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    Anyone raise Chickens for eggs AND meat on 2 acres or less?

    8 weeks does not equate to 3-4 months. also, perhaps i'm just used to thicker pastures out here in oregon. don't matter none, the op ain't after that many at one time anyway.
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    Anyone raise Chickens for eggs AND meat on 2 acres or less?

    oh, I forgot to add, sheep don't need much extra feed other than pasture and water. lambs go for around $75 or more apiece. that's extra money for the feed bill.
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    Anyone raise Chickens for eggs AND meat on 2 acres or less?

    well, there's 43,560 square ft per acre. So 43 sq ft per bird for 8 or so weeks ain't bad. the sheep can have it for the other 44 weeks of the year. point is, 1 acre can support a heckofa lot of birds, with some left over.
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    Anyone raise Chickens for eggs AND meat on 2 acres or less?

    shouldn't be much of a problem raising around a thousand chickens per acre. Personally though, I think I'd throw some (hair) sheep in with the chickens to help with the feed cost.
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    Oregon

    hello all, I just got 15 free cornish cross chicks at wilco in O.C. I had to buy 3 50# bags of feed at $19 a bag to get the free chicks. 5 free chicks per person, 10 free chicks per family. I took the neighbor girl with us to get the extra 5. we'll see how it all works out. Mike
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    Breeding for sex-link chickens.

    There's a lengthy thread on this subject. To find it, go to the top of the main Breed, Genetics, & Showing page. At the top, look for "notable threads" link. Click on it, find the sex-link link. You'll find lots of information there
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    How many of you FULLY Free Range your Cornish X Meaties? Tractors do not count.

    aoxa, Are you planning to hatch out any of big Bertha's eggs? Bertha was one of your smaller pullets during the grow out, is that right? Thanks Mike
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    Cornish X - Laying like a champ!

    Hello aoxa, I love hearing about cornish cross projects. I'm curious, do you know which brand-name Big Bertha came from? cobb 500? or whatever? Thanks mike
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    Oregon

    Never mind. I just went anyway. For some reason I didn't see any road island reds. lots of other breeds though. Seen a columbian rock poulet that was just gorgeous. Nothing on the for sale side tempted me enough to spend my money. I stopped on the way home and bought 5 day old sexlinks...
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    Oregon

    Anyone know what time the show in Clark co. opens and closes?
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    Oregon

    Thank you Leslie, I'll be needing 200lbs of feed for em anyway, so maybe that would work out good for me. Any idea what month the classify as spring?
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    Oregon

    Hello Oregon, I was contemplating my chickens for next spring, and was wanting to ask a few questions of the folks here at large. Is there a store around SE Port, Oregon city or someplace that sells cornishX in batches of 10? Years ago there was a farm store on beavercreek rd close to less...
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    Oregon

    Quote: Oh man, I love brookings. If I ever grow up and become rich, I would like to live there. Welcome, from portland.
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    silkies due today!!!!

    Hello, Very sorry about your loss. One possible explanation might be a neighbor or someone fell in love with them and took them home? That's happened to my sister in the past. Just a thought. Mike
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    Oregon

    Yay, I got my first quail egg today. The hen turned 37 days old today. I started with 7, one died early on, out of the 6 that were left, there were 3 boys, and 3 girls. One of the girls died three days ago on friday, due to being scalped. 2 girls left and 3 boys. Oh, and 25 cot jumbo eggs in...
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