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    Best rooster breed with small children

    Chickens can learn 7 different human faces. My rooster knows me and knows better than to attack. I can pick him up and pet him. My wife comes near him and he attacks full on with spurs. I have told her he knows she is afraid of him. To teach the rooster to respect her I had her catch the...
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    What do you do with all those eggs?

    Hard boil them. Let them cool, take a couple out to your chickens and step on the boiled egg. Excellent for the chickens. I also freeze the the hard boiled eggs for winter when the chickens are short on the greens. NOTE: don't let the chickens break them themselves or they will connect fresh...
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    Cornish Cross Poop

    A chick is a chick. They all need chick starter and electrolytes. The meaties need starter for 4 weeks then slowly change (over a week) to poultry grower until you slaughter (10 to 12 weeks). Consider medicated or unmedicated feed to protect the chick from the common diseases. I use...
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    Best way of snapping a chickens neck?

    Don't chop the head off, don't swing it around to wring it's neck. You raised these birds to feed yourself and your family. Do it right. It is also fair to the bird. Take a gallon bleach bottle, cut the bottom off at a slight angle. cut the top off at the handle. Screw the bottle onto a...
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    Question about butchering #2

    If any meat will make you sick by letting it rest it is chicken. Salmonella comes to mind. Anyone with a food safety course knows this. After butchering the chicken is iced immediately to cool as fast as possible. It is kept cold until bagged and frozen. This is not the 1930's and food...
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    Looking to raise meat birds

    Why would you want to wait a year for a meat bird? Or have a pretty one you are raising to slaughter? The Cornish Giant broilers are ready for slaughter at 12 weeks (cockerels). Yes the coop stinks but when they eat like they do in their short lifetime the poop comes out in proportion to...
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    Help with my decision - Free range Vs Run/ limited free range

    You will be letting them out during prime predator hunting hours. Any hawks in the area? Owls? I had an owl kill two full grown layers. Seen it eating one hen with other just killed. Anywhere the chickens can get to you don't want poop all over? like a shady car port or storage area? I have...
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