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    Which girls are which?

    Yes Mrs K that is about it. Like I said there will be cornish crosses during that time too. A friend of mine worked in a butcher shop in high school and had meat birds through grade school and high school and will be helping with the butchering. I agree completely with these **** addicting...
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    Which girls are which?

    Me being more of the "pound per dollar" type and my wife being of the "pound of what?" type, smaller is probably the route we will take. I don't see that there will be an issue in any culling, these are animals that provide food just like deer, fish and wild turkey. I don't see any emotional...
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    Which girls are which?

    Electronet? No I haven't, could I make up for lack of space with free ranging?
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    Which girls are which?

    The tractor would be moved every day. I shouldn't get a replacement rooster from who I first got the birds from then I take it. Is ordering from one of the big places on the internet the best way to make sure I get new blood? And is 1 rooster enough for 15 birds?
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    Which girls are which?

    In the 100 sq ft tractor how many 16 week old birds would fill it up?
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    Which girls are which?

    Wow that's a lot of good information, thank you. Since that answers my first 2 questions I will let you all know what my plan is and maybe someone can tell me if it sounds right. I hope to eventually have my own incubator with a barred rock rooster already in the coop for some pure br eggs. I'd...
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    Which girls are which?

    Wow that was easy. I don't suppose you would know about selective breeding or culling...
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    Which girls are which?

    Forgive my ignorance, where do I get those?
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    Which girls are which?

    What kind of legbands? I take it they are marked somehow and don't get in the way of normal chicken goin-ons?
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    Which girls are which?

    I will have had chickens for 3 years this coming may. The original coop is 6x10' walled with a concrete floor, that being part of a covered 12x20' fenced area for days they don't get to free range (1or 2 days a week max). Btw there are 22 girls with a cochin roo that stays as far away from me as...
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    Need how-to advice

    I guess I didn't think of it that way. One broody hen sitting on a dozen mixed breed eggs when she wants doesn't sound like a very promising way of keeping a yard full of chickens. Thanks for the input, guess I'll look into an incubator setup
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    Need how-to advice

    Wow. Just skimming over it that seems like a lot to consider. Is it widely accepted that letting a hen sit on them doesn't work anymore? One of my earliest memories of my grandpa was us at his little hobby farm he bought when he retired. I got to "help" him take care of a few animals which was...
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    Need how-to advice

    I'm interested in hatching chicks from eggs my girls lay. Is this something I can do? I'm new to all this (hence the name) but want to be able to raise new from the old. I have time and space, what do I need to do to have more full grown birds?
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    pic heavy bantam I.d.

    I bought these banties from orschelns, they are close to 2 months old. I believe there to be 2 different breeds, with the larger (ha) birds split between cockrels and pullets. The smaller girl almost looks like a starling and the bigger ones all have hairy feet. By the way those baby roos seem...
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    eggs!

    Fresh eggs! I have 14 reds and 4 easter eggers and only 4 guineas now that the dog is under control and they have started laying. The chickens were born at the first of june and the guineas the second week of july and I believe each breed has given eggs. There has been maybe a dozen from the...
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