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    Starting with chicks

    What is the best way to deal with the roosters when they have not sold
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    Starting with chicks

    So far the rooster has blended well with them we are just not sure which eggs do we take to eat and which leave to see if they will hatch? Will the others in the flock attack the babies?
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    Starting with chicks

    Hi! We have had our hens for eggs up until now, we brought in a rooster and are interested in raising baby chicks but not sure how to go about it. How do you start if I want the hens to brood and raise them vs us incubate?
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    From Eggs to Meat

    Thank you! So the earliest is typically 12 weeks?
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    From Eggs to Meat

    ok thank you. So for multipurpose breeds at what point are they usually ready?
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    From Eggs to Meat

    Hi I have a question as I am new To raising chickens, we have been raising our multipurpose rare breed mixed flock hens for eggs for a year and now we are interested in hatching our own eggs and having some raised for meat. My questions is do we have to start over with a new breed for meat and...
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    Hi! New to the group.

    Hi my name is Caitlin Chumley. My husband and I started a small natural health business last year and a part of it was raising chickens for eggs. We started with 3 hens from a friend Dominecker and 2 white leg horns that were almost ready to lay to learn the ropes. We loved having them so much a...
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