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    this little runt can not be a meatie... so what is it? pic included

    Couldn't agree more! Thanks Indigosands
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    this little runt can not be a meatie... so what is it? pic included

    ah good to know, thanks so much for the help! I'll have to keep updating pics as she grows to confirm. thanks again!
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    my Red Rangers, 6 wks old. kinda pix heavy

    Peeka52 well that explains the high egg production, lol! thanks for clarifying.
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    my Red Rangers, 6 wks old. kinda pix heavy

    They look just like my Rhode Island Reds and are both female with very red combs and wattles. Big Red has a very large comb while her sisters is not as big (hense her name, lol) They are dual purpose, but the meat gets tough as they age. Typically people that use them as dual purpose process...
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    this little runt can not be a meatie... so what is it? pic included

    ok, so I called the feed store and they did recieve a delivery of layers the same day as the meaties. so, female is looking pretty positive! here are the choices: Production Red NH Red Golden Comet Light Brama Buff Orphington Black Australorp (I guess we can rule this one out, lol)...
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    this little runt can not be a meatie... so what is it? pic included

    Thanks for all the responses! Pele, she (putting out the female energy here, lol) was a caramel color when she first came. We had ordered 3 Red Rangers and 3 Cornish so I just assumed she was growing a little slower. then she started to roost and I decided she was definetly not a meat bird...
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    this little runt can not be a meatie... so what is it? pic included

    Hi all, So my DH and I purchased 6 meaties (3 Cornish and 3 Red Rangers) from our local feed store. As the weeks have passed (this saturday will be 6 weeks) I've notice that one of these chicks is not like the others. he/she is a little runt and roosts up high while the rest of the gang...
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  12. Thinking this little runt can not possibly be a meatie!

    Thinking this little runt can not possibly be a meatie!

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    sick chick with reoccuring crop issues may have finally had enough...

    Well, after months of crop issues I think Red has finally had enough. She's no longer roosting, she's shaking and looks to be having a hard time balancing herself. Very weak. It makes me so sad to see her this way. It all began last summer when she gorged on a few clumps of grass I stupidly...
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    when to remove the heat lamp and open the brooder

    Hi, thanks for your reply! we have 2 Cornish and 3 Red Rangers (I lost a Cornish the first night we had them). Their wing feathers are really coming in, fuzz everywhere else. I did raise the lamp up a few inches today, like you mentioned, they seemed to be moving away from the heat. I'll...
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    when to remove the heat lamp and open the brooder

    Hi, Its our first attempt at raising meaties and am wondering when I should be turning off the heat lamp? My plan was to start raising the lamp so that by this weekend I could turn it off during the day. Temps have been 60's during the day and 40's at night (We're in CT and the weather has...
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