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    Best BANTAM breeds for egg laying?

    I've been doing some reading and keep coming across the "bantam easter eggers". What exactly are they? They are talked about like they are a breed, but in large fowl, easter eggers are just various crosses that produce different colored eggs. What kind of bantam breeds would be crossed to...
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    Best BANTAM breeds for egg laying?

    Hopefully this is the right sub-forum for this. With feed and bedding prices going through the roof, I would like to go in the direction of bantam breeds instead of full-sized fowl. I enjoy having the chickens around and enjoy "interesting" chickens rather than the typical plain white or red...
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    Cornish crossed with other breeds

    I'm not actually trying to re-create the Meat King, as I actually really don't like them. Just curious as to what other people's experiences have been. The orpington/marans crosses were a good size at 16 weeks but have proven very difficult to determine the gender at that age, so I haven't...
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    Oh peas, yes. Thanks for reminding me. I definitely need to add those to my list.
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    Yes, the chickens do definitely get some tomatoes in the summer.
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    These are smaller, less mature turnips and I feed them fresh out of the ground so they are probably more tender than the kind that are fully mature and cured for winter storage. I think if I had extra large winter turnips I'd probably boil them up in a pot before feeding, as they might be too...
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    There's just one of me, and I don't eat things like turnip and squash so there are no scraps for them lol. I don't really produce much in the way of kitchen scraps, which is why I grow things specifically for them.
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    Weird things only poultry people get.

    Had a frustrating conversation with my older brother when I was a teenager about chicken reproduction. He was absolutely sure, despite having no actual interest in chicken keeping, that roosters aren't required for chickens to reproduce. He knew this because a girlfriend's father was a chicken...
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    If I managed to grow any watermelons I can guarantee you the chickens wouldn't be getting near them x'D
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    Home-Grown Chicken Feed Supplements

    This year I grew a few pumpkins and some turnips as supplemental feed for the chickens and rabbits. They have enjoyed both but the turnips especially have been enjoyed, both the roots and greens. They also enjoyed some cucumbers I grew this summer that turned out to be for pickling and thus...
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    Winter weather is on the way, water heaters in the coop?

    I use a large heated dog bowl. I bought two different kinds, and my advice for anyone who is considering buying one is to make sure you get one that does NOT have an on/off switch. So far, my chickens and rabbits have never failed to step on the on/off switch so that the bowl is ALWAYS turned...
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    Cornish crossed with other breeds

    Everyone knows about the iconic Cornish x Plymouth Rock, aka Cornish X or Meat King. But has anyone tried different Cornish crosses? I have a group of white Cornish that I plan to breed for meat birds, but I also have a group of Orpington/Marans crosses that I plan to breed for dual purpose...
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