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    Ventalation

    Jack, is that your coop in your avatar??? It doesn't look wide open to me...just saying...
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    Preening?

    Thanks!!! I was worried they were fighting or something. They seem to be happy and healthy over all.
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    Another couple of questions about the process of processing...

    I just processed our first 25 CX over the last few weeks. After plucking, they went into the ice bath for an hour or so, then were rinsed and bagged. We never had a big problem with the birds being so stiff we couldn't bag them. The biggest problem was the larger birds simply not fitting into...
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    Preening?

    Here they are:
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    Two CX questions...

    No, I left them on the 24% starter the entire time.
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    Two CX questions...

    I figured out the problem. I bought a new garden hose so it would reach the processing area. I used that hose to fill the cooler with ice water and also to clean and rinse the birds. I checked the water coming out of the hose, and it was NASTY! That's where the chemically, gamey aweful taste and...
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    Wondering if these really are Cornish Rock Crosses

    I don't know much about chickens yet. This is our first year. But, we have 6 Amberlinks from TSC that look identical to yours. When you bought them you should have received health papers. The papers should list all of the breeds they received in that shipment. You should be able to determine...
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    Two CX questions...

    No, the Dumor is not medicated. Since it was very unlikely the chicks would ever be exposed to cocci, I didn't see the need to subject them to amprolium.
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    Two CX questions...

    They were fed Dumor 24% chick starter.
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    Two CX questions...

    Yes, the oil gland was completely removed. In fact, on the bird in question, the entire tail was removed.
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    Two CX questions...

    I processed the first of our CX flock on Saturday. There were five roosters in the group of nine. Each weighed seven pounds and were seven weeks old. The processing went very well. I made a killing cone and it worked perfectly. I kept the five roos calm in a large crate covered with a...
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    Sick meat chicks, need fast advice

    When I checked on the chicks this morning, everything seemed fine. When I got home from work, the DW informed me that one of the younger meat chicks had died. She also said that one was congested. I immediately went to the coop and checked on them. One of the chicks is indeed congested and...
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    Brooder question

    Thanks for the confirmation. They won't be free ranging because it's just too cold. The stinky aspect isn't the problem. They are in the barn. They are in a smaller (2' x 4') brooder with 15 layers. It's just way too crowded and I'm afraid someone's going to get hurt. At 12 days old they are...
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    Brooder question

    I'm moving the cornish X out to the coop where I am building a larger brooder for them. Will I have to put a wire cover on it? The brooder will be 24" high. They are getting so chubby now that I doubt they could fly very high, but I want to be sure. I don't want to just turn them loose in the...
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    We got our chicks

    JB and I have our new chicks. We got them on 3/14 when they were 5 days old. Currently we have 24 chicks: 9 Cornish X, 6 Black Australorps, 3 Red Sexlink, and 6 Amberlinks. We had 10 Cornish X and 4 Red Sexlinks but I accidentally killed one of the sexlinks under the waterer. (yeah, I know. How...
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