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    Comment by 'sandesnow' in item 'Welbar'

    Parentage: Gold & Silver Duckwing Welsumer male Barred Plymouth Rock hens
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    When to butcher barnyard mix excess roos?

    We do 24-28 weeks. I don't find the meat tough if you are patient and let the meat rest, or if needed, break the rigor. We restricted pen size from 12 weeks to 24 weeks with a nice 4 grain scratch in with their normal grower feed and you get a decent bird at 24-28 weeks of age.
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    Sex- linked Information

    I must have been drunk when I made this post. LOL Because I have been making sex links for some time now, but I think I was asking for additional female options, as I find Silver Laced Wyandottes not as hardy. But I will look it over again and maybe try to source something else for my Sexed Red...
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    Sex- linked Information

    The last 4 years I have been breeding RIR over Barred Rocks for my Black Sex Links, and my RIR over my Silver Laced Wyandottes for Red Sex Links. I am finding that my SLW's are a bit.... fragile. Frusteratingly so. Looking for another alternitive for Reds. I have also been doing some Sex Linked...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Still using A Crib and a couple Totes as brooders. lol I also use heat pad and a heat emitter in the shield, no red lights.. too much of a fire hazard.
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    Azure Hatching Eggs and Blue Quail Eggs?

    Yup, they are selling them 16-17 dollars per hen.. Look like a leghorn mix... I am wondering if this is a mix bird, they are calling it a breed, but I am highly suspicious of it. A commercial operation selling for 16-17 per Point of Lay bird, isn't honestly that bad, but.. meh. I'v been selling...
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    Amprolium Questions

    How warm is it where you are? In warm weather, watery droppings can be caused by increased intake of water as well. Is heat stress a possibility?
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    Amprolium Questions

    1 Yes, Coccidiosis does not always present with blood in the stool. In Most cases it does. 2 Any vet can chcck for coccidiosis. As it is a protozoa, it is found in pretty much every animal, dogs and cats included. 3 Battery hens can be problematic because of a few reasons, but one of them is...
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    Declining Hatchery Quality Birds?

    You are not the only ones. Hatcheries breed for money, they don't care about the SoP or anything. Even auto-sexing breeds are totally under attack at commercial hatcheries. I know someone that purchased some Legbars and their autosexing traits were pretty much Nill. I'll put it this way - The...
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    Mold - advice needed please

    So - I did something stupid. I was having issues with my Hovabator, set it up to run, then decided to buy two new incubators. Been running the new incubators for a couple months now. Working perfectly. I got the brilliant (stupid) idea of putting my turner from my Hovabator (a manual one) into...
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    Bovan Red, Black, Brown??

    Actually, it is my experience that a simple Sex Link is NOT (Using 2 Heritage Breeds) do not create the 'Egg Laying Machines' that you can get from a say a feed store that is classified as an Commercial Layer. When Layers are created, the companies use a complex mix, (typically it is a mix they...
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    Anyone have luck hatching jumbo Chicken eggs?

    I know that this is an older thread, but I think it is quite important about egg sizes and incubation. Something that gets asked a lot. I simply won't. It is just a factor that I don't consider when I am wanting decent hatch rates. Hatching out a normal sized egg for the breed is always a good...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Haha, still using this SAME crib after 5 years. Though I use a tarp inside as a full liner these days.. much easier. This thing has seen many babies! lol The far end (I use an indoor/outdoor Dog heating pad) So that is why you don't see a heating source. It is UNDER the tarp. Works...
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    Sex- linked Information

    Good point! No, he isn't barred. Glad you pointed that out, either way, he is just a free-loader at the moment.. haha!
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    Sex- linked Information

    Thanks for that information! I have gotten pretty good at knowing what I was looking for with my sex link crosses, but.. I had a situation where my Blue Wheaten got into my RIR over Plym. Barred Rocks Pen. I kept my Blue Wheaten to put over my White layers.(Which are not sex link, but the layers...
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