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    Do I need insulation?

    Howdy, To be sure, some folks can take "chicken comfort" too far, on occasion. We live in SW Michigan and just wintered two chickens in a 4x8 chicken tractor. I placed it on the East wall of a garage, to block the prevailing winds. On the N and S (short) ends of the tractor (which is made of...
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    wanted laying bird northwest indiana

    Check out th e Auction in N. Liberty. I want to say it is held every Monday or Tuesday. I've only been there once, and it was last year, but you could have easily walked away with 10 layers. I paid $5 for my Barred Rock rooster, and that was the most that any bird went for.
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    What have I got here?

    Any guesses on male or female? Should have been a pullet, but I believe someone else above was thinking cockerel.
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    What have I got here?

    Okay, here are a couple more in case it helps. Legs: Head shot: Thanks!
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    Rhode Isl Red Pair /Buff Orpington Cockerels for sale/ Ext N. Ga

    I would take all three in a second if you could ship them...
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    Worried about slaughtering...

    Perhaps not as quick as hanging them and doing multiple birds at once, but I'll give you folks the "third world" method. Learned it in Madagascar, it's simple, and it works. Left foot on legs. Right foot on wing tips. Knife in left hand, chicken head in right hand. Slit throat, and let it...
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    got my chicks today.. and now they are dead.. GRAPHIC PICTURES

    Sorry to hear about the chicks, but as someone said - snakes are necessary, and they'll do what they do. Chalk it up to a lesson learned and don't beat yourself up over it. And for what its worth, that sure looks like someone's escaped pet Boa Constrictor or Ball Python. Tough to tell by the...
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    What have I got here?

    Quote: Might just be a deceiving pic, but I could be wrong. What exactly are you looking for in a better head shot? Pretty tough to get good ones... Also, I saw another photo from a gal with a bunch of Easter Eggers that looked pretty similar. Thoughts?
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    age to process a chicken

    Greyfields, Not to hijack this, but what is the consensus on using White Rocks or White Cornish as meat birds? I'm aware of the downsides as compared to using Cornish Crosses, but I am about to take my first batch of 25 CC's this summer on for processing and have been swearing that I won't do...
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    What have I got here?

    Oops, sorry. Roughly 6 or 7 weeks.
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    What have I got here?

    Oops. Double post...
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    What have I got here?

    Okay folks. I'm raising a mixed bag of girls that I had shipped from Mt. Healthy earlier this year, and I've got one oddball that I just can't identify. What do you think? And one of my Barred Rock rooster just for giggles. His girlfriend, a Silver laced Wyandotte, is currently sitting...
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