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    Starting our new tiny poultry farm.

    Thanks for the compliment. And I'm glad I joined too. BYC really softens the learning curve and a 17 year old kid at our local farm supply that knows an insane amount about chicken farming for his age.
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    Starting our new tiny poultry farm.

    So we finally did it. we got our small flock of chickens. 6 years ago my wife and I had some serious talks about getting chickens but about that time we relocated and had to move into a rental and that lasted an unexpected 5 years. Last summer we finally bought our dream home and spent all last...
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    Managing a meat and egg flock

    Thanks for all the info everyone. You all gave a lot of good info and I appreciate it. If anyone else has some personal experience please post. I will reference this post as this new endeavor unfolds. There is so much information to consider here that I think my solution is trial by fire while...
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    Managing a meat and egg flock

    I appreciate the responses so far. I guess a few more details would help. first off i have noticed that people who manage dual purpose flocks for the most part follow the natural life cycle and either hatch their own chicks or just let a broody hen raise new chicks. this leads to butchering the...
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    Managing a meat and egg flock

    Sorry duplicate post
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    Managing a meat and egg flock

    I have searched this topic and related topics extensively and I would just like feedback or direct me to an article or existing thread. This is the story. My wife and I are excited after many years to start our own flock but we have wanted to do both meat and egg producers. The model we have...
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