pullets.

She looks pregnant. https://www.hobbyfarms.com/tips-for-determining-if-pig-is-pregnant/

Poultry and bees are not delivered door to door. You must go pick them up at your post office.

Candied cockscombs recipe from D'artagnan here. https://www.dartagnan.com/candied-cockscombs-with-cherries-and-vanilla-rice-pudding-recipe.html

If you're asking will drakes rape hens and pullets, the answer is yes. You can wind up with dead/horribly injured chickens. Ducks have penises, chickens do not. If you're asking "can I make duck/chicken hybrids?" the answer is no.

Why did you take the babies away from Mom?

A kiln is a gigantic drying oven. It's the tool that dried the chips, not an additive. It's fine for bedding.

Good for you to recognize that you need to process your birds before they kill each other. It doesn't mean it'll be easy, but you have made a good decision. Your jenny/young hen will thank you, too. Fasting the birds makes it easier to clean their carcasses, but it's not 100% necessary either...

I 'tricked' my birds into new food by making the new food into mash. It's not a treat but they don't know that.

Solar panels. Cut your power bill and cover your run.