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i like the toe punch. it is permanent.

i had barred rocks for awhile. they were good dual purpose chickens; good layers, good meat. every barred rock rooster that i ever had was mean though and that ruined them as a breed for me. mine didn't really have that clean barring like the show/heritage ones.

when it comes down to it, you must protect your family and livestock no matter what stupid laws that are put on the books. it sounds like the cops where you live have some common sense and know how to deal with the public. there are other cops who take sadistic pleasure in seeing good people...

10 chickens a year! how many do you have ? 500? a predator may kill a couple, you may lose a couple to unknown disease or genetic attrition but i would feel like i wasn't doing a very good job of chicken management if i had losses like that. when i first got my cubalayas they were a little small...

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interesting but very misguided article. i dont agree with salatin's choice of cornishX as his meat birds but agree with some other of his views.

i can agree with him on the cubalaya only.

free range is the cure for many chicken problems.

free to range wherever they want and come back to the coop at night. thats free range.

the dander dust and smell must be getting pretty bad after 5 weeks. 7 to 10 days here and they move to the shed under a red light till they are 4 to 6 weeks depending on outside temps. then i move them to the greenhouse.

yes put your wood ashes where the chickens can dust themselves. you can mix a little de or sevin dust in too. we paint our roosts with burnt motor oil for scaly leg mites. al, i thought you were running that rooster rescue where people could come out and hug a chicken. have you hugged your...

^ great post

i have had coons on my back porch and in my trash but so far they have left my chickens alone. the walker hound that i have guarding them is probably why. my neighbor was wiped out numerous times by coons, stray dogs, weasels and bobcat. he didn't have a dog.

i dont heat or insulate. in fact my coop has pretty good airflow that doesn't allow moisture to build up in cold weather. i have had no problems with frostbite and all my roosters are fertile. i dont allow too much manure to build up where they roost. i put it in a compost pile for the gardens...

we put sugar in the water for the first few days and we stopped using medicated starter.

Quote: we use golf balls and leave them in there.

what about using whole, dried cayennes for worming? i have seen it as treats for parrots.

whats with the cannon fodder posts? thats the second time that i have read that today. 31 years having chickens here. before backyardchickens forum people had to just learn from experience. the collective knowledge of 50,000+ members is awesome and i have learned from posts on this forum and...