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    Best Broiler Feed?

    I never had a problem with rats when I lived at a property that had them. But I did cover brooders with hardware cloth just in case. Don't really have them where I live now. I don't raise chickens in a run and only did once briefly. I know that if you throw enough compostables down anywhere...
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    Best Broiler Feed?

    thugnasty_ufc? I know it's tempting, but I would avoid paying too much attention to farming advice on Instagram. I would have so many predators if I started leaving deer organs in or around my coop. I bring deer that I hunt up to my house to butcher them.., and the chickens eat a lot of the...
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    Best Broiler Feed?

    Depends on what's available in your area first. And second, how important are labels like organic and non-gmo to you. Diving deeper....Some people want buy as local as possible - which you might be able to find - locally mixed and milled feed in your area. Some of the die hard purists buy their...
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    How long does freshly butchered chicken last in the fridge?

    I agree with @kattabelly 100%. I wouldn't eat that. 6 days in a household refrigerator (usually runs higher than 33f) for raw unsalted meat, is usually the maximum before you really need to eat it. Freezing it is just forced extension of its cold storage time. The time it takes to thaw will be...
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    Ended Feathers of Fall Photo Contest

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    Ended Feathers of Fall Photo Contest

    Thank you! I'm still working on finding my look through color grading my raw image files. This one turned out a bit more "vintage" than normal. Seemed appropriate though with the state of the building in the background.
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    Ended Feathers of Fall Photo Contest

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    Knives

    This for kill cuts. And a combination of simple and sterilizable skinning and boning knives from Dexter depending on the cut ie: -Eviseration cuts use the skinning knife -Cutting off feet and necks uses boning knives. Never use more than 200-400 grit on the skinning knives for sharpening...
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    Ended Feathers of Fall Photo Contest

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    Photo Critique Club

    I love this one!
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    Brahmas gender

    Thanks again for your input everyone. I had to add this pic I took today.
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    Birds got too warm after processing?

    Man that's a tough one. I've had a cooler with 100+ birds mysteriously shut down at an unknown date and ended up with room temp birds for at least a few hours. I did eat them. But I made sure to not give anyway from that batch. I also cooked and ate a chicken first and waited 24 hours before I...
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    Can I Feed Regular Chicken Feed to Broilers?

    A 20% chick grower feed would be totally fine. If they are older than about 5 weeks you could even go as low as 18% percent. Anything meant for chickens that isn't "layer" feed and between 18-22% protein would work great.
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    Meyer Hatchery Red Broilers

    That's awesome you got so much out of them! It's always a bit plus or minus for me. Some years are great, some not as much, this year has been really perfect conditions- at least for those of us in the northeast US. The hatcheries have to mitigate that they do all their testing in controlled...
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    Brahmas gender

    Thank you three! That's kind of what I'm thinking - maybe the big one a cockerel, and the other two females. But it's hard to tell. Maybe a few more weeks to know for sure. I've heard they're slow to mature. I don't see any saddle feathers on any of them.
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    Brahmas gender

    12 week old brahmas. Mottled and partridge. Any ideas? I've raised a good few chickens, but I can not tell if the two big ones are roos or not
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    Red Rangers

    A lot of questions. I'll dive into a few. 15-20 red rangers will be fine in a 8x12 coop especially if you let them out for the day. You will probably still need to move the coop at least once a day as they get older if you want optimal cleanliness they might roost if you offer them low roosting...
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    Maine

    My understanding is that "inspection" in the clause you are referring to there is an "onsite poultry butchering inspector". Meaning a person that remains through the butchering process and physically watches the birds get butchered. That is a federal requirement for slaughter houses. The...
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    Maine

    Oh man my knowledge of this is not as fresh as it used to be but I spent many hours over these regulations a few years back. Basically, it all boils down to you can butcher 1000 birds at your home as long as you abide by basic food safety requirements in your butchering area (things like running...
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    Meat Bird+ Project: Delaware/New Hampshire/Barred Rock

    I would say those are excellent weights for hatchery heritage birds. I would be really happy with that.
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