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    constipation question for chicks

    Hello! Well, we have 24 of our 25 meaties eating and growing great! (Eating for sure!) Today, I noticed some pasty butts, so am in the process of cleaning them off. I also cleaned out the little pool we have them in. When I went back in to check on them a couple of hours later, there are quite a...
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    New Meat Chicks one with strange sickness

    We received our order of Meaties Friday. That evening, we noticed one that could not walk. Looking at her legs, it didn't seem like spraddle legs, but she could not support herself. We hobbled her with a cut bandaid and took her to water so that she could drink. We saw then that she never opened...
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    5 HENS IN FLOCK 2 LOOSING FEATHERS AND SEEM TO LOST WEIGHT

    OUR EGG PRODUCTION HAS BEEN DOWN TO ABOUT 1 TO 2 EGGS A DAY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE FLOCK IS JUST 1 YR OLD. MY WIFE NOTICED THAT 1 WHO WE THOUGHT HAD GONE BROODY LOOKED VERY SICKLY THIN IN THE NECK AND BODY AREA AND ONLY A FEW TAIL FEATHERS LEFT. THEN WE NOTICED ANOTHER LOOKING SIMILAR. IS...
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    Best time to order

    I did a search and read a bunch, but didn't find my question answered - so sorry if it is a beat to death question! We live in Utah and it is cold right now. we want to order meaties again (I promised my hubby and I had time to get over the last time) When is a good time to order so that they...
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    chicken stock

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone cans their chicken stock, or do you just freeze it? I would like to know since with the three freezers I have, 1 has lots of cornish x in it, one has lots of beef and freezer jam, and one is for my everyday stuff, so I would like to store it on a shelf. Does it...
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    And here she is......

    Our first meatie all cooked up. We tried the "drunken" chicken.
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    The Deed is Done

    We now have 18 chickens resting in the fridge. We went ahead and skinned 15 and only plucked 3. They were filthy, and I am glad to be rid of the skin. They just flat out could not walk or move or anything. They were 8 weeks old today (or yesterday if we count shipping!) They were about 5-5.5...
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    skinning or plucking

    As posted earlier we are having our corn x dieing on us and we need to process them earlier than we were expecting. We are wondering the advantages of skinning the bird over plucking (if there are any?) Thanks for this forum it sure has been a life saver for us
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    dead cornish x

    our lot of 20 corn x are 8 weeks this thurs. last week we had 1 die and then today another we weighed this one and it was 8 lb. just hoping for some insight as to why this might be happenning and if we should process this weekend. we were hoping to get another week or 2
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    Yea! They are all friends!

    Finally, after five weeks, our little cuckoo marans (11 week or so) and our 18 week old chickens are becoming one flock. We have kept them since they were 6 weeks or so in the same coop, just in a separated part. But last night we went out to coop them up for the night and all six of them were...
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    food waste

    I am just curious how much food is normal to waste with the cornish x. Today a little water sloshed out of the waterer, so I quick scooped out the area. (they are 5 days old) the little bit of bedding I had down was now about 3 inches thick and FULL of food. I can see it all over, but was really...
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    look what came today! Pics!

    This is our first mail order delivery!! It was so exciting to get them! For some reason I forgot to get waterers, so I used the little one I had and ran to three different ranch supply stores to find some one gallon waterers(is that even a word?) I also got another feeder, since they seem to...
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    Cat!!!

    We have five 12 week old chickens and two 4 week old chicks and about to receive 20 cornishx. this morning when my big girls were out to free range I saw a cat stalking them! My first thought was for the chicks that were in an open top run for the morning.(trying to get the two groups to...
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    Clarification on sq ft per bird?

    We are getting our first meat chickens and our understanding is that you should have about 2 sq ft per bird. Now our question is that is that 2 ft of run and 2 ft of coop per bird or is it a combined total. I have a coop that is 42 sq ft and a run that is the same size. right now we are...
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    new cuckoos *pics*added

    We had to get rid of an accidental rooster. So, because there was a chicken for each of our children we had to get a replacement. We found a breeder willing to hold on to chicks for a few weeks to be sure of sex. (and cuckoo marans are supposed to be easier to tell) Anyway, we are getting two...
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    cornish x chicks

    We are getting our chicks next week, so we are trying to get ready. I want to be sure how long we feed medicated chick feed to them, and when do we start with broiler feed? what is the best kind of feed for them? When will the roosters start to crow of this breed? we are getting straight run...
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    We made the jump!

    We placed our order for 20 Cornish x. Wish us luck, we ordered with a couple of other families so I hope they get here safely even with the heat!
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    grass clippings

    Hi I have read other postings about grass clippings. I wanted to know if drying them out is what most people do. We would like to put some in the coop as well as the run, but didn't want to make a sauna in there! We have had a few 100+ days. Then are they ok to use for fertilizer or do they...
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    Do EE's have ear tufts and beards?

    We have asked if this bird is a male or female, it is named princess (it is my daughters) it hasn't tried to crow yet and is almost 9 weeks old. This bird is VERY different from the rest of ours. It has green legs so we were told it is an EE but do they look like this bird? It really is pretty-...
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    cuckoo marans

    Hey, we are here in Utah and we wanted to know if the Cuckoo Marans will be o.k. in our winters. We have a fully insulated coop with heat. Also, if you have this breed I have read that they lay about every 2-3 days, is that accurate? Thanks for any help-- We love this site, they are right it is...
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