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    Cabelas Plucker

    Ok I bought this last weekend and was going to use it today for my CornishX... Should I just return it instead or does anyone think that it will at least be better than doing it by hand? Won't work at all? I hate hand plucking! and I have about 25 birds left to go... edit: actually I got the...
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    UPDATED w/ link to Video - Our 1st Butchering Experience

    Put the information in the 1st post so deleting this one...
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    UPDATED w/ link to Video - Our 1st Butchering Experience

    Ok so we did it. Yesterday the kids and I did three birds. I did the actual killing of the 1st one and my 13yr old son who has never done anything like this before did the other two. I am proud of him... My daughter helped gut the last one (without prompting.. she was bugging me to do it so I...
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    UPDATED PHOTOS- My 1st Post- My Chicks & Identification help needed.

    Quote: There should only be one Black Giant (unless they shipped me the wrong ones). At least it's good that I have one of them either #9 or #4.
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    UPDATED PHOTOS- My 1st Post- My Chicks & Identification help needed.

    Hello everyone.. thank you for your replies thus far. I appreciate it. Work has been busy so I haven't been able to check in as much. So here are some updated photos. I can't belive how much they have feathered out in a week. Anyone want to keep guessing? Here were the choices: The choices...
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    Any Ways to Tell if a Chick is a Roo?-Pics Added

    I am by far from any expert (still need help myself) but here are a few links that my help you depending what kind of chicks you have... you may have the kind that can be color sexed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_sexing...
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    How to wear out the babies...

    Would it be ok to save that photo and use it as a background on my desktop? It's adorable!
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    UPDATED PHOTOS- My 1st Post- My Chicks & Identification help needed.

    Quote: Thank you so much... I am still trying to figure out exactly what chick I lost.. is a White Orpington a buff color as a chick? Anyway, Thanks again for your time... I am at least excited to be able to tell some more of them apart...
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    UPDATED PHOTOS- My 1st Post- My Chicks & Identification help needed.

    Quote: Thanks... just so everyone doesn't think I'm neglectful they were only up there on the cardboard on top of the cage long enough for me to snap those pictures. Inside their cage is nice pine shavings. The cardboard is to keep my cat from reaching his paws through the top to play with...
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    UPDATED PHOTOS- My 1st Post- My Chicks & Identification help needed.

    (UPDATED PHOTOS ON POST ON PAGE 2) Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I've been reading here for over a week and this seems like a nice active & friendly type of board. I was posting on another forum but their poultry section isn't that active and I seem to have "thread killer syndrome" (you...
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