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    Red Sex-link, Golden Sex-link, Golden Comet, Red Star...same breed?

    Here's what I've heard. A Red Star, at least from Murray McMurray is a cross between a Rhode Island Red, a New Hampshire, and a White Leghorn. As for the process -- beats me. Does anyone have any other information?
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    My RIR rooster has a swollen foot

    My RIR rooster has a swollen foot. I bought him last fall as a mature rooster and he came out of a pen of mature breding roosters. At first I thought he had gotten hurt in a fight. He seemed to do alright, I bred him to several RIWs and RIRs, hatched out chicks. Over the winter his foot is...
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    Broody Hen

    I have a hen who has been sitting for a month now. No eggs under her. I understand that she is broody, wants to raise some chicks, but for this long??? Does anyone know of a cure for broody hens. I have about four that are wanting to sit now. HELP!!!
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    So,19,000 members, How many Chickens do we all have? 26,143 & counting

    Let's see, 3 Rhode Island Red hens, 1 Rooster, 4 Rhode Island White hens, 13 Delaware hens, 2 roosters, 3 Silver Gray Dorking hens, 1 rooster, 3 Blue lace Wyandotte hens, 2 roosters, 1 Silver Penciled Wyandotte hen, 5 Cuckoo Maran Hens, 1 rooster, 5 Dominique hens, one rooster, 2 Salmon...
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    WHEN ARE TURKEYS READY TO BUTCHER

    I have four turkeys I purchased at the elevator in April, two BB and twoBW. They are about three months old and pretty big! Does age have anything to do with the toughness? I thought I read somewhere that they should be about 20 weeks old before butchering. Any help is greatly appreciated:)
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    Fryers

    I have about 50 slow broilers which I intend to butcher at ten weeks. The problem is I also have regular roosters, Doms, Delewares, RIR, dual purpose birds, that I want to butcher at the same time. As you can imagine they are about half the size.Just how old are you suppose to let your birds get...
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    It's All Over. Inbreeding????

    turnerstar31 I don;t think inbreeding has anything to do with it because if they came from a hatchery chances are they are not all related anyway. My guess is that your temp and humidity were off during incubation. Are you eggs just starting out the Sliver penciled ones because if they are than...
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    It's All Over. Inbreeding????

    Chicks Hatched With Guts Out HELP! Thanks to all that responded. Humidity seems to have been my biggest problem, I got caught up with the air space and didn't pay enough attention to the humidity. Don't know where I got the idea but I thought too much humidity would drown them, go figure. For...
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    Born with guts out HELP

    Yes this is my first time. I have two still air little giant incubators. Turned the eggs myself. started with 110, after about a week candle and found 10 unfertile. Over the hatch two more did not develope. Ended up with about 98-97 eggs. They started hatching Monday, day 21 and lots and lots of...
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    Born with guts out HELP

    Chicks are hatching with their guts out. How do you control humidity, how do you raise and lower it. Dissapointed in Michigan
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    I NEED SOME PICTURE AND IDEAS ON YOUR TURKEY SHELTER!

    Me too! I just purchased four poults at the feed store and have them in a fenced yard in a Chick n' Barn. They don't seem to go inside or roost. They are only about eight weeks old so maybe they are a little young. 4 Australorps, 4 Partridge Rocks, 3 Barred Rocks, two Orpthingtons, two New...
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    Turkeys HELP

    This year I picked up four turkeys at the local elevator, two white, two bronze. I brooded them in the kitchen in a lage plastic tub for about a week and then in the garage for another three, then I turned them out in a fenced area with a little coop I built. They seem to be thriving, Now here...
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    What to use to build roosts?

    I use 1x3 wide side up. It's really cheap
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    how much do you charge for your eggs?

    I live in Davsion Michigan. I have no trouble getting rid of all my eggs and truth be told could sell twice as many if I had them. I charge $2.00 for mediums, $2.50 for large and $3.00 for extra large. People don't seem to mind paying a premium for farm fresh, non cage, unmedicated eggs. Four...
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    New Chicks

    Greyfields, I agree transit does take its toll. Welp and Murry McMurray have to deal with transit also and make provisions. I guess my big complaint is that Ideal did not, no extras. Also an 11% loss rate doesn't fit my experieince. To be fair, I did call the hatchery and they offered to...
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