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    Want Heritage Chicken 's that are good for meat, help?

    One breed I haven't seen mentioned is the Delaware; a dual-purpose (formerly broiler cross) quite-rare heritage breed. Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste includes the following breeds: Buckeye, Delaware (it notes "rapid growth". Generally, the aim for heritage meat birds is slow growth, so I'm not...
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    Comprehensive list of poisonous plants and trees

    I don't the the tannin in acorns would end up being that much of a problem. Chickens can take tannin a bit better than humans can—squirrels and many birds eat acorns just fine, after all—and a cursory Google search shows that while adding tannic acid in a scientific manner to the diet of a...
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    Color, egg, breed?

    EEs are defined as any chicken that has some form of the blue egg gene, but doesn't fit an APA standard... so EEs could potentially lay pretty much any color of blue or green.
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    Who's laying and who's not?

    I've heard of a few ways from this site... one was put food colorings up/around their vents (it'll stick to the eggs)... the other involved this rather complex one-way door on the nesting boxes. Less certain ways: ones that are laying will have less coloration in their combs and legs. This is...
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    ckicken pics

    Those appear to be the Sicilian Buttercups mentioned in the sig.
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    White leghorn hen from commercial poultry house

    If it is indeed a broiler chicken (Cornish Rock, etc.) its going to have a rather short lifespan (meat chickens are slaughtered at 21 weeks for conventional chickens and 6 weeks (!) or so for fast-growing broilers like the Cornish Rock). Cornish Rocks in particular are known for being entirely...
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    When to move onto layer feed?

    Layer feed is generally fed from week 20 on. The main reason for the switch is the increased minerals (calcium, mostly) that egglaying consumes. It's useless (and in fact, somewhat harmful) to feed layer before they start laying.
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    how can I stop hens pooping in there nesting box

    Are they pooping in the box? I would imagine that it wouldn't be much of a problem unless they sleep in there.
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    How Many Chicken Owners Live in Urban Neighborhoods?

    Quite suburban here. The only loud noise is the egg song. I would agree that its about the level of a loud crow.
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    Clipping wings ???

    Well, what it does is make it so that when they flap their wings, they get out of balance. Soon they get discouraged and stop trying to fly. I too have a leghorn that I had to clip... seems to have worked. I think she might still have the ability to hop our 4ft fence if she wanted too, but she...
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    Clipping wings ???

    Yes.
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    Clipping wings ???

    First things first, clipping in the context of backyard chickens usually means cutting the largest main flight feathers about 1/2 of the way down on one side. This makes the bird unbalanced when it tries to fly (it usually can still jump around considerably, but it won't be able to fly very...
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    australorp vs. plymouth rock egglaying?

    Yes, a Black Australorp holds the world record for egg laying: 364 eggs in 365 days. However, his has never been repeated and is most definitely not typical for the breed. Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart says that they lay roughly the same. It also goes on to note that laying frequency is only...
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    Delaware? White Leghorn? something else?

    Hmm.. well. These are what they are supposed to be: #1: RIR, #2: Delaware. Opinions?
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    Delaware? White Leghorn? something else?

    edit: The consensus is that #1 is an RIR, but what about #2? I'm pretty sure at this point what these are, but thought I'd make sure. To remove any chance of bias I won't say what breed/gender they are supposed to be until afterwards. (edit: posted below. #1 is supposed to be a RIR and #2 a...
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