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    Layers with missing feathers-head and back-all red? Help with pictures

    We did have one rooster, which we got rid of about 5 months ago. Would the injuries be lasting? Both of those chickens were like that when the rooster was around, and have never changed.
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    Layers with missing feathers-head and back-all red? Help with pictures

    Hello, We have 15 layers. Two of them have missing feathers on their tail, one of those two has missing feathers on her head. Where they are missing it is all red. One of them has a bump on the red tail part. Please see the pictures below. What do you think is wrong? Thank you!!
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    Loosing birds...help!

    Hello, We are trying to raise meat birds for the 2nd year. We started with 26 last year and harvested 24. This year we started with 20 and are down to 8. We lost one during the first week of life. Then over the weekend of memorial day, something got into their outside pen and ate 9. We...
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    Hiding their eggs?

    We have 17 chickens (3 Bared Rocks, the rest mix of Easter Eggers and Golden Sex Links). We have a coop with an outside run. We also let them free range. We have been having low egg production. Our 10 year old son went under the coop tonight and found over 60 eggs under the coop. Ideas? Do...
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    Is this a roo? EE sexing help

    So...if this IS a rooster..... What do I do? I have 24 EE Hens (I hope) that I intend to lay eggs. Will this roo be able to live with them? Will the eggs become fertilized with a roo around? Thanks!
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    Is this a roo? EE sexing help

    This chicken was 9 weeks old yesterday.
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    Is this a roo? EE sexing help

    Mrs./Mr. EE is 9 weeks old yesterday.
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    Is this a roo? EE sexing help

    Hello, I am looking for help to confirm if my EE pullet is really a pullet or a roo. Thanks!!
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    Is this a roo? EE sexing help

    Hello All, I am looking for help confirming if my pullet is really a pullet or if it is a roo? Thanks!!
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    Cornish X--processing (What do they look like??)

    Let's post pictures of our Cornish Cross at the time of processing. How big were yours?
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    What is madder than a wet hen?

    I had never thought of washing the chickens. Is this something that you do whenever they get/look dirty?
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    Process to follow after processing chickens??

    We are having our 25 Cornish X's processed at a butcher. I was told that we bring them, wait and then bring them home on ice with the freezer bags. They told us to keep them in a cooler on ice for the rest of the day and then freeze them. I see all this talk about letting them 'rest' Can...
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    Process at 6 weeks 5 days or 8 weeks 2 days

    Hello, This is my first year with meat birds. I was given two possible days by the processor. They could do it when the birds are 6 weeks 5 days old or when they are 8 weeks 2 days old. We have 25 Cornish rocks. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks!
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    Meat birds and DE?

    Hello, I am wondering if people use DE for their meat birds. Do you use it in their bedding or in their food? I use it for the layers...but have not heard anyone talk about it for meat birds. Thank you!
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    Medicated Chick Starter?

    Hello, Can anyone tell me how long I should feed my chicks (EE, Comets & Barred Rocks) the medicated chick starter before I switch them to another type of feed? Should I be giving them anything else in their food yet (they are 2 weeks tomorrow) like DE or anything else? Thank you!
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