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    Blue Laced Red Brabanters??

    Why? What benefits would this bring over the the Wyandotte? Brabanter isn't a breed in the US, and giving it a "Larger build" makes it something else anywhere.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I'll look into the literature that you've mentioned and think on the rest. Thank you for the discussion.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I've not seen any data of a 4lb dressed New Hamp at 10 weeks or less. That kinda bird would be awesome to see. From my reading a 4lb carcass at 12 weeks in 1950 was rare as 3-3.5lb was the norm. Maybe I just haven't found the proper literature yet. After the mid 50's it's pretty much the...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I had a spreadsheet of chicken weights from before WW1 up to 1950. I can't find it now, but iirc the "Rubber Chicken" became a thing because it looked like a carcass from back in the day. New hamps, Delawares improved over the rubber chicken. The winning white rocks in the Chicken of Tomorrow...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I kinda think the age restriction is a bit silly, but it is what it is. If you think about it, the Delaware was known for 12 weeks to market weight. That was it's job before the chicken of tomorrow stuff played out and a big reason it was so popular. I guess most of the breeds are slower...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Oh yeah. For our own freezer we like the older birds. Late culls we were holding onto for breeding and the 2yo laying hens. The Wife likes the fowl for broth and chicken salad. Make pretty good pot pie to.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    He's hung up on my comment about butchering my New Hamps at 16-18 weeks. I provided no weights or reasoning as to why that is. Yet my birds must suck because I choose to butcher them after 12 weeks. I normally shoot for 16 because that is what my customers asked for to meet the "Heritage"...
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    Pink chickens?

    IMHO, they look like some random chicks, dyed to fool somebody into paying $20.
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    Pink chickens?

    I think people say or keep a lot of things. When money is involved...
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    Pink chickens?

    Right, but the color stays for weeks. Until the down is replaced by feathers.
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    Pink chickens?

    Either dye or vaccine. When chicks are vaccinated from a hatchery they come in pink or green depending.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Look, it's obvious we have different opinions as to what productive fowl are. I'm not comparing the NH's to my leghorns or sexlinks or broilers. From my understanding 80 years ago 3 eggs a week from a hen was considered fairly good on the average homestead/farm. What should the NH's be producing...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    There you go again, twisting my words to fit your abrasive style. I am not trying to sell anything here. I'm merely stating how I do things and that it works for me. I don't need optimum, I need weights at a certain time. Restaurants want a certain size bird. The calcium is low and oyster shell...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I was under the impression Alltech was a company that supplies minerals for feed rations. If it is more than that, then I would call ignorance on my part, not lies and misinformation. Just because you feel that no one ration works, it does for me. The Ducks and CornishX are done 6-8 weeks...
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    Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

    Nope. I gotta do all the cooking and sandwich making.
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