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    Meat from chickens is TOUGH

    We raised some Cornish X and when we butchered them @ 8 weeks every last one of them was tough. Later (a month or so) we had to butcher some RIR roosters and they too were also tough. What is my problem?? Is it the feed? I use the store bought complete formula so I'm at a loss.
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    Can I feed layers cracked corn only?

    I'm looking to cut down my egg costs and since commercial feed is so expensive, I was wondering about a cracked corn diet. I'm willing to live with a drop in egg production since we already have WAY more than we can eat. I know I can try to sell the eggs, but I'm thinking more present day than...
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    I've got a dying chicken, and need some help...

    I'm pretty sure there wasn't any moldy food, def. could have fallen off a perch, but why would the leg be missing the feathers?
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    Chicken ID help

    Quote: If that's the chicken in your avatar, then I think it looks like that one. I'll charge the battery and get some better pics.
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    Chicken ID help

    Here's another pic of the bottom one, I've other pics more clear, but the camera battery died while transferring them, so I'll have to wait till tomorrow for them.
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    Chicken ID help

    I've got 2 different kinds of chickens I have no idea what they are. I know I've got some good looking RIR's, and I know I've got a Cornish X, but what are these two?
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    One of my chicken's is about to kick the bucket... advice?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4116676#p4116676 I've reposted it here, with pictures.
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    I've got a dying chicken, and need some help...

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4116676#p4116676 I've reposted it here, with pictures.
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    I've got a dying chicken, and need some help...

    Earlier today I saw a chicken of mine laying on its side. I tried picking it up, and it can't stand. One leg appears to be messed up, although neither is paralyzed, I had a busy day, so I left it alone to see what would happen. I went back in later this evening and checked on it, the chicken...
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    I've got a dying chicken, and need some help...

    Ok, just to clarify, this was a regular chicken. We had 26 total, 4 of which were Cornish (3 of them are dead now), and this is a regular black chicken that's sick. I went back in and checked on it, the chicken is still alive, and above its leg there's an infectious looking area. there's no...
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    One of my chicken's is about to kick the bucket... advice?

    Ok, just to clarify, this was a regular chicken. We had 26 total, 4 of which were Cornish (3 of them are dead now), and this is a regular black chicken that's sick. I went back in and checked on it, the chicken is still alive, and above its leg there's an infectious looking area. there's no...
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    I've got a dying chicken, and need some help...

    Alright, I came in to open the door to the run this morning and one of my birds (about 6 weeks old) was laying on its side, acting like it had a broken leg and trying to get up. I tried to pick it up and put it on its feet, and it just falls back on its side and is limping. First and most...
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    I do NOT like cornish x's.....

    Our Cornish X were also very gentle, we have a REALLY big coop and run, and they always have feed, but they also are the only birds we have that will let you pick them up. Perhaps it's because they're so fat they can't run fast enough...
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    One of my chicken's is about to kick the bucket... advice?

    Alright, I came in to open the door to the run this morning and one of my birds (about 6 weeks old) was laying on its side, acting like it had a broken leg and trying to get up. I tried to pick it up and put it on its feet, and it just falls back on its side and is limping. First and most...
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    Cornish Cross Help

    We don't know how old they are, we were figuring around 6 weeks, but we're just not sure. That's why I'm hoping to get a weight idea to gauge it by. The same person who told me to restrict them to 12 hours a day on feed also said to butcher them around 6-8 weeks.
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    Cornish Cross Help

    I posted the other day about one of our Cornish Cross chickens dying. Today I found a second one dead. We didn't realize we were supposed to be restricting them on feed, which may be the cause - bringing a heart attack because they've eaten so much. My question is this, about how much should...
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    COD: Unknown

    No we're not restricting food at all. We've got a nice big feeder, and it just stays pretty full, same with the waterer. The Cornish Cross is so big, it's hard to consider it a chick. I'm guessing the cross is actually about 5 weeks old right now. Although its funny about you saying their legs...
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    COD: Unknown

    We're first time chicken farmers, and we had 26 chickens we got from a few days to about 10 days old. The chickens are about 6 weeks old now, although I'm not for sure exactly on that. We just finished making their coop livable and the chickens have been in it now for about 5 days. Yesterday...
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    Leghorn or other "laying" chicken vs. Dual purpose?

    Thanks for the great tips! I appreciate it. I'm definitely liking the RIR's and the Plymouth Rocks, which is good, because I think that's what I've got!
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    Leghorn or other "laying" chicken vs. Dual purpose?

    I have heard that leghorns are some of the best layers, but I was wondering how much better do they do than the dual purpose (RIR's, Plymouth Rocks). Also, is the leghorns good to eat once they stop laying productively?
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