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    Hatching without shell- I'm doing it!

    There's nothing bad about your (ended) experiment, or even the set-up for that matter. It's called peer review, and that's pretty much the very basis of the scientific method. Let's see if we can replicate what that guy did, and see if we observe the same outcomes by doing everything the way...
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    Has anyone here mixed the genetics of meat birds with layers?

    I'm sorry I came a bit late to this thread. I have crossed a CX male over an Isa Brown layer hybrid. I've been having fertility issues since F2. The cross and F1 went like a rocket, after that about 30% fertility and a lot of weak chicks. F3 rooster was huge and disproportionaly wide...
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    Real story & How to tell if chicken is still alive?!

    I have to fully agree with this, a teacher teaches and does not describe or quote out of a book. As to the amount of blood, it just covers the bottom of a bucket. Maybe you were expecting too much blood, something you would have learned with one showing if your teacher was willing. I cut one...
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    How to defeather a chicken

    Absolutely no need to fuss about... Just when I think I've seen all the nonsense there could possibly be on this planet, I'm being educated there's still plenty more being made up where all the nonsense came from in the first place. If your chicken is bled properly, there's no way in hell...
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    Best Knives?

    Now, that's a tool, I'll say. And a good stone to go with it and keep it sharp. :thumbsup
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    Not enough water

    Water is important, but no need to panic. Chickens are resourceful and when they have access to it will peck at snow and frost on grass and other plants/objects. Early night frost, I just smash the frozen upper part of the 10 liter water-boxes I have all over the run. The chickens go crazy...
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    Help With Broiler Food?

    Certainly not a waste of time, I picked up a couple of things again. It's well written in human language that people with no background in this field can understand and take it from there if they want to dig deeper. Don't beat yourself up, U_Stormcrow, your post will provide tons of people...
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    What is a strict diet for a Cornish Cross?

    Sorry to read that, but you did the right thing. Hope your daughter isn't too upset by it. It can maybe serve as a life lesson, the whole circle of life thing and so on. Good luck with your other chickens.
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    Can Cornish hens lose weight

    Welcome! :) Yes, reducing food will work. Lots of greens also, make sure it's the leafs without the seeds. As in, make sure there's not a handful of high caloric seeds attached to those greens just for that one chicken. Feed her mixed grains (wheat, oat, barley, corn, sunflower, ...) instead...
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    Breeding a meat hen with a RIR roo?!

    It's not a direct answer to your question, but what I have done is breed a white broiler (CX) to a brown layer hybrid. I was on F3 last season and have some real beasts walking around now. The small ones and slow growers were culled and eaten. You can expect to see some very varied outcome...
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    Processing knife/sharpener

    I would suggest using a good manual pull through sharpener. That's what I use on my butchering knife, and I've had it for some 30 odd years. Mine has those carbide bits on one side, similar to those found on lathe chisels and milling tools, and round ceramic bits in a V-shape on the opposite...
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    Processed roosters turned dark in the freezer!

    Looks pretty normal to me too. The drumstick at the top might look what it looks like when they get bruised just before or just after slaughter. Wash that leg under a running tap and see how much blood you can squeeze out, that might give you an indication as to whether it got bruised, or not...
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    Permethrin and butchering

    I'm no expert, but I would say it's safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin Maybe you can skin those 2 to be extra safe.
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    Best way to go cheaply?

    Not to start an argument, but I find this very interesting because you say “on me”. I seem to be the exact opposite. When I cut myself cleanly with a razorsharp blade, I have to tape it to stop the bleeding, and then it still oozes blood for days before finally closing. If I cut myself shaving...
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    Has anyone eaten Bresse???

    Yes, I ordered a Poule De Bresse once in France, some 30 years ago. It was on the menu and wasn't too pricey, so I picked that. I didn't really know what I was ordering and thought it was just chicken prepared a certain way, like a regional chicken-dish or a dish recognizable by its name...
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