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    Helping a friend, what went wrong?

    I was helping a friend process his 12 cornish crosses and he had three birds with something wrong inside. They were 9 wks and were weighing out on the big side about 6lbs with a couple up in the 8 lb range. None of the birds were showing any signs of trouble. We slaughtered, picked...
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    Bourbon reds getting sick

    Hi everyone. I have some 6 wk old bourbon reds who are getting sick. It starts with a day or two of "alarm" chirps. Then I notice the head starts twisting as if they have a stiff neck for a day or two. The poult then starts to loose coordination. After a week the bird's head is so twisted...
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    Loosing a cornish x a day . . .

    Hi everybody, I could use some help in figuring out what I'm doing wrong. We are loosing one or two birds a day out of our batch of 50 cx's. This is our 3rd year doing this and I have never had this trouble. All the chickens look healthy, they seem to be eating drinking and moving about...
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    Anyone every use a commercail deep fryer for a scalder?

    Hey folks, We are looking to scale up our pastured operation and I am trying to figure out a good scalder solution. I am building our Wizbang plucker now and I have read about the Wizbang scadler. I saw that some of you guys have built one. How much did it end up costing you? Has anyone...
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    Steps to change the law

    So I just confirmed with the town hall that we are not allowed to have chickens. We live in a small town in Western New York that prides itself in its rural roots, yet won't let anyone with less than 7 acres keep chickens. So, what is the first step I would take if I wanted to put up a fight...
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    How much storage? and for what?

    Hey folks, We are still planning the layout of our coop. It will be 16x8 with windows on all four walls. We are not going to start with a very large (backyard) flock, but wanted to build to accommodate our whims from year to year (I seem to want a couple of every breed that I read about, so...
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    Will tall, thick weeds work as a fence?

    Hi folks, My wife and I are working on our coop right now, and are very excited about getting some birds. We have a lot of space that can be used for a run and are planning on giving the chickens most of it. However the area is bordered on two sides by neighbors, one who has a rather...
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