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    compacted meat bird

    We have a bunch of red ranger meat chicks all are about fully feathered but still have a little ways to go. One of the hens seems to be compacted her gullet is really full more than normal. I think she needs to poop or something. She is still eating and drinking but I am afraid she will explode...
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    Butcher Time?

    We have had laying hens for years. This is our first year for meat birds. And I did not write down when I purchased our 20 Red Ranger meat chicks. So my thought was to butcher them when the roos start to crow. Would this work? Or should i weigh them and at what size is good for this breed to...
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    sick chicks please help

    I have got about 24 chicks some for meat some for laying. There are about 5 different breeds and I got them from different places and they range from one to four weeks of age. I know what I have done wrong, got them from various places and I have them on non medicated chick start. They seem to...
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    baby chickens with baby turkeys

    A friend of ours has a baby turkey that injured its leg and the others are picking on it, they have allot of birds so she asked me if I wanted it. I have a bunch of baby meat chickens I can run it with and they are the same age. Should I get it and put it in with my chicks? Is there any harm in...
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    mixed breed what color eggs?

    My mother in law has a Aracana/road island red cross rooster. I was told that if you have Americana or auracana in the blood line you will always get blue or green colored eggs, is this true? What if I bred him to our austrolorp or barred rock hens what are the chances of getting chicks from...
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    Hay killed our chickens !

    About three years ago we had to cull all our laying hens because they all got depluming mites. We tried everything to get rid of the mites but nothing worked. We tried to figure out how they got the mites, we don't go to shows, we had never introduced any other chickens to the flock and the only...
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    Australorps, Barred Rocks or Buff Orpingtons ?

    I think we are going to get one of each and see how they do but we were wondering what other people's experience has been with these breeds Australorps, Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons? And which breed you think would best fit our family? Here is the type of chicken we are looking for, 1- very...
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    I got 10 meat chicks called the Red Rangers and have a few questions. We also have laying hens but i might keep 1 to see how it does for laying eggs, for the heck of it. 1- I am curious does anyone know what breeds went into developing the red ranger meat chicken? I would think road island red...
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    newbie from Oregon

    Hello, my name is Travis, my wife and I have been raising egg layers for about 5 years now. We are going to try some meat chickens this year. And we are getting different laying chicks this year and retiring our old hens at my mother in laws ranch. So new this year we will have 2 road island...
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