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    What to feed broilers to fatten them up?

    Hi, we have separated the roosters we are sending to have slaughtered and are wondering what we can feed them that will fatten them up nicely and improve their taste. We got day-old chicks at the beginning of May and they were all on organic chick starter, then chick grower and at about 20 weeks...
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    Keeping roosters together

    Hi everyone, I am wondering how to organize my flock with the least amount of stress & fighting. We've only ever had hens. Last winter we hatched some eggs and got 3 roosters to add to our 22 hens. The roosters get alone fine together. In May, we got 60 day-old birds (unsexed) and have a...
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    Introducing a rooster

    We got a dozen Chantecler pullets last October to join our dozen year-old Red Sex Links. Their eggs had been fertilized so we decided to incubate some of them and hatched 7 chicks in November. We've managed to keep them warm & healthy all winter and one of them is a rooster. So far, we've kept...
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    Very sick -- Could it be constipation?

    Please help! I have noticed a chicken nesting on the floor of the coop, on and off, for a couple of days but she didn't seem to be in discomfort & seemed to be eating. Yesterday it was obvious she was in distress -- wings out, walking with a funny waddle, tail down. I thought she was eggbound...
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    Extra vitamins for egg layers in winter?

    Hi, I have a dozen Red Sex Links and 10 Chantecler hens. I had been told that the Red Sex Links stop laying in winter, and only lay regularly for about a year. I got them as pullets in the spring and they are still laying regularly even though it's now December and below freezing. To top it off...
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    What about frostbite?

    I've been reading all the posts on keeping chickens in winter and everyone seems to agree they can take pretty cold temperatures. Our coop is well-insulated but I'm wondering when they are at risk of frostbite when they're outside? This week it's been hovering around freezing and while our Red...
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    Who's the Daddy?

    Hi everyone: We got a dozen White Chantecler hens from a breeder several weeks ago. They were ranging freely with the Chantecler roosters so we thought we'd try to incubate some of the eggs and this weekend hatched 7 chicks. Most are a pale yellow, one is white but what really has us baffled is...
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    Time to unplug the incubator?

    Hi, we've been hatching our first batch of chicks & Murphy's Law unfortunately kicked in: everything that could go wrong, did. We had temperature fluctuations and a hard time keeping the humidity up. On Day 18 our kids accidentally unplugged the incubator and my husband didn't see it for a few...
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    Hi & thanks so much from Ontario, Canada

    Hello everyone: We've just hatched our first batch of chicks and I couldn't have done it without BYC. Every time I panicked & Googled for info, it was the BYC forum posts came up on my screen with good, practical advice. The most important thing I learned was PATIENCE. Also, that I wasn't alone...
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