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  1. meganblythe

    cannibalism of legs and feet in adult hens - advice needed

    I have four hens who have lived together for quite some time, but recently one of them (not even the dominant bird) starting pecking at the others' feet and legs incessantly, until they bleed. The pecked birds have become so wary of her that they spend a lot of time laying down, and if standing...
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    necropsy photo (graphic) - is this a normal amount of body fat?

    I recently had two 1-year old hens die suddenly. Both were freedom rangers (a little experiment to see how these meat birds would do as egg layers). I did a necropsy on the second one that died and found a few things that were clearly wrong (yellow fluid in body cavity and a partially...
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    Freedom Rangers as laying hens - impressed so far!

    My husband and I ordered a batch of freedom ranger chicks (26 last fall) as broilers, and decided to keep five of the females as laying hens. I'm impressed so far and wanted to share that info because I've seen a few folks on BYC asking about freedom rangers (or red rangers) as dual purpose...
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    Modified Catawba Converticoop ("chicken ark")

    My husband and I just finished building a Catawba Converticoop and I thought I'd post some info on it because I've seen folks on this forum asking about it. There were some benefits and drawback to this design, and we did modify it. First, here is a picture of the finished product from both...
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    Freedom Ranger backyard broilers - feed amount, feed conversion and growth

    I just finished raising a batch of freedom ranger broilers in my backyard and wanted to post my final numbers, because info like this really helped me when I was raising them (this was my first batch of chickens). We received 26 two day old freedom ranger chicks from Freedom Ranger Hatchery...
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    New backyard chicken owner in South Carolina

    My husband and I took the plunge in August and order 25 broiler chicks from Freedom Ranger Hatchery (ended up with 26!). We did a lot of reading and research before ordering them, and it all worked out well in the end! I definitely used BYC a lot as we were raising the birds, and in November...
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