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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I'm not familiar with HERDA, but it does sound awful. Like you said, HYPP is a genetic disease with incomplete or dominance in terms of the expression of the gene. An asymptomatic parent can have a symptomatic offspring. The primary reason that N/H horses are bred is that the gene for HYPP...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    The gene causes the condition known as HYPP----hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Actually the gene is dominant, not recessive. That said, all heterozygotes are not symptomatic. They are designated as N/N, N/H or H/H. AQHA now requires that all registered horses with any Impressive breeding...
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    Necropsy Photos. Very graphic. If you're squeamish, don't look.

    Most likely that is metastatic ovarian cancer in her liver. The more advanced the cancer, the more likely there is to be liver metastasis.
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    Bresse Chickens

    I have had both the light and the dark blue legs. I have had a few who have ended up with blue legs and feet, but with some residual light color on the toes. I always process those.
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    Bresse Chickens

    I have had chicks hatched with a little more bluish tint to their legs, and some more yellowish. They all turned blue as they got older.
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    Bresse Chickens

    I love the Bresse too. They taste delicious, and I have had capons slips up to 4 1/2 pounds dressed. I am looking forward to dressing out some full capons this year. They are not aggressive, but the roosters can be quite protective of their hens especially when they are with them in a...
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    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    When I process a bunch of older hens and/or roosters, I grind the meat coarsely, pack it in pint jars with a half-tsp of salt....no liquid....and then pressure can it. It processes in its own juices, and is great for soup, chili, chicken salad. Then I make stock with the carcasses.
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    GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

    It is recommended that the peritoneum....the membrane that is supposed to be cut open for caponizing...not be disturbed in a pullet so that scar tissue doesn't form around the ovary and oviduct, which can result in an internal layer. So if you aren't planning to try to poulardize the pullets, I...
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    GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

    I caponized some young cockerels today, and one of them was iffy so I made my initial incision on the left rather than the right. Here is what I found: The white cord in the center extending toward the right is the oviduct. The reddish structure is the kidney. The lower tip of the ovary...
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    Cornish Cross Gurgling when Breathing

    Sounds like you may have some congestive heart failure issues.....are the combs and/or wattles pale or bluish colored? If so, then that indicates low oxgen levels in the bloodstream. My experience has been that the cockerels seem to develop these symptoms sooner than the pullets. I would...
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    GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

    Are they fully feathered? And they are 6-7 weeks old? What kind of temps are you having right now?
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    Cornish X VS. dual purpose

    Yes, poulardizing involves castration of the pullet. The Chinese remove the ovary and oviduct at about 4 weeks......very small birds and high risk of bleeding even at that age. The US literature from the 1880's described a procedure that involves removing the section of oviduct closest to the...
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    Bresse Chickens

    What I meant was half the chicks are Bresse and half are Marans. I didn't get a chance to cross the two this year....maybe next year. I am keeping back a Bresse rooster and about 10 pullets from which to get about 6 breeders. I will cross them back on their parents next year. I have some...
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    Bresse Chickens

    I've hatched out about 100 chicks, half Bresse and half Marans. All but about 12 breeders are being raised for meat. Any culled roos or mature slips will be deboned, ground and pressure canned. It makes great chicken chili, chicken salad, and even stir fry. The meat is very tender that way...
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    GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

    It is easier on the little ones....another reason to caponize young if you can.....they still have more fuzz than feather. I hate pulling those big feathers, and I only do one at a time. A little squeeze and pinch of the skin around the feather.....kinda like squeezing a pimple....then pulling...
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