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    White Leghorn

    I couldn’t give you a list off the top of my head. I’ve looked at over a dozen. They’re either hy-line strains, proprietary strains, or say things like, “This is a production strain, and we do not recommend you breeding them.” AKA this is a hybrid and won’t breed true. Or, they flat out say...
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    White Leghorn

    Who sells non-hybrid white leghorns? Pretty much everything I see, that give info on them anyway, are hybrids.
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    Breeding CornishX to CornishX

    Every year we see people say they’re going to hold some back and breed them against the advice of others (No, I have no intentions of doing this). They often times never post on it again and disappear into the sunset. My question is, what is the farthest, generation wise, into it someone you...
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    Fermented Feeder Help

    I'm in the process of converting to fermented feed. I've searched threads and found the 5 gallon bucket designs. However, I'm going to be doing this for groups of 60-100 chickens at a time (If this works I'll be trying it with turkeys too). Has anyone successfully ferment fed/wet fed this...
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    Crossbreeding for education

    Here is a bit of background. My Ag program raises chickens. We rotationally graze them year round and supplement with layer feed. We give our eggs away to people in the community in need. We started out with a variety of breeds. We have RIR, Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, Welsummer, and...
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    Long time listener, first time caller

    I don’t know about wise and old, but I’ll contribute where I can. I’d love to hear some of y’all’s ideas for incorporating poultry into a high school Ag program.
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    Long time listener, first time caller

    We have welsummers, barred rock, buff orpington, RIR, and Americanas. Our crossbreds are all of the former minus the Americana crossed with a white leghorn rooster. They should begin laying in a few weeks. We aren’t breeding to sell chicks. We crossbreed for feed efficiency, forage ability...
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    Long time listener, first time caller

    I am an Ag teacher/FFA Advisor in Alabama. I’ve lurked around a bit (stumbled upon some interesting things about a family member oddly enough) and finally pulled the trigger today. I’ve had chickens in the past, and my program currently has a flock. We have a few from various breeds as well as...
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