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    Most important aspect of butchering?

    Thanks for the encouragement. It did my soul good to say all those words and I think it really is an important part of the process. I didn't imagine the emotions that were involved until we went thru it. I do feel better today and know we will keep on raising our own chickens.
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    Most important aspect of butchering?

    We just had our 18 Cornish x butchered yesterday. My daughter and I decided to stay and watch the process and learn as much as we could. She was involved with much more of the process than I could. I did find it interesting and felt so good about the way the process went. The young men were...
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    2013 Chicks Picked Out!

    Just wondering if anyone has an opinion on buying chicks thru Agway or TSC? We are ordering 20 cornish x and I want to get either 8 buff orpingtons or 8 buff rock for eggs. We started with chicks 2 years ago I got them thru Mc Murray. I was going to get 15 and thru chicken math we ended up...
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    Peach Cobbler Recipe wanted

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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    WOW, that is beautiful! I don't know anything about the Black Copper Marans, but will stay tuned to see what others say.!!
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thank you so much for all the info you have all given me. I did check out the information on fermenting delisha, thanks I will change how I ferment. You make it look alot easier than I imagined it. I have a question on the meat. Any type of raw meat? I have ground pork in the freezer right...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Sorry about the lack of info. I was trying to keep it as short as possible. The treats also include boss, meal worms and just recently, cracked corn. About a month ago I noticed that I wasn't going thru as much of their layer pellets as I had this summer. Now in hind site that should have sent...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Justine, I first want to send my condolences for your loss. Sending my prayers to you and your partner. I am thankful that you are posting and updating here for us to see. I hope that will help you in your healing process. Thank you for all I have learned from you in this post. I do have a...
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    Mysterious death

    I am so sorry for both of your losses. What does sour crop look like? I came home last night, after work, and found one of my girls ( less than 2 years old, Black barred rock) dead out in the run. I checked her over, didn't see anything. no signs of fighting, she was just laying there. I am...
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    First timer

    TamTurkey, How many chickens have you brought in at one time and how do you trans port them? I think that is how we will do it this time, but I wonder how to transport them. I have been glued to this thread, learning so much. I watched a utube that someone posted on another link too and...
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    Thinking about ordering some meat birds

    Wow, if this doesn't convince me that we can raise chicks to harvest nothing will. yes, well said with pride and love for your family. Thank you I am more serious now than ever to raise these chicks for my family. I am trying to edit this to get the post on the first page from Hummingbird...
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    What to use out in the run?

    I won't tell you what it cost to fix our "muddy run" problem, but I do admit I love seeing the girls out in the run now and not getting their feet all muddy and right now full of snow. We live in central NY and we have lots of snow now and rain in the spring. Last year we tried tarps, forget...
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    Lighting in winter

    I want to thank you all for these ideas. I have been trying to figure out how to light the run so that I can go down and feed and check on the girls at 6:30 am before we go off to work. It has been so dark now I can't clean and get around very well. So last night when we got home from work...
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    Tell How Predators Got Your Chickens. Save Somebody Else From The Bad Experience

    I remember reading somewhere in here last year, no matter how safe your coop and run are, preditors can still find a way in. I didn't mean to be smug, but I thought, nope not mine, they are safe. Well, I did learn no matter how safe, preditors can and will find a way in. We have a 10x30...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Thanks! Are they near Seneca Falls? We go to Sauders quite often, if we couldn't find someone closer I would bring them to Seneca area.
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