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    anyone use a poultry plucker to process their birds?

    We've followed Herrick's instructions on scalding and processing and it's worked out very well. If you have the plucker...you can scald 3 chickens at a time and then just drop them right into the plucker. The smell really isn't that bad because you're not having to deal with it very long. We...
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    Greetings from Black Forest, Colorado

    Hi Kim! I'm also in Black Forest. Where do you live? I have about 30 layers and just ordered half of my meatbird order for March (30 cornish roasters) and 22 turkeys. Welcome to chickens! Cheryl
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    anyone use a poultry plucker to process their birds?

    My son and I built the whiz bang chicken plucker with the instructions from Herrick Kimbal's (Deliberate Agrarian) website. We absolutely love it. We also built a six cone killing area, scalding equipment, and set up a utility sink with two countertop spaces in my barn. We process up to 50...
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    Is this an Ameracauna or what is it.

    Yep!
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    Looks Like A Seagull.... MYSTERY PULLET

    I have a couple six week old chicks that look very much like that one. I tried to figure out what they were...and decided they are Delawares! This is a photo of a Delaware from another website:
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    Is this an Ameracauna or what is it.

    That's an araucana/americauna. They don't all have ear tufts. (Especially if they're actually Easter Eggers) I have two hens that look identical, neither have tufts, one lays brown eggs...one lays beautiful green eggs!
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    What breed?

    Here's a photo of what I think is a barred rock chick....
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    What breed?

    I have some barred rocks in the group. They are a lighter feather color and definitely have yellow legs and beaks. Could these be very dark cuckoo marans?
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    What breed?

    These are six week old chicks from McMurray. I have Cuckoo Marans and Barred Rocks in the group, but these are much darker!
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