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Not a credible article One of the last lines says to feed 18 to 22 % protein and then in the same breath says to not feed a lot of protein Calcium thing is sketchy at best in its advice, as someone else said a link goes to feeding yogurt which is full of calcium. The article has a lot of...

I have 2 4 foot led shop lights on a timer, 1 in the coop, 1 on the outside, it is on solar, They use 1 kwh for every 3 days. End of November, 22 hens were laying about 4 to 6 eggs a day without added light Using the added light, 17 eggs today out of 22 hens Using added light will use up the...

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Fertile or not?

Never heard of it Definitely will look it up Thanks

I have 2 Cornish cross that have discolored breast meat It is on the section of meat next to the breastplate Not bruised, 1 of them looks like a greenish color one is reddish , not blood coming out Never seen this before just processed 27 Cornish X, all the rest were normal looking These 2 birds...

Butchered 8 cornish cross today, 51 days old, average weight was 6 lbs cleaned. In the freezer :)

I have Cornish cross, 25 to 30 at a time, I usually let them eat starter for 100 lbs of feed, then switch to a meat bird type food. Weighed one today at 7 weeks old today, 9 1/2 lbs Butchering this week as soon as I run out of meat bird feed, Friday :) Chicken plucker is ready to go

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The area is about 20 x 10 these chicks are in My other chickens are in a different run and never mix with the chicks I will keep an eye out for anything like that Thanks

I have 25 chicks, 10 easter eggers and 1 of them is losing back feathers. None of the other chicks have this. They are about 6 weeks old. I can not see any mite/lice on any of the chicks. I have about 50 chickens in all and this is the only one losing feathers Any ideas? Thanks