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    Need advice on making chicken meat more tender

    This is the 2nd time I got cornish cross chickens. The 1st time I bought 3 chickens and was able to process 2 of them roughly 10-12 weeks old. I bought them from a friend that buys chickens at an auction. He told me they were possbiley 4weeks old. I went on-line and read different ways of...
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    Learning how to select birds for meat

    Thank you all for a quick respond. I'm sorry it took a while for me to get back on but work has bad taking alot of my time the past few days. I did get 3 cornish cross chicks from the flea market around april/may of this year. I just wanted to learn by having more hands on them. plus $4 per...
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    Is this a Cornish Cross?

    Hi, I've been wondering what type of chicken this is, because I really like her qualities.. I bought her around April of this year. The lady I bought it from told she bought the chicken the easter time 2012 from a local hatchery. And she is considered a "meat bird". "Bertha" weighs 9 1/2 lbs...
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    Learning how to select birds for meat

    Hi, I'm new to backyard chickens, but I've been on here a few times to read about chicken breeds. I'm kinda new to chickens, just mostly for eggs. I currently have a Lorp hen ( I got her when she was week old) that is 15months old. A black Amerucana that is roughly 8-10 months old ( I got her...
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