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    Anybody on here ever heard of Caponizing ?

    Ok here go's, When I started raising chickens 3 years ago, I was interested in capons. I read everything there was on caponizing chicks. They are done early between two and three weeks. It's a very simple proceedure once you know what you are doing. I simply asked around and found an old Judge...
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    Heating the Chicken coop in Winter.. Any suggestions

    Got down to 17 below already this year, coop not insulated yet, but draft free. I use a foot of wood chips on the floor and as this breaks down, it creats heat. During the cold days I feed them whole corn as it helps the chickens creat more heat while digesting the whole kernals. If you have...
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    If my chickens are going to be pastured, do they need a run?

    There are no dumb questions, so when something comes to mind, just ask. I free ranged 125 roosters each year and let them run wherever they like. I have 2.5 acres attached to the family farm and each morning I would open the door on the coop and the chickens would just pile out. They will go a...
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    open air coops

    I will give my two cents here on open air houses. After my youngest Daughter and I decided to raise chickens for egg's and meat, we had to decide on what type of coop we would house them in. We looked at the coop's that were posted on this forum and gained some really good insight on the...
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    Best way to treat these injuries. GRAPHIC PICS

    I have had two of my leghorns that was pecked on the back and top of their heads where it looked just like yours. We just applied a good amount of hydrocortizone to the area once, let it go and all will turn black and scab over. Now the leghorns are back to where you can hardly tell they were...
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    Slightly disappointed....

    Hey Mamaboyd, We just butchered some roosters this weekend and only did Rhode Island Reds. They were 22 weeks old and weighed 6lbs before and just a hair over 4 lbs ready for the freezer. So you are right on with the difference in weight.
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    How much DE to add to feed?

    The question now is, Why do you you mix DE in with their feed, what does it do for the chickens.
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    dual purpose breeds?

    Hello JerseyGiantSolder, I ordered five Black jersey Giant cockers and 1 pullet about 10 weeks ago and I now realize that my order was mixed up. I have 5 pullets and 1 cockeral. I wanted to try the roosters for my meat birds and was wondering what they are like if mixed with something like...
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    dual purpose breeds?

    Hey there Country Gal, I have 5 Buff Orpingtons hens and they were raised with 30 Rhode Island Reds & 30 Light Brahmas Roosters along with another 35 Hens of different breeds and surprisingly enough, the Buffs were never picked at. The Light Brahmas and Reds were pickers, but the only breed of...
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    Could we do a "waitin' for eggs" rollcall?

    We bought "40" day old pullets on April 15 2007 and at 21 weeks which was last week, one started laying daily and now a week later we have 4 laying. The other 36 will lay when they fele like it I guess. I have another 22 Pullets that are 9 weeks old and have a while for them to get with the...
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