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    Breeds for producing meat chickens

    Thanks everyone, especially Ridgerunner. I've considered why I want meat birds, and I think it's really because I want to hatch eggs. I don't want to buy new birds, I want to breed the ones I have to see what I get. I want a big colorful flock of hens that lay colorful eggs, and I just need to...
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    Breeds for producing meat chickens

    I checked all the roosters today (they weren't very happy about it) and decided that two of the EEs are a little more meaty than the other roos. So now I need to know, since all the chickens live in the same enclosure right now, how long do I need to keep the other roosters from breeding the...
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    Breeds for producing meat chickens

    Gah! I accidentally hit submit before I was done. Should I choose based on breed or go by size and body condition? My only experience processing meat birds was two roosters. By the time I got the feathers off, there was hardly anything left! Then I cooked them right away, not realizing that...
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    Breeds for producing meat chickens

    Hey there, I'm planning to raise some chickens for meat to stock the freezer. I'd prefer not to buy more chicks since I can easily hatch my own. I have either a buff Orpington rooster or any of my three Easter egger roosters. And for hens I've got 3-5 each of buff Orpington, Easter egger, black...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    11357+ 27= 11,384 3 speckled Sussex 4 silver laced wyandottes 4 buff orpington 4 black austrolorp 5 cuckoo maran 7 Easter eggers Can we start a thread for other poultry? I have ducks too!
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    California-Southern

    Not sure where you're located specifically, but I was at Golden State Hay in Santa Paula a couple weeks ago and they had lots of pullets. Didn't look for to long (I was worried I'd want some) but they generally looked pretty healthy. Looked like mainly red sex-linked and leghorns. Also, I...
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    California-Southern

    Any duck lovers around Ventura/LA County? I work at a vet hospital that treats a lot of wildlife. Domestic ducks come in occasionally that had been released into the wild. We have wildlife rehabbilitators that care for wild animals but they often can't take domestic ducks unless they've got...
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    thinking of getting some ducks

    Just to follow up, even though I started this thread 2 years ago. I finally got ducks! I live in the country now with a barn for the chickens and ducks. I've got 7 Khaki Campbells ducks and 27 chickens. They all live together and seem to do well. They're all eating purina flock raiser and I'll...
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    Leg band size for chickens and ducks

    I recently moved to a small ranch and my landlord was nice enough to let me use his old barn (2 large stalls). So I've finally gotten some khaki Campbell ducks along with a flock of 29 chickens. Most of the chicken breeds I've had before (buff orpingtons, black austrolorp, Easter eggers, cuckoo...
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    sleep talking about chickens

    I was reading one of my favorite blogs and today's post was about chickens! I just had to share it. http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/2011/12/dec-30-2011.html
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    thinking of getting some ducks

    Hello! I've been raising chickens in my backyard for about five years now. I live in a neighborhood where the houses are fairly close, but since I don't have roosters crowing, no one has complained. In fact, I often get people stopping to ask about the hens, and a few neighbors buy eggs from me...
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