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    Looking for heritage chicks/fertile eggs in Canada

    Thanks yes. Ive been searching like mad and finally found a great site for us Canadians to network on. For anyone interested its called Alberta Chickens Etc. Great forums site. Lots of people with small breeding farms. Very friendly
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    Looking for heritage chicks/fertile eggs in Canada

    I am looking for someone who would be willing to sell me (and send me) either Silver Dorkings, Wyandottes, or another heritage breed, dual purpose bird. I live in Northern BC so you would have to live fairly close to ship live birds though. Thanks...I sure hope somoene can help me here! Jaclyn.
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    Looking for heritage breeds in Canada

    In Northern BC...Terrace. Far from everything
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    Looking for heritage breeds in Canada

    Its really difficult for me to find any heritage breeds available in Canada. I am looking for Dorkings or another rare dual purpose breed, but havent found anyone within Canada, and the US cant ship here. Anyone know of a hatchery or small scale homestead that will ship day olds or hatching...
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    Can cornish giants or crosses stand freezing temps?

    Thanks alot! I will be ordering some tomorrow. They wont get here till end of August...but we gotta do what we gotta do
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    Can cornish giants or crosses stand freezing temps?

    Hi. I most unfortunately lost 35 (all but 8) of my 10 week old cornish giants yesterday thanks to an incredibly hot heat wave we are having. Darnit darnit darnit! Im wondering if I ordered a new batch right now (assuming they will be finished mid October) can they withstand the cold? First...
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    Cornish X...what to feed?

    Ive been feeding my chicks starter for the last 2 weeks. Now I want to switch to cracked grain (flax, oat, wheat, etc) and cook it. But Im thinking the protien isnt high enough for them. Should I add something to the feed? If so, what? Something the"old timers" did before all this commercial...
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    Washing eggs...and a mean broody hen...

    My hens have just started laying about a month ago. Apparently one of then is a bantam. She is much smaller than the others and has decided that everyones eggs are her own and she refuses to get off of them. The other hens practically sit on her and lay eggs ON her because they like the nesting...
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    30 chickens and 6 turkeys coming soon!

    OK so I need a little advice on building an appropriate tractor for... 30 cornish giants and 6 turkeys. I really want them to be partially pasture fed but I just cant figure out how to build a mobile unit that large that I alone can move every day. Maybe its just not possible. You tell me:)...
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    Chicken feed?

    Has anyone figured out an approximate amount of feed one chicken will consume in its time before butchering?Trying to get an idea of how much it will cost to raise 30 cornish giants. I plan on pasturing them during the day as often as possible but sometimes the weather simply wont allow that...
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