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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Al, I actually had a question about culling. I understand the principal and point but one thing I was curious about which you just touched on was if shape and form are generally more important, and color is typically a "secondary" consideration when breeding as it can be for lack of a proper...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Maybe...(and I'm clearly no expert)...but maybe she's more like everyone else I know and just likes to sit and relaxafter their 3rd beer.
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Quote: I can hardly wait to see what happens Al. I think what you have done (and are trying to do) is truly remarkable and even more…admirable. I wish you all the success you deserve and if by chance the Judges and their SOP not approve...may everyone else there see your own standards are...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Hello all. My name is Karl. I do not have much to contribute to this other than to say thank you! I spent the last several days reading this thread and others from start to finish…links, related topics, and other posts included. I don’t know any of you but from this trip though time, from...
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    Cornish X vs. Freedom Rangers

    I was thinking the same thing. My guess would without knowing they like the taste better because it's more like what they are used too from store bought. But when told it's "different" they put more value on that different taste.
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    What am I missing about Genetics?

    Thanks everyone. It all helps and I do understand a bit better now. I totally glossed over the "maturity" factor and end result. The Holstein example was good…it’s a dairy cow that needs to calf for milk production…using an Angus for that gives a better “beef” calf to process. And the hybrid...
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    Design related question.

    Thanks everyone. Last thing I need is to go though all this and end up with a garden my wife cannot grow anything in...then I'd be the one getting plucked. Quote: I just thought it would help the grass they are on if I moved them into different sections least they have a 30x30 area in wich...
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    What am I missing about Genetics?

    So I am about as green as it gets...but one thing among others is giving me trouble. Cross breeding verse pure bred. Again I am new to this but using the example of cattle breeding programs, terminal sires and improving heritage traits...why do the same "factors" not seem to apply to chickens...
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    Design related question.

    I guess my mistake was mentioning the tractor / coop. I have searched and researched this a lot and many of the ideas I have seen here from enclosed and very large permenant runs to coop design and even some photos of a Balfour type use have lead me to posting this. The question is related...
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    Design related question.

    So we have a garden…that’s the strange basis of all this. And what my wife was thinking was she wants some chickens and in looking around we’ve come across the Balfour method of keeping them. The idea basically is you rotate the chickens around fixed runs and they fertilize as they eat and it...
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    Metal Roosts

    I've read several places not to use metal because it's "slick" and they have problems holding onto it which increases stress.
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    Balfour Method

    Is anyone else doing this (I know it's a old thread still)...I greatly liked the before and after grazing photos along with the info and want to see if I can do something similar and if so what sort of space would be optimal for alternating every other year with garden / veg.
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    Roost height

    So I've read a lot...too much actually...and apparently have chicken-itis of the brain. In designing my coop for 8 when it comes to roosting I know it’s 2-feet from the ground…top rung higher than the nesting boxes…18” from the wall. And if you do a ladder style 12” over and up works plus you...
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    hay vs. wood shavings

    I have no practical experience with raising chickens but this I do know; Cedar would make for a poor compost / absorbent material being naturally resistant to rot / decomposition. Where as dry untreated pine would breakdown before you know it by comparrision.
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    used pen - never cleaned by previous owners

    I'd deep bed it. By that I mean take a shovel drive it all the way down and basically "flip" the dirt over. That way you in effect burry the bad and bring up the clean dirt. It's work to be sure but then you will not have to worry about how far to go or what to do with the removed material.
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