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  1. Magickbird

    New to meat birds, have some questions

    Hi! My husband and I are thinking about getting birds in the Spring for meat. We have layers now. We culled an older hen a few weeks ago and the soup was wonderful. Our questions: how much feed can we expect to need for say 25 birds. We are looking at Cornish crosses, they are 8weeks to...
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    What breed do you think?

    9 minutes ago Magickbird Hi All, my husband found a wayward chicken in the ally behind our home. She had evidently escaped an attack by something. Lost all the feathers on her bottom and has a gash that is healing nicely. Poor girl, all freaked out though. Anyhow he caught her and we have added...
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    Watery, bubbly eyes info found on older thread....

    Following the old thread here we decided to give our 8 wk old Americana/EE chick the Tylan but reduced dose to 1/2cc due to size and shot her in the thigh because her breast is tiny, crop was full and we were uncertain. Hope this works! Thoughts or additional advice is welcome. We also decided...
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    Welsummer boys or girls??

    Supposed to have been all hens when sold to us. We are suspicious about the 3 with bigger, redder combs and darker feathers. They looked identical at 2wks of age, had the defined "V" and the eyeliner that are noted for females. Now at about 6 wks they are looking a lot different. We love them...
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