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well if the water is outside and frozen and they get thirsty enough they will eat the snow.

Doesn't food grade DE work as a wormer?

Just going from the title of the topic...it depends on how bad your OCD is.

Mine don't mind it at all...I snowblow paths to get to my wood shed they tear up the grass in those areas other than that I don't move any other snow for them and they do just fine all winter.

People ask what I do with my birds and I tell them and they constantly ask how can you do that, simple they aren't my pets I am raising for a specific purpose eggs or meat, when they stop laying I butcher them. They look at me like I have 3 heads, I tell its simple I know how they were raised...

The leghorn is not known to have much meat anyways. The BR and RR will probably have more meat than the sex link but it will still have a good amount of fat. Either way you are still using up the meat, I always take my spent hens and either soup them or debone most of the meat and grind it up...

I raised red broilers this past spring from Ideal, I got the .99 deal for 30 birds. Raised them to 14-15 weeks don't remember I used a custom 22% mash and they got to about 4-6lbs depending on if they were male or female. I have a batch of 50 Kosher king cockerals right now and they will be...

What hatchery? From what I have been seeing online they look like a alternative to the cornish cross like the freedom rangers, red and black broilers.

I used my whizbang two Saturdays ago to do my meat birds and it would only tenderize the meat not toughen it. I was doing 2-3 chickens at a time at about 30-60 seconds so that amount of time I highly doubt it would even have time to toughen the meat. But boy oh boy make sure the scald temp and...

I had New Hampshire Reds from Ideal Poultry, I butchered them off this past weekend they were 2 years old and they were 1-2 pounds heavier then the buff orpington and americanas I butchered of the same age.

Try this site... http://www.featherman.net/videodemos.html ...it is the Featherman plucker site but it has a demo of processing ducks and t.hey talk about the temp it should be set at.

I had a local mill custom blend 22% Protein and 3% Fat custom meat bird mash for me, they will eat from start to finish. I had to order a ton of it but I will sell off what I don't need on craigslist and that came out to be about $11.75 a bag after tax.

I just had a 22% Protein and 3% Fat mash put together for my birds, they will be on this start to finish. Here is the recipe for a ton batch. 1200 Corn, 600 Soybean Meal, 48 Roasted Soybeans, 50 Oats, 50 Alfalfa, 50 Fish Meal, 1 Methionine, 1 Trace minerals.

Ideal has cornish x

Cracked corn and scratch should work fine for you.