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    Starter food for chicks then beyond

    From what I've seen that seems to be by far the easiest. I like simple.
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    Starter food for chicks then beyond

    Sounds good. We were planning on butchering our meat birds by fall anyway to keep our flocks down over the winter.
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    Starter food for chicks then beyond

    Yeah I kind of thought so. Buying them was a last minute decision mostly from my husband haha. So we just gave them what we have on hand. So could the chickens be raised on one type of feed their whole lives? And then just add oyster shell as needed for laying hens?
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    Starter food for chicks then beyond

    So we just purchased some chickens (a few different kinds, Cornish cross, a few layer varieties) and they are almost 2 weeks old from my best guess. 25 meat birds (mix of Cornish cross and rudd ranger), then 15 of a mix of australorp, speckled Sussex and buff Orrington. My idea is that with the...
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    Introduction, new quail owner

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not brand new (we raised lots of chickens and turkeys growing up but I haven't as an adult on my own). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? No chickens yet, just got 10 female and 2 male coturnix quail yesterday! (3) What...
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