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    Hey, all you lurkers! (I mean YOU!) Register and talk to us! - 2026 Edition

    interesting looking at what the guests are viewing
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    Hey, all you lurkers! (I mean YOU!) Register and talk to us! - 2026 Edition

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    Stuff to Put Inside Nesting Boxes? They Keep Pushing the Bedding Out :(

    Personally i have a larger lip and use wood shavings, the hens make their nests in them and dont kick it out. If you cant get a lip have you tried nesting pads? Im looking at getting some of the high quality reusable ones at the moment for the chicken tractor im building.
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    Growing Australorps to eat

    thank you thats similar to what i was thinking. they are already bigger than many fully grown hens
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    Growing Australorps to eat

    These roosters started to crow at 11 weeks. They are in with 6 hens (4 roosters) the group was raised together. I am going to eat my two excess roosters. They kind of fight but it doesnt seem to be as unfriendly as the fights that i have seen in the past. More like they raise the feathers on the...
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    Growing Australorps to eat

    Hey everyone. These are cockerals 13 weeks as I said. I want them to have a pretty decent carcass weight just for roasting. Not to concerned about much else. They are in a chicken tractor. I want a slightly lighter flavour (not a strong testosterone flavour) and a nice tenderness.
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    yeah ive heard that every breed is different and every bird in the breed is different. i did believe that RIR 2 ('she' is called pumpkin) was a girl. thanks for your help. what breeds do you have/raise?
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    ok thank you. would you expect it to be easier to see if male or female earlier that that with these fast growing breeds or would it be harder due to more even growth? It was extremely obvious which were roosters or females at 8 weeks in the Australorps.
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    Growing Australorps to eat

    Hey guys, im raising 5 black australorps and 5 splash australorps. i have 2 excess roosters (1 splash and 1 black). They are currently 13 weeks so obviously not ready to eat yet. But i know that roosters mature much earlier than hens and was wondering at what age should i harvest them? They are...
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    no im aware. my 13 week old Australorps started to crow at 11 weeks. What i mean by behaviour is social dominance, pecking at others and raising their neck in a way that my Australorp roosters did. I kept track of the roosters in that group by elastic bands and all of them became roosters.
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    thanks. this is very suprising to me but thanks. i will update next week to see if there is any changes. only leghorn 1.1 is showing active rooster hehaviour though?
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    there are only 5 birds. bird 1.2 or whatever means which bird it was
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    Sexing help - 6 week old White Leghorns and RIR x Isa Browns

    Hey guys, Im looking for help sexing two 6 week old white leghorn chicks. I have no experience with white leghorns, and they both look very similar in terms of their combs and wattles, however one of them is showing skittish/rooster behavior (which i know is very common in leghorns as they can...
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    The Moonshiner's Bootleg Incubator Reviews And Discussions

    thank you. i might check it out
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    The Moonshiner's Bootleg Incubator Reviews And Discussions

    its $240 in australian dollars. closer to 150 in american dollars its an aussie made incubator that i thought had some cool features such as switching from frenheight to celcius which i havent seen before but there most likely is in other incubators.
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