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  1. travifive

    Cackle's Fry Pan Special

    squareinchfarm, I can't remember any starting to crow from that batch. I would say if any did it would be a very small number and at that age it wouldn't be much of a crow. Their hormones usually don't start kicking in until around the 15-16th week so they don't really have the urge or...
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    EYE WORMS!!! I cant get this under control!

    I have found eye worms in every bird that has a swollen eye so far. That being said, I have a friend that is a vet who has been helping me but he is not a poultry vet and is not very familiar with poultry meds. He is thinking there may be a possibility of infectious coryza. He said the problem...
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    EYE WORMS!!! I cant get this under control!

    My vet recommended to use Tylan by mouth. After this is initial infestation is gone is there a good wormer that I can add to the water? I have over 200 chickens on rotating pastures. Bird by bird worming would be quite a task. Thanks for all the info. This has been a great help!
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    Cornish Cross - Meat Birds

    Enjoy! Don't let them drive you crazy. They CAN be finicky but you'll get the hang of it. The meat is well worth it.
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    EYE WORMS!!! I cant get this under control!

    Thank you! How often would I need to worm them after this is gone. And is there a way to treat the ground to kill the eggs too?
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    EYE WORMS!!! I cant get this under control!

    OK so I got some birds from a lady who burned me with some sick birds. While they were in quarantine I lost more than 30 of the 62 I bought from her from eye worms. I finally got those under control and learned a valuable lesson to boot. I had those quarantined in my brooder house which is...
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    Sorry. The chick in the picture was the same as the one in the second pic. In the first pic he is in the background. He has a little stripe on his head so its been easy to keep track of him.
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    UPDATE: This was taken this morning. I am amazed at how fast they are feathering out. This is the same chick from my first picture of them. I found one dead yeasterday so now we're down to 25. Hopefully it was just a fluke.
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    That's a good looking batch. Thanks for the info. The chicks are still doing very well. They made the transition to FF quickly. This morning they came running up to the trough. I'm going to start adding more and more to their daily amounts until I see some being left behind. I want to make sure...
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    Flock of 100 meat birds, I lost 15 so far help!

    I would take the numbers down to between 70-80. If you have the ability to weigh them you could start by processing 5 or 10 of your heaviest birds. In my experience, if you give them too much space you will drop in carcass weights and if you give them too little space your mortality rate will go...
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    Thanks! I was curious about that while I was doing it. I'll have to add more when I build the other two. Looking forward to hearing your final weights too. Can you post pics as well?
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    And another...
  13. travifive

    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    UPDATE: This week has been insanely busy with farm stuff and in town work stuff so I'm a little late with this info but better late than never. I received a call early last week that the hatchery was able to move up our order and the chicks would be coming a week earlier. Not only were they a...
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    It's time to get serious with brooding - Our new brooder!

    RedRidge- that is a great use of space. One day when I get around to building a barn I would love to have a place like that for broody hens or quarantine or whatever else.
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    Thanks. I wont worry about the extra ACV in the water then.
  16. travifive

    Meat Bird Feeding Experiment

    I'll second that. My chickies love alfalfa pellets. It makes a really cheap treat/supplement.
  17. travifive

    3 month old chickens being harassed by 1 year olds....

    If the pecking continues you may want to try putting the little ones in a cage where the older girls can still see them but can't get to them. After a few days you should see the older girls pecking and scratching the ground next to the cage without even paying attention to the others. I would...
  18. travifive

    2 Hens, 5 Eggs

    Do you have a light in your coop?
  19. travifive

    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    As far as the weighing goes. I was planning on using a fish scale and just hang them upside down with a loop of string around both feet. That's how I normally move my Cornish. They flap around a lot right when I flip them over but then they calm down after a couple seconds and just hang out...
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    Freedom Rangers and Fermented Feed - A Pastured Poultry Experiment

    Here is the feed conversion chart and the instructions they sent. I was really impressed that they sent instructions two weeks before the chicks are set to arrive.
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