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    Candling Eggs-What am I looking at?

    I had some in the incubator for 24 days, none of them exploded. I cracked them open and some were little chicks that died at various stages and some were with the blood ring.
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    Setting eggs tomorrow, anyone want to join?

    I put 10 eggs in my incubator on March 11 as well, Day eight I candled and three had the blood ring. It is now day 22 and no piping yet. I did put them in late on the 11th. I'm hoping some start soon.
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    Best Meat Bird other than Cx at my Hatchery

    which one is the wyandotte?
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    which rooster do I keep

    Since I'm not an expert on judging chickens I'll just give you my opinion. I like the second one The red wyandotte. He's looks to me like the best looking. But if his personality isn't good then he isn't worth it.
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    Best Chicken Mix Projects (Anyone who has done a project can post here)

    I am going to try that if I can get my hands on some dark cornish. I am also going to try crossing a cornish cross with a barred rock and see what comes of it. I am trying to be able to breed a meat chick for my family so we don't have to buy them and because of how fast the others grow. I have...
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    when to get meat birds for a show in late july

    We had two batches of cornish cross last year. The first batch dressed out at 7 lbs at 9 weeks. The second batch barely weighed 5lbs at 8 weeks. I am raising two right now as an experiment to see if fed like a regular chicken how fast they grow. Currently they are almost 2 weeks and they are...
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    Is this what your Cornish x egg looks like?

    How old is your cornish cross? Did you raise it like a regular chicken? How big is it? I'm very curious.
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    Processing Young Roos - Non Meat Bird Breed

    We did that with some roosters of regular breeds. They had good meat everywhere except the breast meat. They had very little breast meat. But they were good tasting and not too tough.
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    Barred Rock Hens

    Does anyone around Clare Michigan have any Barred rock hens under 2 years old for sale?
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    TSC Chick Days Are STARTING NEXT WEEK!!!!!

    The TSC in Mt.Pleasant, MI had their shipment of chicks come in last week, Feb 25. They had the red egg layers, the black egg layers, the jumbo cornish cross, and wyandottes
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    Barred Rock cross

    2 barred rock cross straight run 2 month old chicks
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    Tractor Supply Chicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Originally Posted by FMAFarms Our Tractor Supply is very limited in what it carries. Their chicks arrive on 2/28 and, when I asked about what breeds would be available, they sent me to the Tractor Supply web site (tractorsupply.com) and told me to download the order form. It's the same order...
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    Dark Cornish

    I am in a similar situation. I only need 5 dark cornish so I had to find someone to purchase 20 other chicks to make up the 25. I emailed someone near Bay City and he is hatching some dark cornish in March sometime. Here is his email. [email protected] I hope you find some.
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    Silver Laced Wyandottes

    I picked up some SIlver Laced Wyandottes from Tractor supply and was thinking of crossing them with my barred rock rooster. Has anyone ever done that cross? I want to breed my own meat chickens to cut down on costs. I have hatched before and so I know what I'm doing. What is everyone's...
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    Dark Cornish

    You can order the dark cornish through Tractor Supply but you have to order a total of 25 chicks. You can mix and match though. I think that goes for all Tractor Supply Stores in Michigan. If you can't through one near you the store in Mt.Pleasant can order them.
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