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    Heirloom - Heritage Chicken

    The tenderness issue is one I am concerned with, not sure what the NN's are going to be like at 15-18 weeks. I have a few Delaware pullets that I bought on a whim at a feed store, and they are definitely faster growing...and friendly. We are experimenting with barley fodder, growing...
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    Heirloom - Heritage Chicken

    We want to do things right on our chickens, but the challenge of finding good stock is considerable. Yes I am looking at NN's for a meat bird. We can get VERY hot out here, (105 degrees + very dry) is not uncommon that is one of the reasons I was looking at the naked neck. I called Ideal and...
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    Heirloom - Heritage Chicken

    We are a small CSA farm in central CA. We only produce heirloom veggies using organic methods. We have started offering eggs and meaties raised on our pastures but the Cornish X are hardly "heirloom"! I was all set to start experimenting with some Naked Necks (thought they would be great with...
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