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    New meatie babies came in & freebies!!

    After our accidental raising of two Cornish X (TSC mystery chicks) we ordered 8 more to raise strictly for our freezer. I know a lot of people complain about the roosters that they send but when I opened up my box and saw 7 freebie, mystery roosters I jumped for joy!! I just keep picturing all...
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    Adjustments for roasting free range cornish x?

    I know that we had to make adjustments for cooking times when we switched to grass fed beef, are there any adjustment for cooking free range cornish x? I am going to roast a whole bird, what temp & time per pound should I use? My fav chick, Big Bird, turned out to be a Cornish X and if I mess...
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    Do we have enough room?

    We have 14 chickens now (2 are cornish x that will be culled this week so that will put us to 12, rest are RIR & Dominiques) on a 1/4 acre residential lot and were originally planning to use 10 of them as meat birds to supply just us with eggs but now that my family/friends found out we are...
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    Maintaining yard for free range

    We live in a residential neighborhood and my 14 girls free range approx 8hrs a day on an almost 1/4 acre lot. So far we have only a few patches that they have torn all of the grass up and were wondering how to maintain the yard for them to provide adequate greens for them. We are not overly...
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    White Rock or Cornish X? Or something else?

    Have been told White Rock & Cornish X. They are substantially bigger than the rest of our flock and are the same age. They are content to eat constantly while our flock finds places to roost which leads me to think Cornish X. But, they have no legs problems and are extremely active. We have fed...
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    Breed & Sex identification

    Any ideas on what breed of bantam this is? And if it is male/female?
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    Need Breed help

    The first picture is a 2 week old orphan we took in and they didn't know the breed. The second is 5 weeks and was labeled a Dominique at TSC but would like to make sure.
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    Swimming pools

    We have 13, five week old chicks free ranging in our backyard with an open pool. We have not had any problems until we took in a 2 week old chick that seems to be attracted to the pool! She has only gone in once, swam from the deep end (awkwardly) almost to the shallow end before my husband...
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    Starter Feed & Grit

    My girls are approx 5 weeks old and are on starter feed but they free range about 6-8hrs a day. Do I need to be providing grit for them? If so, what is the best way to distribute it? Opinions on grit vs. oyster shell?
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    Concerns over commercial feed

    I am new to Backyard Chickens and have spent the past 2 days reading through everything and have seen arguments for & against only allowing free range & scratch feed. Commercial grain is not an option for my family because of the chemicals it has in it, even the organic feeds. We live a...
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