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    Chicken Breeding Projects, For 2020!

    I am working on raising meat chickens. I am starting a flock of Barred Rocks, but have been interested in Rhode Island Whites. What are your Barred Hollands like and do you process any chickens for meat?
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    Comment by 'S.A.W.' in article 'Egg Production and How to Get the Most from your Laying Hens'

    An interesting and informative article! I was watching a video on-line that showed a woman feeding her chickens a mix of whole corn, cleaned whole oats, and some DE, as well as offering grit. My question is, does whole corn have an advantage over chops? Seems to me chops would be better. Does...
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    GRAPHIC PICS of my day learning to caponize

    I really appreciate seeing all the pictures and instruction. When I first heard of caponizing, I was wondering how invasive it would be. Never imagined it would be as simple as the pics make it seem. Don't know that I would ever do it, but at least it now seems doable. My worst concern is...
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    Birds of Prey:0 Me:2

    Yes, I moaned and mourned so much that my teenage daughter said, "Mom, what in the world would you do if it had been a family member that died!" I had been so pleased with that rooster. Just the day before, I watched him chase the neighbor's pesky little dog off the front lawn. (We live in the...
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    Birds of Prey:0 Me:2

    I had a wonderful Jersey Giant rooster once. He and the hens roamed our yard until the day I drove in the driveway and a hawk rose from the ground and perched on top of the house. I looked down the yard and there lay my Jersey Giant rooster: dead from a slash across the back of the neck near...
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    Bresse Chickens

    Are these the Bresse chicks? They look like they are growing well.
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    Bresse Chickens

    Right now Bresse Farms in Mississippi has a very reasonable price on white Bresse day old chicks. They sound very knowledgeable and I think their stock came direct from France or at least through Greenfire Farms or a similar breeder.
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    Bresse Chickens

    Bresse Farms in Mississippi have the American Bresse descended from ones direct from France.
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    Bresse Chickens

    I, too, am interested in the Bresse. I am starting on a plan to produce my own broilers and meat birds. I have done it already at times, but not as well as I would like. I hope to get some Bresse eventually. They have to be called American Bresse unless they actually come from France...
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    I just read an article about the American Bresse chicken. It is white and supposedly has such great taste that in Paris, France, the roasted meat is very expensive. So now I will be looking to try some of them. So many breeds, so little time. lol
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    I am not ready at the moment, (have to build another chicken house) but I would really like to buy a few hatching eggs or a pair of white Dorkings.
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    I have done hand plucking mainly. My husband taught me and we can pluck in a short time, but last year we bought one of the cheap pluckers that we attached to a drill. It is a cylinger with fingers all around. My husband fixed a plastic barrel to catch the feathers. He doesn't like using it...
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    I appreciate all of the suggestions and sharing experiences. I once grew some Naked Necks. They sure get around because in a flock with several roosters of different breeds, most of the new chicks were naked necks, lol. They were good meat, but as far as flavor, I haven't had several breeds...
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    Interesting! Will the white chicks remain white, even though they are half Black Jersey Giant? I once had some Blue Jersey Giants. I loved them.
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    In search of the best meat chickens

    Hello, I enjoy Backyard Chickens very much and love to read about what all of you are doing. I love poultry and have raised various kinds for most of 40 years. Now that I am retirement age, I have a new project: I wish to develop a sustainable flock of both egg producers and broilers...
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