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    Lump @ base of head

    Is the lump hard or soft?
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    How to mix Pedialyte into chick water?

    I shouldn't even post this because I don't know what I'm doing, but... I had a sick hen in April and I didn't know what was wrong with her. But she was very lethargic so I quarrantined her and gave her some pedialyte with a syringe. I didn't mix it with anything, and I gave her some in a dish...
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    Slow growing CX

    Well this has been an interesting weekend. I've gone from thinking I was going to butcher chickens for the first time, to starting to integrate some new Leghorns into our existing flock. Our egg layers range inside a feathernet electric fenc, but we sometimes let them out. Today I let them...
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    Slow growing CX

    Well that makes my day! Just out of curiousity, how do you know? -Caleb
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    Slow growing CX

    Hey thanks, guys... That's a pleasant thought that they'd all be pullets, but I didn't know you could sex leghorns as day-olds. For that matter, I can't sex them right now! I was just out looking them over good, trying to separate the roosters from the hens. I was going to cut my losses and...
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    Slow growing CX

    Just so TSC's not being drug through the mud too much - my wife explained what happened to the manager of the store where we bought them, and he gave her a gift card worth a few dollars more than the chicks cost to begin with. Suits me... Thanks again for all of your help. Not sure what the...
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    Slow growing CX

    Yeah, I'm laughing about it - kind of like, "Look what the stupid greenhorn did - it took him 8 weeks to realize his 1.5 lb. chickens weren't CX's!" I may say something to someone at TSC; maybe not. I was definitely looking forward to trying out some home-raised chicken for the first time...
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    Slow growing CX

    Ha! That just about figures - we're going to have more eggs than we know what to do with! We've already got 6 red sex links, and we have 15 more hens coming later this month - 5 black australorps, 5 partridge rocks, and 5 buff rocks. I guess there are worse problems to have - maybe we'll just...
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    Slow growing CX

    Thanks so much for your help - sure do appreciate it. The more I think at it/look at them, I'm thinking they're leghorns, but I'd sure appreciate your input. Regardless of whether they're Leghorns or Cornish X's, how do I tell the roosters from the hens?
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    Slow growing CX

    My first attempt at meat birds are my 8 CX (allegedly) from TSC, and they're growing VERY slowly. They're 8 weeks old and about 1.5 pounds. It could be that it's a product of the way I'm feeding them. I feed my egg-laying hens an organic, non-gmo feed that I get from a local organic farmer...
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    Adding new breeds to an established flock

    Thanks a lot for your response. Your response was very helpful, and I appreciate you taking the time to do so!
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    Adding new breeds to an established flock

    We've had 6 red sex-link hens for a year now, and I'd like to add some new breeds to our flock. If all of the proper precautions are followed for introducing the new chickens, would it be a bad idea to add six to ten more birds, possibly a combination of Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps...
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