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    Looking for Cornish Game Chickens

    Have you tried looking up registered breeders on the livestock conservancy website? That might be able to help you find the quality you're after.
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    Sustainable meat chicken dual purpose choice

    I love my Bielefelder hen. She's a calm, large, fair layer, friendly but not cuddly bird. She has given me large robust boys that grew quickly and where pretty meaty, yielded 4.5lbs-5.5lbs dressed at around 6 months of age. I thought they did pretty good considering their sire was my Sicilian...
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    Yes! I only use it topically, I don't let my birds drink alcohol! Sorry for the confusion. :)
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    So processed most of my capons. Kept three, a Black Copper Maran, Sicilian Buttercup, and an Egyptian Fayoumi x Speckled Sussex. Hoping to use them as surrogates next summer. "Orville" Egyptian Fayoumi X Speckled Sussex Capon DOB 04/16/25 "Stefano" Sicilian Buttercup Capon DOB 04/12/25 The...
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    Yeah that won't work
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    I'm located between Newport and Waldport Oregon. My work schedule fluctuates but I'm sure we can find a day that would work for both of us. Yeah they love to eat and then lay down in the shade/sun :) . Haven't tried the surrogate fathering yet, my oldest capons are around 4-5 months of age. I...
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    These are the rest of my capons
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    Ozzy is the black copper maran
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    It wasn't easy, this is my first year in on trying to caponize birds. During my first caponizing surgery I was so anxious and my adopted grandma made me finish she said "You got this bird opened up, if he dies during the procedure then he dies as a capon or die as a rooster if you chicken out!"...
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    I caponize my birds at 6-8 weeks of age. In preparation to caponize I fast my birds for 24 hours in a wire rabbit cage with only water accessible and I try to remove any feathers over their ribs that'll be in the way. I use a large board with four screws drilled in, I restrain their wings and...
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    Anyone Ever Use Capons To Raise Chicks?

    An update, sold the Sicilian Buttercup cockerels before I could caponize them. However, I have recently caponized 15 cockerels of various ages. They are mostly barnyard mixes. I'll try to post results as they come. Birds probably won't be ready before winter so might wait until spring to offer...
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    Disappointed with Bielefelders

    What feed do you use?
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    Disappointed with Bielefelders

    Does anyone have bielefelders directly from Greenfire Farms? I heard they were the first imports of the breed into the US. Maybe they have better quality?
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    Introduction - The Silkie Lab (Danielle)

    Loulusea Can you show us Pictures?
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    Introduction - The Silkie Lab (Danielle)

    Well time will tell. Like I said earlier, I have silkie x easter egger mixes and they've produced a few silkies but most of them lack the vaulted skulls, and don't have fully feathered legs. My understanding is paint is a mix of black and dominant white. In my area dominant white silkies are...
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