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    Still only getting 2-3 eggs a day! Ugh!

    BackYardChickens Forum / feeding Chickens Black pepper. Try putting this in the search box im not the best with computers but that is the name of the post.
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    Still only getting 2-3 eggs a day! Ugh!

    I found a post a few weeks ago here that was talking about feeding your hens pepper (black, cyanne) in a mash of sorts and it increasing there egg production. I tried it last week with cyanne pepper mixed in with a scope of feed mixed up with warm water to make a mash they gobbled it all up and...
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    what happened?!

    So yesterday I come home from work and as usual I go to check my 55 meaties. Well as I bent down to get the water jugs I see, under the side where the tin is, a dead one. I figure crap we lost another one and that would make our 4th this far. As I move the tractor back I notice 8 more. They were...
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    My outdoor abittoir

    Great set up we plan on doing ours the first week in Nov. I am hoping to have a set up similar to yours built and in place by then. I also like the crate idea in the freezer never thought of that but will be usuing it for sure I am a organization nut. Thanks for the awesome post
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    Where do you order your meaties??

    Quote: Stereo do you buy your broiler feed? I am feeding chick starter for now but am still looking for a good high protein feed.
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    Where do you order your meaties??

    I ordered 50 from welp hatcherys all 58 arrived alive and healthy cannot be happier so far!
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    what happened?

    So about 2 1/2 weeks ago our Cornish hen decided to go broody so we let her sit, thought it would be neat to let her hatch them just let nature take its course. She had been doing great was sitting on about 6 or 8 eggs had plucked some feathers off her chest she was dedicated never leaving the...
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    aging meat birds

    I could see how that would help with an older bird but I still think I would remove the insides first.
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    aging meat birds

    I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday who has processed a bunch of birds in the past. He was telling me that he would age his birds in a big refrigerator for two weeks and all he would do is cut there neck/kill them and hang them in the fridge for two weeks keeping them below 40 degrees...
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    Capon vs Rooster

    Wow it is good to see the comparison side by side. I heard it did make a difference but from what I was told it was a big difference. Guess proof is in the carcass right?!
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    I understand the business analysis, but man cornish x feel wrong!

    Quote: Ha yea there's and idea!
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    51 chickens in less than 3 hours! Pictures

    Great job! It looks like you had a really good crew to help and great set up thank for the post I'm looking to do exactly what you did but this fall when it starts to cool off hope mine goes as well as yours keep up the good work!!!!!
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    10 Commandments for keeping chickens/10 reasons for raising BYC

    That was great thanks for the post much appreciated!
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    problems with homemade incubator

    Quote: I agree I had most everything at home all I had to buy was the hot water heater thermostat $10 and a hydrometer/thermometer combo from wall mart $8 the only thing I can say about doing it this way is that you can't just plug it in and expect it to work you will(as in my case) have to...
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    problems with homemade incubator

    Quote: Though this would appear to be good logic, there is a problem in that by the time the heat moves to the thermostat at the eggs and heats it up enoug to kick off the power to the bulbs the air near the bulb has already gone past the ideal temperature and there is a great deal of stored...
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