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    Sillkies 4 weeks

    So I'm going to keep this thread going. Maybe it will come in handy for someone else. Silkies are now 8 weeks - we lost 1 to a hawk and now only have 3; the 2 whites and a black. We bought some more chicks (yay chicken math!) And the black one tucks them under her at night. I'm betting on hen...
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    I didn't read all 1178 pages but here I go: My husband's entire extended family in CA are all farmers, own the packing sheds ect. They are all running full speed as normal. They are all considered Essential. They are primarily fruit farmers (every variety). We live in North Dakota. We saw...
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Silkie

    We have 4 sillkies right now. We are really enjoying them so far. We will definitely have to get some better egg layers though because 3 eggs a week won't make much of a dent for a family of 7. Our TSC has been sold out of chicks every week within hours of getting them in ~ we had the choice of...
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    Wyandotte or Olive egger?

    I'm glad you can tell now. Next time look at the Feet ~ Easter Eggers/olive Eggers always have colored feet often greenish in my experience.
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    Sillkies 4 weeks

    We have 4 sillkies. 2 whites, 1 black, and 1 blue/grey. I've never had silkies before so I'm try to learn to sex them. The black one has attitude ~ would not surprise me if that's a roo. Hoping the fluffy faces if the others mean females.
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    One bird's entire head and neck are yellow. I'm flip flopping on keeping a pair from my stock. Obviously not the yellow headed on. There appears to be a major physical growth jump between weeks 11 and 12. (my scale has been ordered so I hope to be able to provide weights soon). Thank you for...
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    The Breese I have appear to be of either mixed or poor stock. They are growing very slow - they are in no way larger than the dual purpose breeds I have of similar age. Hopefully they will gain considerable weight over the next few weeks. I may only butcher the largest bird and then depending on...
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    Stay at home parents!

    Today I overheard my neighbors complaining that my daughter was going to wander out of the gate one day. The latch on the gate is 5ft off the ground, dear daughter is 2.5 ft tall - there is absolutely nothing she can climb on to open the gate. As soon as my neighbor saw me she complained about...
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    Stay at home parents!

    We have been busy too! We are still enjoying spring like weather. Took the kids swimming for the first time this year over the weekend. My daughter was just as excited as I was - she remembers the pool from last year. We also got letters from some groups here in CA that have agreed to pay for...
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    I'm concerned that the stock I have is not pure. One of the chicks has a considerable amount of yellow on its feathers - keeping the rooster of the group will not preserve anything. The body of my chicks is ok but to keep this set would mean incest and low fertility. I am looking for better...
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    I'm interested and following this post. I recently purchased some black bresse chicks from a breeder. I intend to keep at least one of the pullets and cross breed her to an Orpington Roo. I'm not sure this would be the best cross for a nice meat chicken. What do you guys think? I need something...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Idk if it would help but I let a pair of my chickens run around in the garden once a week depending what is growing. I don't do it if I have recently planted any seed. So far im bug free.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Ours is fenced due to rabbits. Lol my husband walks by my garden and complains I don't weed enough as he finds the handful of weeds along the fence line. (rolls eyes)I have a lot of bush variety plants in there right now as my trellises weren't prepared. Next month following the bean harvest I'm...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Double check what type of broccoli you bought. Mine were started plants from WalMart and they are literally named Baby Broccoli. Luckily I found the info tag because I was about to pull them all out because I thought they were bolting.
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    Bresse Chickens

    At what age should I butcher and what should I expect dressed weight to be? I have an extra orpington too - would it be wise to butcher him at the same time as the bresse? He is 4 weeks older than the bresse
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