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    1st Time with Jumbo Cornish X's... Help needed

    Okay group, This year was the first year we have done meat birds... the first set of 25 were white rocks and all I can say is that after 12 weeks, they still looked like rubber chickens (these things were skinny) so now we're onto trying out some jumbo Cornish x's.. We really didn't want to go...
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    New Joe Salatin Style Mobile Coop for Meat Birds....

    Quote: 10x12 I believe that's what Joe suggests in his Pastured Poultry book. It should hold up to 100 birds, although we only have 50 right now.
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    New Joe Salatin Style Mobile Coop for Meat Birds....

    Group, It took 11 hours and one other friend to build it, but it's done.. What is it? Our first Joe Salatin style mobile meat bird chicken tractor. Here are some pics: We currently have 50 White Rocks in there, we're planning to allow them to go to 12 weeks....then it's into the...
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    Blood on nesting box

    I'm just bumping this up....
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    Blood on nesting box

    Hello, Our pullets are just starting to lay (about 7 eggs a day from 26 hens). They are about 23 weeks old and just started laying about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Today I found blood on one of the boxes, kind of smeared on the sides. I can't fully assess the situation because one hen is still in...
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    Feathers around coop, yard

    Hello all, We've got a flock of 26, what seem to be, healthy chickens. They are eating well, drinking well, and nothing seems to be amiss. But there are feathers everywhere: in the coop, under the coop, and all around the yard where they are fenced. Is a certain amount of feather loss normal...
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    Injured chicken near ear

    Hello, I just went to close up the coop, waiting for one lady to make her way up the ramp and noticed one of my ladies on the inside had a gouge type injury on the side of her head near her ear. Not sure how this happened...do you think one of the other chickens may have done it? They've been...
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    getting chickens into the house at night...REALLY NEED HELP!!

    Thanks everyone...I will try to enjoy chasing them more:D. It was fun to chase them with the kids because it was total chaos: chickens and kids in every direction! Well, I brought a bowl of barley and grit outside after coming inside to regroup and went out whistling (which lowered my stress...
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    getting chickens into the house at night...REALLY NEED HELP!!

    Folks, Our ladies are testing our sanity! They are about 10 weeks old and have been out in a fenced area with their elevated coop. We have a ramp to let them in and out and leave it out all day. But the question is, how do we get them in at night without highly stressing them out. The other...
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    organic feed in southern indiana

    Anybody know of any sources of organic feed in the Nashville, Bloomington area? Thanks!
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    how old for whole grains

    Hello, Just wondering when it's okay to give chickens whole grains and grit? Ours are about 10 weeks. Thanks! Farm mama
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    Water Consumption... How much should they be drinking.

    Thanks for the ideas, we actually move their food and water out of their coop in the morning and then back in at night. I checked on it this evening and it looks like it went down about 3/4 of a gallon.
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    Water Consumption... How much should they be drinking.

    We have a 3.5 gallon waterer and it doesn't seem to have gone down at all today. Now they are free range, if that makes a difference, however the only other water source is the dew on the grass in the morning.
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    Water Consumption... How much should they be drinking.

    Hi, My wife posted this over in the emergency forum but it's not an emergency, so I am moving it over here. Our flock of 26 chickens, about 10 weeks old, just went outside a few days ago. They seem to be doing well but they're not drinking much. They seem active and okay but as hot and humid...
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    chickens not drinking very much water

    Hi, Our flock of 26 chickens, about 10 weeks old, just went outside a few days ago. They seem to be doing well but they're not drinking much. They seem active and okay but as hot and humid as it is, I can't understand why they're not drinking much and if this is concerning. Thanks for...
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