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    Wormer and mite and louse salve you can make at home

    I don't know about red devil lye, but red crown lye which is used for making soap is food grade. If you consider the proportions discussed in this thread the solutions are all considerably less than 1 PPT. The one mentioned for the hogs is conservatively approaching 0.1 PPT. I would think this...
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    Wormer and mite and louse salve you can make at home

    Safe levels for ingestion by humans and animals of sodium hydroxide (lye) have been studied and published in scientific literature since the early 1900s. There are food grade versions available.
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    Meat Bird+ Project: Delaware/New Hampshire/Barred Rock

    So about three weeks ago, I butchered 3 delaware cockerels I bought back in the spring - bought 6 straight run at TSC which were from Ideal Hatchery. Wound up with 4 cockerels and 2 pullets. At 18 weeks old live weights were 4.96, 5.45, and 5.98 lbs. Dressed weights were 3.49, 3.82, 4.12 lbs. I...
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    Meat Bird+ Project: Delaware/New Hampshire/Barred Rock

    thanks, I will check them out
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    Meat Bird+ Project: Delaware/New Hampshire/Barred Rock

    I'll be retiring soon and need something to obsess over. Going to try the following: small flock of hens - Delaware, New Hampshire, and Barred Rock, 4 each. Delaware and New Hampshire breeding stock will initially be from chicks or hatching eggs from heritage breeders who have been selecting...
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    FLORIDA Delaware(breed) cockerels for breeding stock or meat

    I'm over in Louisiana; couldn't possibly get to Florida for the birds. I'm raising some Delaware chicks, so I was curious about the growth/weight.
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    FLORIDA Delaware(breed) cockerels for breeding stock or meat

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    FLORIDA Delaware(breed) cockerels for breeding stock or meat

    Did you manage to sell these? what were the weights at 8, 10, and 12 weeks?
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