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    ISO Jubilee Orpington Hatching Eggs

    HI - I don't have the eggs you are looking for but I wondered if you could tell me if split Orpington chicks look different from blacks?
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    Boosting Vitamin D

    We live in Ontario Canada - the sun is not strong enough in the winter to absorb Vit D through it's rays. I wondered about feeding chickens Vit D foods but most are either supplemented or in the case of Fish - might affect the taste of the eggs?
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    Boosting Vitamin D

    Does anyone know of something to supplement the chickens' feed to boost Vitamin D for humans to consume (through eggs only) I have a client asking who needs to increase her Vit. D but cannot take supplements herself. I am wondering if there is something similar to giving Flax seed to chickens to...
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    Free-Ranging and tenderness

    Very interesting comments - thank you everyone, lots of "food for thought"...
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    Free-Ranging and tenderness

    Does Free-ranging affect the tenderness of the meat or is age more likely to affect it? We are raising Chanteclers- a dual purpose Heritage breed and we have some older birds that are no longer laying and wondered if they would only be suitable for soup because of their "toughness" from age...
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