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    columbian rock cross

    You did get it wrong. And you are right. Let me try again. Cornish are the fast growers. Colombian cross are the dual purpose. My girls lay real well and when they are finished they will be meaty enough to enjoy in a pot.
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    columbian rock cross

    So are these birds not bred strictly for meat? I recently got one and looked them up to get more information and was reading they grow super fast and are for meat, so much so that they put on meat much faster than their internal organs can keep up so if not butchered they often die of heart...
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    music for hens

    The hubbie put a radio in the coop and they seem to not be bothered. I guess it is my way of having more music in the air. I did read at one time that a radio ( especially a talk show) would ad a voice in the air, and scare some of the potential vermin, cyotes and coons. They think there might...
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    columbian rock cross

    I ordered straight run columbian rock cross and ended up with 5 pullets, a shame really because they are so large it would have been interesting to see the size of the boys. But I am very satisfied with the girls. They began to lay at 16 weeks a full two weeks before their "sisters" Barred...
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    Sick pullet with strange cyst above vent (picture)

    benadryl for sedation???
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    how many chickens can I fit in my coop?

    I read somewhere that it was 3 or 4 square foot of floor space per bird.. I have 14 in a similar sized coop and that seems to keep things warm in the winter (-20) and yet no one gets their nickers in a twist because they have free run of the property most days and on the other daysm, an outside...
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