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    The Buckeye Thread

    @ Goodb -If it's warm and the broody has proved her ability in the past to raise, I've let a big girl (7.5 lbs) take as many as 22 chicks- she lost not one. Smaller girls have no trouble taking a dozen even on cold spring days (had a broody just shy of 6 lbs take a group of 12 through sub 0 C...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    I've never heard of a white-sport Buckeye. Sounds more like a hatchery 'oops'...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    I'll chime in here about the roosts...I'd make a suggestion to be sure to choose lumber that is well milled or sanded with no sharp edges or corners. Why? Unintended injuries to feet or toes from splinters or harsh edges (cedar is notorious for splinters here in the south). If you've never dealt...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    cool, I'll check back in later- might be a few days but I'll check back
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Quote: Why are Seabrights so susceptable? Why is anything so much more in one population than it is in another? Don't make spurious correlations and hold them out as gospel Joe. Your may experience lead you to a conclusion but mind you, yours is a very limited experience. I'd rather you base...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Another thought occurred to me in thinking of your post and Marek's. By your logic, any fancier who's flock has experienced Marek's should never show again because it would be 'disrespectful' to others of the fancy to show birds that could be potential carriers. Since we are talking about a...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Joe, I'd respectfully suggest that the birds that died at 2 yrs were infected young and didn't manifest until later. And yes, it is that widespread according to virtually every poultry program in every vet school, are there wild birds at the feed store? yep. Walmart? yep. Is there anywhere that...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Like you Joe, I wouldn't have my hair on fire about Marek's. Everyone knows it's ubiquitous (read: "it's everywhere") and the window for infection is when birds are still chicks. Presumably all the birds at show will have already been exposed to Marek's if they are at all exposed to the wild...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    I 've been in grad school Joe (yes, another degree, go figure)
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Congratulations Joe!
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Have a care Joe, absolutism is the position taken by the inflexible and irrational. Your arguments are not in line with the basic dogmas of genetics and the fluidity of genetic expression in the setting of envirionment. Cost of feed really doesn't enter the discussion here. If you would like to...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Quote: I couldn't agree more with starting with good "broodstock". I think you may be in error in thinking that the feed is an attempt to extend development beyond what is there genetically. If the potential is not there genetically, it can't be recovered through feed. Think of genetics and...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Cluck, there's differing opinions among posters on the percentage of protein that is best for growing chicks. My inquiries to the Poultry Science departments of the Universities of Arkansas and Auburn have assured me that there is no threat of organ damage in Buckeyes with the higher protein...
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Is any one else out there pullet heavy in their hatches this year? Usually things even out to a 50/50 or close to it for hatches at our place. Got a really heavy cockerel year about 4 years ago that was close to 70/30 ratio, same thing this year but with the pullets. Thoughts?
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    The Buckeye Thread

    Oh, they weighed between 5 and 6 pounds, about the same size as Joe's birds at the same age.
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