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    we are moving to Boise Id area... Need some kind of structure for my hens

    Moving to Nampa ID... Looking for tractor for 9 chickens( laying hens)... anyone can give advice where I can post this... Is here such a thing as Boise , ID forum? There was a lady on Craigslist.... She said she would ask her son to build one for me,... But she stopped resonding for my texts...
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    My hen just hatched the first chick... should I leave her alone?

    Hi! I urgently need your advice! My broody has been on the eggs for 19-20 days... I usually lift her up and give her food and water, but today I heard a "peep" under her... It means that at least one chick has just hatched.... I am afraid to mess up the hatching process, but also I am worried...
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    found a mass inside butchered rooster

    My 3 y.o. roo started behaving like he is about to die. He was looking and living like he is a 90 y.o. grandpa.So I butchered him. But while evicerating I found a huge mass - looks like a very big meatball and feels like it. Is it a cancerous tumor. Is he still safe to eat? I do not want it go...
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    found huge mass inside rooster after butchering(question to "raising for meat" people)

    Hi! I wander if anybody else had that experience. I had a 3 y.o. rooster, recently he started behaving like he is 90 year old grandpa. Standing there, not eating much. Something was wrong. One day i found him, he could not get up from the ground. I helped him to get up. Today he was getting...
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    can we still eat him??

    Hi! I had a very wired young Delaware rooster 5 months old. I was actually going butcher him in a couple days as I always wait to cull unwanted roos when they are 5 months old. We had a heat wave for a couple days. He preferred to sit in a garage that is pretty hot(90 F). I made sure he had...
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    Is it okey to leave mommy and her chicks indoors for awhile?

    Hi! This was my first attempt to use broody hen to hatch her chicks. Only two hatched actually. But they look good - healthy - eating and drinking. They are 4 days old now. While sitting on the nest she was separated from the rest of the flock in the garage brooder. It is still cold and very...
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    6 months old layer feed - throw away or not?

    About 6 months ago I got two bags of "organic type feed. - it mostly made from cracked natural grains and added supplements like oyster shell. So it is not typical stuff from Feed store. The problem was chickens liked it but not very much. So I ended up with mixing it with regular pellets bought...
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    please, help me with pressure cooker recipes of 12 week old HERITAGE chickens?or non- PC recipes for

    I want to try a 12 week old heritage chicken. I know how to cook and older birds. But wanted to try other method than slow cooking or coq a vin with younger birds. Please your ideas? thank u in advance
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    wanted to share a tip which helped me to reduce food waste!

    Just wanted to share a small tip. It is very simple - I soak chicken feed in the water until it wet and sticky , put it in the deeper bowl ,and voila - nothing gets on the floor. I was SO tired of finding half of the feed on the floor every day, but now - guess what - no food on the floor. And...
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    combination stone for sharpening knives?

    Hi! I thought I will ask advice from you, guys, as experienced with butchering. I need to sharpen my knives for butchering my next batch of cocklrels. I was told the combo stone I need to buy for that. I got a Smith;s stone for 30 $ with 3 functions - fine middle and coarse . Then I went to...
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    28 weeks old pullets - not laying. Is it because of the fall?

    Hi! I have 4 birds, including two pullets, which are 28 weeks old. They are heritage breeds (one is Dorkin, another one - Chantecler). STILL NO EGGS:( One of them (Dorking) 4 days ago started "separating" herself, trying to find a private space back in the coop - even made kindda "nest" digging...
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    Help! Bird is gasping for air for 2 days, she has Marek's and still can not die((((

    Hi! I had a Marek's in my flock. I lost 3 birds so far. This one exhibited the same symptoms( stretched her legs, paralyzed body). But the other birds were dying differently. This one seems to be gasping fo ait for two days ( probably is not able even to sleep). What sould I do to help her...
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    I am RECONSIDERING all of this "Natural chicken raising" Marek was disastorous for us!

    This is my first year of chicken keeping. I had 12 chickens. 7 hens and 5 roosters. We made sure we do nget it from the hatchery and went ahead researched about breeders around us. We found one wich many people reccomended. We got the chickens. Them around 3 months Marek's stroke. Our breeder...
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    Tell me pleaseif my rooster is molting or not

    Hi! I I have a beautiful Copper Maran Rooster who is supposed to be the lead roo. But lately he started having bald spots and loosing his feathers/He got quieter.He is only 6 months old. Isn't it too early for him to do molting? I checked for mites and there is "nobody" seems to be crawling on him.
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    question about "resting" meat and broth

    Hi! I have just processed my 5 months old Maran rooster. I put him to "rest" for approximately for 2-3 days. BUT . This time I want to make broth from head, feet heart and back, and then make some chicken soup. Should I rest these pieces also? Or should I proceed immediately right now with...
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    I have one bird that is SKINNY!

    Hi! It is going to be my first butchering of some roosters and I have a question. I have some 5 months old roosters that need to go. One of them is kindda skinny. When he was 4 weeks he got sick, and was bad for 3-4 days(probably cocchi, but I am not sure). Eventually he got better, but he...
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    beautiful bird for breeding but EXCESSIVE CROWING!

    hI! Not sure it is a right thread but I will start here. I am thinking about self-sufficient flock of Marans, meaning, so the roosters reproduce the chicks, and not buying new chicks every year. I have a BEAUTIFUL Maran lead rooster.... Black Copper Maran. I really want an offspring from him...
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    beautiful bird for breeding but EXCESSIVE CROWING!

    hI! Not sure it is a right thread but I will start here. I am thinking about self-sufficient flock of Marans, meaning, so the roosters reproduce the chicks, and not buying new chicks every year. I have a BEAUTIFUL Maran lead rooster.... Black Copper Maran. I really want an offspring from him...
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    Question about picking the best rooster for breeding.

    Hi! I am a new chickens owner who intends to breed and let my chicken reproduce themselves in order to have a sustainable flock. I have a "lead" Maran rooster now (all my chickens are about 4 months old) - very beautiful colors, perfect for the breeding, but quite "bossy" . I also have other...
  20. Natalijaasbj

    Question about picking the best rooster for breeding.

    Hi! I am a new chickens owner who intends to breed and let my chicken reproduce themselves in order to have a sustainable flock. I have a "lead" Maran rooster now (all my chickens are about 4 months old) - very beautiful colors, perfect for the breeding, but quite "bossy" . I also have other...
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