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    Feathers missing from the Base of the neck

    Hi! I'm still pretty new at raising and maintaining chickens. My flock would be about a year old now. A little more maybe, and I noticed several months ago that one of my hens neck was becoming bare. Now it is happening with a few more. Are they molting? They are all still laying really well...
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    New flock, first eggs and the roll out nester.

    Hello!!! My chickens have started to produce eggs. Three so far. They were small, and one was not formed all the way. I'm told that is to be expected when young chickens first start to lay. Yes? All three of the eggs were left in the grass of the "pen" outside of the hen house. Although...
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    Meaties - How old?

    HELLO! This is my first time raising ANY KIND of chicken. My question is....... What is the ideal age to process the meat birds? I have 10 C/R's I've heard 6-8 weeks. But I've read also people waiting twice that long. I don't want to be in a hurry, but I was thinking 6 weeks. ~Dawn
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    New Girl On the Block

    Hi everyone! I've been doing some (more) reading about this adventure I have started, and I need advice. This is the background. I've got 10 Rhode Island reds (layers)......already in the coop. I've got 10 Cornish Rocks (meat birds) that are 10 days old. And 10 White Leghorn, (layers...
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