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    Red Rangers

    I'm horrible about getting online.. so I am sorry for not getting the info out on the red rangers I raised. I'll give you a quick and short break down of how things went. I raised 50 straight run, they did well free range with minimal issues with only a few having abnormal foot growth. they...
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    Black CopperMarans Roo with Golden Laced Wyandotte Cross

    Suskm, Sorry for the late reply... This time of year keeps me very busy between animals and planting.. The cross produces some beautiful birds, (sorry, no pics yet).. Size seems to be about average, about the size of a normal rock. The one cross that I produced was a buff orpington with a...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    A Red-tail got one of my barred rocks several months back, and coons claimed four of them last year... Hawks are hard to manage, but the coons I trapped, and then put electric fence up all thru the coop, top to bottom, also put a radio in the main barn and left it on 24/7... since then... no...
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    Black CopperMarans Roo with Golden Laced Wyandotte Cross

    Actually, they hatched out quite well. I still need to take some pics.. Sorry.. Interestingly, on some the wyandotte gene was more prevelent and like wise with the marans... looking forward to seeing how they look after about 4 months. The darker colored birds on my avatar are some of...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Yep. 75 are broilers, not CX though. I have Red Rangers and some Barred Rocks for my dual purpose meeties. The others are what I incubated and the hens will go back into the layer flock with the roos being extra meeties. i've hurd the Turken are really good meat birds, so I'm curious to how...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Wow, you really have your hands full.. I love it.... I'll most likely load mine back up in about two weeks.. I have almost a hundred in the brooder right now so when I move them to the brood/coop in the main barn I'll set the others. Fowl madness I tell you. LOL Good luck on the...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Awesome... They are incredibly cute.. congrats.
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    How do you do it??

    Very well put... I think its great that you involve your children as well. I do the same with my children, as much as they love having all the animals around they know there purpose and how well they were cared for. We also hunt,and they help butcher the deer, turkey, rabbit, squirrel and the...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Glad to hear your chicks are healthy... of the 21 I had, three never hatched lost two chick and 16 are healthy as can be. The other 77 are doing quite well also.. :)
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    It's just with the younger pullets I believe there may be more issues, most all the others hatched just fine. I was just very selective with the eggs i pulled from the pullet coop, not to small, not to big, most right in the midsize range with good shape and no hair line cracks. My older ones...
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    Duck Breeds

    I'm looking for egg production.. I have a ton of chickens so they manage the bug control.. thanks again folks for the replies.
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    She was a pullet egg, didn't know how well they would do.. I only set 8 pullets eggs to start with the rest were from my1 year olds.. It stinks but overall a really good hatch... The other 77 are broiler chickens, have freezer's to fill.. having said that, they are still danged cute. :)
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    Duck Breeds

    Fantastic, thanks for the great information... I'm lending to eggs, not so much meat production like yourself. I'll check it out, thanks again.
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    Duck Breeds

    Awesome, thanks for the info.
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    Duck Breeds

    Got a question.... I'm wanting to raise some ducks, which I haven't done since living on the farm a kid. Wondering what is a really good laying duck breed.. I have at the moment 126 chickens so whats a dozen ducks to add to the fowl operation.. :) I have plenty of space, being I have my...
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