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    Barred rocks vs New Hampshire red

    I'm getting my birds from a university, they are supposed to be original lines. So if both birds are the same in production which personality do you like better, the BR or NHR? I kind of want to keep my birds purebred, so cross breeding is out of question. Thanks for all your help!
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    Barred rocks vs New Hampshire red

    Hi guys! It's that time of the year for Spring chicks. I need to get more chicks since my flock got taken by coyotes. I've narrowed what I should get to the barred rocks or New Hampshire reds. I have a few questions about which one lays more eggs, which one yields more meat and which one is more...
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    Dorking vs chantecler as meat birds

    Oh, sorry. I meant to say 30c. Those are the coldest or hottest it gets. The average temp is about -15c to -20c and the summer average is about 20c to 25c. So then my climate is fit for both? I wonder what the max temp is for chanteclers and min temp for the dorkings? Thanks for the help
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    Light Sussex Thread!!!

    Whoopsie! Just read the rest of your posts. I'm stumped on this one. Sorry!
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    Light Sussex Thread!!!

    Hi Anne, What you have is a male bird. Since it has a large wattle and comb. I don't know about anyone else but whenever I get some chicks, the males always look like that and the hens always have smaller wattles and combs. Hope that helps!
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    Dorking vs chantecler as meat birds

    Thanks for the advice. I'll try to contact them as soon as possible. Where I live it gets up to -30c and to 40c in the summer.thanks again.
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    Dorking vs chantecler as meat birds

    Hi, I have Been looking for a great heritage breed for meat and I have narrowed it down to the Dorking or the chantecler. Has anyone had expirences with any of these breeds, how did they dress out, did they have good broodiness? I would just like to know your expirences ? Thanks!
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    Light Sussex Thread!!!

    Hi, I'm glad there's a light Sussex thread here. I have 4 LS hens and they lay pretty well. I had 11 cockerels that I processed into decent fryers. The light Sussex are such a nice breed my Sussex have the Canadian bloodlines and are beautiful. Will post some pictures soon.
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    incubator for Christmas? what kind??????

    Hi, I have also been looking to get an incubator this christmas and after looking around I found a great site that is fairly affordable, if you go on incubator warehouse they have a giant supply of incubators at a decent price. Here's a tip , use promo code facebook5 for five bucks off...
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    Ligh sussex X lavender orpington?

    Hi faraday, those pullets look amazing they are so cute. My hens are probably going to turn out with a bit more white because I'm breeding with light not coronation Sussex. I have a few questions, are they more broody from what you have seen so far? What's their eggs size? Do they have more...
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    Ligh sussex X lavender orpington?

    I'm not really sure if the hens have broody traits. I got them from these people who got theirs from an endangered breed rescue program. They have not gone broody yet once, but I hope they do because I don't really what to buy an incubator because of the price and because it seems like a hassle...
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    Ligh sussex X lavender orpington?

    Hi I had recently just got a LO rooster to breed with my Ls hens. I was just wondering if breeding the two together would create a more broody light Sussex offspring? Thanks for all your help:)
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    Best dual purpose breeds for meat

    I cull mine at 18 weeks old because I read somewhere that is the best time to. Mine were pretty bony because of bad time keeping( left them for a week without food my accident.) but I was wondering what breeds pack the most meat while still laying a lot of eggs.
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    Best dual purpose breeds for meat

    Hi I have a flock of light Sussex and when I butchcered them the meat was pretty good. I'm just wondering what breeds have the best meat while still laying quite abit of eggs. Thank you in advance!
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    Light Sussex hen questions

    Thanks for the info and welcoming. But is the egg size for light Sussex large, medium or small once they mature?
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