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    My own variety of meat birds

    Thank you for sharing your experiment with meat birds! We have been considering crossing Bresse or Freedom Ranger girls with our excellent FBCM boy.
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    Light Brahma girl actually a boy?

    This was taken at 11 weeks. You can see the color difference in the combs. He's also taller, and the tail is definitely a roo tail.
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    Light Brahma girl actually a boy?

    This looks like my 13-wk-old cockerel. I thought I got 3 Light Brahma pullets. Nope! "Edna" is now named "Edgar"' The two pullets (same age) have almost no wattle, the the comb is pink, not red. The cockerel has a distinct red comb (3 ridges) and red wattles developing nicely! He also acts like...
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    Roos and Hens: does size matter?

    Hi all. I have a newbie question. I have one coop with space for 10-11 birds. I have 10 pullets (2 Light Brahmas, 2 Barred Rocks, 3 Red Star, 3 Rhode Island Red/mutt hybrid - all standard sized, no bantams). My 11th bird is a cockerel, purchased as a pullet, "Edna", now named Edgar. I wasn't...
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