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    Chicken Breed Focus - New Hampshire

    Welcome folks to BYC! They are great birds all around.
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    Chicken Breed Focus - New Hampshire

    Welcome! Very nice to have you here with us! Congratulations on finally receiving eggs from your girls! It is exciting right? I am not familiar with what is available where you are to supplement their feed. However, protein is protein... such things as fish and fish parts. Those parts that are...
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    Chicken Breed Focus - New Hampshire

    Hey there @dima guy ! I live on the front range in Colorado. Last winter we had a 2 week period with night temps of 10-15 below zero. Couple of things you need to address in freezing weather, especially with large combed birds, but more or less with all of them: 1. Moisture is a killer...
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    Chicken Breed Focus - New Hampshire

    4-6 WEEKS!? Shouldn't there be a "1" in front of both those #s? These birds are NOT meaties, and mine didn't reach full size until well after 16 weeks, and they first laid eggs around 22 weeks. If yours were ready for table at 6 weeks, they probably (almost assuredly) weren't New Hampshires.
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    Chicken Breed Focus - New Hampshire

    I can back up everything the breed description says is true. Thanks for sharing this article! I bought a roo and 7 pullet chicks from McMurray in May 2014, along with similar numbers of 3 other breeds. I then bought an adult 3-some of a 5th breed (Delawares). The New Hampshires are the best of...
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