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  1. dancingbear

    My current breeding project birds

    Here's my Dark Cornish roo. I know, he's not SOP, but the best I've been able to get ahold of so far. Much better body shape than the other two I had, which are now in the freezer. He was a gift fom another BYCer, and I'm very glad to have him. And he's healthy, strong, and fertile. Those...
  2. dancingbear

    The hardest to clean birds I've ever done

    We finally got around to butchering the "Death Row" roosters today. Most were 5-7 months old, but I had 2 dark Cornish roos, who were about 1 1/2 years old, maybe a bit more. I kept a third DC roo as a breeder, but the other two were really way below him as far as quality goes, and he's not the...
  3. dancingbear

    best price on cartons

    Has anybody found a better price on egg carton than what eggcartons.co has? The best I found on blank cartons (paper, the foam was higher) $64.95 plus just under $20 shipping. Misprints, $37.95, same shipping of course, a lot better price, but I'm waiting to find out if I can legally use those...
  4. dancingbear

    Lowest price on red broilers?

    The cheapest I found was $1.77 ea. (for 25) at Ideal, I looked for others, but that was the best I found. Anybody know of a hatchery with a lower price? I haven't decided yet if I want to try these, but I'm sure there are others who want the same info. Thanks!
  5. dancingbear

    Salmon Faverolles, LF, fertile eggs or chicks

    I'm looking for LF Salmon Faverolles, fertile eggs or chicks, from a breeder. My track record hatching shipped eggs is dismal, so I'm hoping to find somebody within a half-day's drive to get them from. Or if you're is a bit too far away, maybe we can manage to meet in-between, if you have an...
  6. dancingbear

    Tried Joel Salatin's kill/gut methods

    I know most people do this early in the morning, but things didn't go according to plan. So I ended up slaughtering in the evening, instead. It was fine, as DH is out of town, and except for the laughter and bleeding out, I was working in the kitchen anyway. Plucking took forever, as usual, but...
  7. dancingbear

    Joel Salatin's instruction videos

    I watched some of these on u-tube after the links were posted by EGGTASKTIC. All I can say is wow. I hadn't thought to look for Joel's videos on u-tube. I watched 2 on evisceration, and one on killing in a cone, (I think that was his son, in that one). I'll be trying out these techniques, and I...
  8. dancingbear

    Whiz bang plucker book

    Anybody have a used whiz bang plucker book for sale? I need to get a copy. Thanks!
  9. dancingbear

    Safe limits for protein in feed?

    An article in the current issue of Grit states that to get a better growth rate in dual purpose/heritage breed birds for meat, you have to feed them at least 38% protein. I've never heard that before, and it seems awfully high to me. Also hard to achieve, without getting pretty pricey on the...
  10. dancingbear

    Buckeye eggs from Pathfinders set

    I got some eggs from Pathfinders, Sunday, (Thanks, Laura!) and got them in the 'bator last night. 15 lovely eggs, picked up in person, not shipped. So I have high hopes for them. I just know they'll have a good hatch!
  11. dancingbear

    On turning eggs prior to incubating

    I just keep mine in a carton, small end down. I don't turn them at all, prior to incubation. I candle eggs before I set them, checking air cells, looking for micro-cracks, etc. I've never seen a yolk get stuck to the shell, when kept small end down. I use an auto turner, but before I got it, I...
  12. dancingbear

    Cotton seed meal-good or bad?

    My feed guy carries cotton seed meal, and I've been wondering if it might be a good thing to add when I need to increase protein in the feed. I'd prefer to avoid soy. My choices around here are distiller's grain, soy meal, and cottonseed meal. I've used both soy meal and distiller's grain, using...
  13. dancingbear

    What can cause excessive molting? 4 times since last fall!

    In previous years, my flock has molted heavily in the fall, and sometimes had a light molt in the spring. This year, they've molted about 4 times, so far, and it isnt even time for the fall molt yet. Is there anything diet related that could cause this? The weather's been really weird this...
  14. dancingbear

    Lost info on Salmon Fav breeder. Please help!

    I recently posted that I want fertile eggs for Salmon Faverolles, and somebody posted a link to a member's website, one who has beautiful SF's, and lives somewhere north of me, maybe Ohio or Indiana. Then the breeder in question also responded, and said she would be going to a show in...
  15. dancingbear

    Laying ability passed on by ROO, true or false?

    I seem to recall reading several times that the laying ability, (or lack of it) is passed on by roos from their mothers. If anybody has links to info from any studies, or other documentation, I'd appreciate it. I tried a search, but after reading a bunch of threads that didn't answer my...
  16. dancingbear

    Breeders of S. Favs, or Dorking, in or near KY?

    I'm looking for fertile eggs close enough to go pick up, rather than ship. Anybody near here?
  17. dancingbear

    Who's gotten high hatch rates on shipped eggs, and...?

    At least 50% or better? And who did you order them from? What breeds? What part of the country are they in, if you recall? The reason I'm asking, is I'd like to check with those sellers, and see if any of them have any of the breeds I'm looking for, if I can't find a local source, where I...
  18. dancingbear

    Early hatches

    My last batch, which was due to hatch yesterday, 7/27. started hatching early, on the 24th. I looked in to check the temp, and there was a chick that hatched in the turner. I had 11 eggs in there, took out the turner, put the chick and all the remaining eggs back in, all but 1 hatched, and I...
  19. dancingbear

    9 LED flashlights for candling

    Auto Zone carries some for $3.99, (up by the register) they take 3 AAA batteries. With fresh batteries (or newly charged rechargables, which I use, otherwise you go broke buying batteries) they are bright enough to candle. My DH got one for me a while back, that was about $15 or $16, a longer...
  20. dancingbear

    The multiple-broody-hen-baby-chick shuffle

    Yesterday, 17 of 23 of the eggs from my own hens, finished hatching in the incubator, (yay, I know now it's not me, the problem really was with the shipped eggs, every single one of this bunch that pipped, hatched successfully.) and at the same time, a couple of hens hatched 4, and another was...
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