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    Feather pecking in a mixed brooder

    no problem - I know pecking is a top issue for people and this one was surprising! Figured it was worth adding. Glad you found the info useful!
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    Feather pecking in a mixed brooder

    I wasn't sure where to post this - issues, meat birds, solutions... so I figured the moderators can move it if I did bad. Just thought I'd summarize and share a recent experience we had with attempting to brood Cornish Cross broilers, heritage red broilers and several species of egg layers in...
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    Pasture tractor - water question

    OK - I checked out the post - and those look "cool" - but I don't think the water pressure from a 5 gallon bucket on top of it will allow it to function - and plumed in water isn't an option in the pasture... nor is a 55 gallon drum to move on top of the tractor... Hasn't anyone done the...
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    Pasture tractor - water question

    In sorta following the model put forth by Joel Salatin for pasture raising broilers - I'm constructing the pen (tractor) this week... but I have come up with a question that would not be unique to any tractor design. Having the 5 gallon waterer inside the pen - obviously I want to have a...
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    Chick Jaw blood blister?

    Thats what I thought - but the other chicks all think they are tasty treats... how do I stop that - or will it just stop on it's own? They all peck at his waddle...
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    Chick Jaw blood blister?

    As you can tell by the subject - I dunno what it is... all I know is the others 34 of his best friends in the brooder love to peck at it and he's not overly fond of that... Any suggestions as to what I could do to prevent the others from pecking him... whiteout maybe? Even better - Any...
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    Cornish Rock broiler growth rate

    "FR's"? What are they? A specific Cornish Cross?
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    Cornish Rock broiler growth rate

    Quote: I'm still not getting it - How long before they are feathered out? 4 weeks? 6 weeks? And if they get "the axe" at 8 weeks - how does the tractor paradigm really work for these birds? I'm about 80 pages in "Pastured Poultry for Profits" - and there's a graph in there about heat...
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    Cornish Rock broiler growth rate

    So - for clarity - you can put these fast growing buggers "out to pasture" at 3 weeks - but need some way to have a 300' extension cord out to the tractor in the field for a heat lamp? I'm having a mental disconnect between their growth rate - the need for heat - and sticking them in a...
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    Cornish Rock broiler growth rate

    OK - I'm new and slightly confused... There's a FAQ here about "you, your chicks and the first 60 days"... Then there is a list like this (http://www.welphatchery.com/cornish_rock.asp) and other places that says these Cornish Rock crosses are ready for processing in 8 weeks - which by my...
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