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    How do you know when it is time to start butchering?

    We have them coming from our local Firth mill and elevator.
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    How do you know when it is time to start butchering?

    We have been doing the Cornish Rock X. Butchered at exactly 8 1/2 weeks. The birds ranged from the smallest at 4.2 lbs, Largest at 6.5lbs with average at 5.22lbs. We did 25 birds, fed 1 bag of Chick starter feed, 4 bags (80lbs ea) from our local Firth Mill elevator in Idaho and 1 bag of...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Good to know. I bought both sizes of elbows tonight. Thought I'd experiment on a Folgers coffee can. Thanks for your Help!
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Would the second one you made have also worked for the two week old chicks or was it necessary to have both sizes of feeder? Thanks! Tim
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    May I ask what size of container and elbows you used for the day old chicks?
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    What to freeze whole chicken in?

    I too use the shrink bags and love them. With a vac bag, should it get a pinhole poked in it, there goes your chicken. Shrink wrap bags do not do that.
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    Egg Laying

    Have a little patience. Grab a glass of wine or a little shot of Scotch and relax. As woodmort usually says, "they are not holding out on you, they WILL begin laying sooner or later." When they come, they come.:caf
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    Another Newbee

    Welcome from Blackfoot ID!
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    Egg Laying

    it seems most breeds ar at 20 to 22 weeks, unless, of course, you are waiting anxiously for them, then it is like 900 weeks:barnie
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    Munched on feathers?

    I need help. I have a hen that has feathers in certian areas, such as the middle of the breast, that practically look like twigs. There is no "fluf". They kinda look like wintertime twigs. There are even areas that have no feathers at all near some of these twiggie areas. I have read that...
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    broken feathers

    I too have have some chickens with feather issues. It almost looks like parts of the feather has been eaten or broken off. We picked her up to see if she had mites or lice and found that there were areas that had NO feathers at all. Alongside the breast was one. This is the second chicken I...
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    Mites

    I had heard that ceder shavings were poisonous to chickens???
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    Help needed. Information in message. Birds are dieing/sick.

    Phasian, where did you get the Lavender oil? Is it a food grade? how much to mix with water etc?
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    what kind of rooster?

    I gotta say that our Dark Brahama rooster is great! He is very gentle, eats out of my hand and has a very quiet (and more important) a very seldom crow!
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    Do they have a cold or some mucous build up?

    It just dosen't seem like we can get many folks to weigh in on this one. I, too, have a chicken that sneezes a lot and you can hear her breathing as you described. Last summer, I gave them an antibiotic in the water for a couple of weeks. Didn't seem to make a difference. None of the other...
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