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    What am I doing wrong?

    They may be growing slower due to the heat. I don't usually raise them in the heat of summer here, they don't handle it well. You should be fine getting them to size it may just take a week or 2 longer.
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    New to Cornish X

    I use shrink bags to package them. This forum has a lot of information about that. I rest them already packaged in the bags but some people do it differently.
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    Caponize ?

    You don't need to caponize cornish cross because they will never get old enough for the male hormones to be an issue with meat quality.
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    Raising a variety of meat breeds

    Maybe late now but I have seen the bedding in my brooder be the cause of wet chicks. Sometimes they will kick the bedding up into the waterer edge and then a wicking action through the wood chips or paper can drain the waterer into the bedding. I caught it quick in my brooder but it still...
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    Brahma chicken?

    Why in the F would you post that? Nobody cares what you choose to eat or not to eat. This is the meat birds forum, if your a vegetarian why even look here? Posting something helpful would be too hard? OP - I wish I could help. Good luck eating the tasty meat from those extra large birds.
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    Hoover Hatchery

    I bought Cornish x at Welp Hatchery. Best price I could find. $1.71 per chick for 50 included shipping. I won't get them till April. Which is as I planned because I will be out of town in Mexico for a week and don't want them before that.
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