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    My Comparison on Freedom Rangers Vs. Cornish X

    Did you butcher the Rangers at the same time as the Crosses? Or let them grow longer?
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    12-week old hens don't roost.

    2 Barred Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Silver Wyandottes. I'm not going to worry about it. They can sleep where they want, if they decide they want to roost on the bar then they can go for it. I'm just ready for them to start laying eggs.
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    Worried about the heat with my Cornish Cross

    I have 15 Cornish Cross' right now that are 2 weeks old. They're growing like crazy, just like they should. My plan all along has been to tractor them, moving them to a different part of the yard each day. But, it's 100-105 here in Texas right now, and most of my yard is un-shaded for most of...
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    12-week old hens don't roost.

    Should I be worried that my 12-week old hens don't sleep on their roost bar at night? They all huddle up in one corner of the coop and sleep in a bunch. I don't really care if they do or not, except that my poop tray design is worthless without it. I just didn't know if there was a trick to...
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    I've lost my mind.

    Did a little alcohol-induced internet shopping and drunk-me decided that we needed meat birds. Since then, I've gotten pretty excited about it, so I guess that drunk-me knows what it's doing after all. That said, I have some questions. I have 15 Cornish-X hens coming from Meyer. They'll be in...
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    New brooder

    It's not going to stay on the porch. There will be a sloped roof off the side to cover the nest box.
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    New brooder

    Decided to take some time from building my coop and build my girls a new brooder this afternoon. Their old plastic tub was feeling a little dark and cramped. The idea was to use scrap, which some of it is. But most of the framing is new wood. Luckily, 2x4's are cheap! I put down some...
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    New guy from Texas

    This is my "what was I thinking" introduction thread. I'd been toying with the idea of getting chickens for a while now, I'd even gotten some wood together for the coop build. Today I went to price out rest of the materials and ended up leaving with 5 new chicks! Two Rhode Island Reds and 3...
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