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    question about 4 week Cornish X and heart attack?

    Cornish X's really have it hard. Its best to butcher them in the 30-45 day range before they start to suffer. Their organs, particularly heart and lungs grow at the same rate as normal chicks, but their muscles and bones are growing so large that its a huge strain. The other problems they...
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    Pucker Butt lol

    Thats what "buttholes" do. The less technical term that a Veterinarians use is "winking". The sphincter muscle of the Cloaca is constantly contracting as fecal matter moves through the large intestine. The muscle is constantly active and moving and your Veterinarian may check for the winking...
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    what would you recoomend feeding roos for butchering?

    About 2 weeks before we butcher our roos I separate them from the others and stop feeding any standard commercial feed. I feed them organic fruits and vegetables and organic sweetened oats and grains.(No corn at all since there is far too much corn in our systems already) I also give them...
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    Help!! Silver Grey Dorking chicky problems, i am loosing my mind.

    I have ordered Silver Grey Dorking chicks twice from the hatchery. Both times all of the Dorkings died. Some died the first day, others died within 4 days after. All of them were perky and happy on arrival and up until the hour when they would suddenly crash and die. All of the other Chicks that...
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    Need advice from a pro chicken killing hero

    We recently butchered our first chicken. The flavor of the meat was superior to anything factory farmed store bought but the meat came out very tough, too tough to eat. It wasnt just the legs either, the texture of wings and breast were just as tough. We are hoping to find out why this is before...
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