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    Cross Beak in 5 week old chick

    Poor bird. Poor YOU!!!! I'm lucky in that I have a really experienced avian vet in my area. I'm wondering if the lower mandible could be brought into alignment over time by rubber banding it to the upper beak. Could be worth a try. I think they wear the rubber band 6 hours at a time or so...
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    Cross Beak in 5 week old chick

    That almost looks unfixable. Has it always been this way? I'm noticing the bird looks feathered out. Did it break it's mandible somehow? I had a young Nankin chick with a crossed beak, it never stopped cheeping. I finally, duh!, figured out it was starving to death. Brought it in the...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have some chicken trachea from processing some birds. I'm thinking to dehydrate, not sure if I want to use my raw food dehydrated, or bake at 200 in the oven. Suggestions? There are vendors selling this stuff at the dog shows. The chicken trachea are exactly the right size for my toy dogs.
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    dog food recipes

    Not a lot of activity... Hmmm. I'll try anyhow, I have some chicken trachea to dehydrate. Wondering if I should cook them first.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    He got a bit of a frozen spot from being on the ice. These boys ranged the backyard and had the run of my 700 sq/ft pen. The last couple of days they spent in a 10x15' pen.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Turk, I wish you were nearby! My goal is to learn to caponize next year. How old are your boys when you do that procedure? Could you wear a GoPro and video it?
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I think I'll be hoping for more roosters next season. These are Black Javas, hatched 4/19/2016. Yesterday I processed my 4 culls. They weighed at 5#10oz, 5#, 4#11oz, and 4#3oz. Not bad for a slow growing breed without extra attention to fattening them up.
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    Java Thread

    Thanks. I've narrowed my 6 boys down to 2 keepers. One will go live a ways away and one is a backup boy. Nice pullets are next on the list for next spring.
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    Java Thread

    Thank you! I picked the nicest cockerel last year and many of his babies had bright yellow feet. I'll look at his daughters tonight and band the ones with good yellow feet. I'm keeping a son who has nice feet, good comb and medium dark eyes along with a nice broad back. So order of...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have just started a flock of black Javas. They are lovely, large birds, very slow growers. I'm wondering if growth rate for the table could be improved by adding a dark Cornish to the bloodline.
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    Java Thread

    Okay, thank you. Yellow soles? I have some with, some without. Thankfully they are all beetle green on black.
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    Java Thread

    Is it considered more difficult to breed towards a correct comb or a dark eye? My cockerels seem to have one or the other. The combs have a little ruffle on the very rear, and the eyes are medium brown.
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    How Many Cc Of Tylan 50 Do Chickens Get? Help Asap

    THANK YOU! Despite the age of this thread, I must say I think it's helped my Nankin, Fred. I came home from a week away on Friday. Fred was laryngitic and gurgly. Too late for the avian vet, and searches said maybe bacterial, maybe fungal. I had already tried a few cc's of tylan 50 orally...
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    North Carolina

    Where is Union County? I'm in Wake Forest, Wake County. I show dogs, so am usually en route to somewhere....
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    North Carolina

    I am, but I need to develop the lines. Next year I'll breed best daughters to my Bart, and best cockerel to my yearling hens. Bart and the 2 ladies will be 2 next March. The current crop will be yearlings. I have at least 4 lovely cockerels, and 7 pullets. Probably 6 pullets that I can use...
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