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    Deeply ridged eggshell

    My cinnamon hybrid production layer started laying 13 months ago and has probably laid 300 eggs. She had a few shell-less eggs last week. I increased the availability to oyster shell. Now her eggs have large ridges all over the egg. 2 in 2 days. Is it an overdose of calcium or does she have...
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    Source for large Cornish in Southeast PA / NJ / DE

    Well, hello! Fancy meeting you here. We'd like to try them for meat birds and want to start in the spring to give them as much time to develop as necessary (not knowing what it will take to get them to the size we are looking for). Would like to try the dark cornish just for looks! I've also...
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    Source for large Cornish in Southeast PA / NJ / DE

    Hi! I am trying to find a breeder somewhere in Southeast PA / South Jersey / Delaware that has/will have large Cornish chicks or hatching eggs for the spring. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
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    Dark Cornish st run near Philadelphia PA

    I am interested in buying up to a dozen dark cornish chicks. If nothing is available now I would be interested again in early spring. These are to be raised as meat birds. I live just outside Philadelphia PA. Thanks - Nancy
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    Help! Freedom Ranger Leg Problems

    Thanks - that's exactly what I was looking for. I'll head out to Tractor Supply this weekend for vitamins and I have a lower protein mash I'll get ready for them in a few weeks. I got mine at JM too. From what I've seen they are the only folks selling the Freedom Rangers.
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    Help! Freedom Ranger Leg Problems

    I have a dozen 3-week old Freedom Rangers. They've been fine until last week when one girl wasn't able to walk. I isolated her and, after searching BYC forum, added a B vitamin complex to her drinking water. After a week she is back to walking again. She was always fine with eating, drinking and...
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    Freedom Ranger parents

    Quote: I did a google search and you're right. I'm surprised. I'm lucky enough to live about an hour from JM so was able to pick up my brood. I did find this interesting post from a year ago: http://www.projectopus.com/node/76611 He mentions Moyers K-22 red broilers (they are also close by...
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    Freedom Ranger parents

    Quote: Sounds interesting. Can you get your two flocks from different hatcheries? That way you will have two different genetic lines to begin with.
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    how much do you charge for your eggs?

    $4 a dozen outside Philadelphia, PA. I sell every egg. At our Whole Foods they are ~$5.50/doz
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    Distended crop, water pouring from mouth, 20 month old hen

    Question from a friend of mine: Yesterday evening one of my 20 month old hens became really ill and I have never seen anything like this nor could I find any info on it in my books. Has anyone heard of this: Yesterday evening I noticed she was wet around the mouth and down her front feathers...
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    Store-bought Free-Range Eggs are developing!

    So? I'm so curious - any peeps yet?
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    Broody hen hatched 3 chicks - now what?

    Fabulous! Thanks so much keljonma. What a great looking Jersey Giant you have there. I can't believe how big the babies are and she's still taking them under her wing. Chick Food - check Water - check Isolation from the other hens - check Sunshine - check Faith in mama - check And yes, that is...
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    Broody hen hatched 3 chicks - now what?

    Thanks! That answers #3. Any other takers out there?
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    Broody hen hatched 3 chicks - now what?

    After 7 weeks of being broody and sitting on wooden eggs, I figured the only way to get my Buff Orpington to stop being broody was to let her hatch some eggs. I got four eggs from a friend and three of them hatched yesterday. We had already moved her from the coop to a brooder pen the day...
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    fever, rapid breathing, hasn't eaten for a day, loose poo

    I'll let you know what bacteria the sample from the vet comes back with. She said the normal temp is ~105. Her temp tonight is 107.7 and she's still awfully hot but she did eat a bit of banana and applesauce and yogurt and some watery bread, so I'm feeling encouraged. Not sure it's the heat -...
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