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    Freedom Ranges and Chicken Tractors

    Planning on raising meat chickens again this year – Freedom Rangers for the first time. I normally (with the Cornish X) put 25 in each chicken tractor and move them as needed. By the end of the 8ish weeks, about twice a day. With the Rangers I am thinking of still using the chicken tractors...
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    Eggs with Broody Hen are Past the Hatch Date

    I have an Old English Standard hen that has been setting on a batch for about 30 days now and none have hatched. I think our little roo may not have been up to the task... Do I just take the eggs away from her? Do I let her decide when enough is enough? How do I handle this? John
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    Chicks dying - No apparent reason

    I purchased 30 Cornish Rocks chicks 13 days ago. 7 have died in the past 4 days, lost one a few minutes ago. My first thought was Coccidiosis, but there is no bloody poop. A few seem to be breathing hard but there is no cough, wheeze, or rattles. At first they seem fine, then a bit lethargic...
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    Scalding question

    Yesterday morning I butchered my first CR - mostly it went well. With what I have learned here and the Whizbang blog I didn't goof it up to much:D. I had my water at 150 degrees and dunked and swished him several times, probable for 30 seconds total. The skin is a darkish yellow now and tore a...
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    Waterer for Chicken Tractor

    This year I am planning on getting rid of the 7 gallon fount and replacing it with some type of automatic fountain that I can use with a chicken tractor. Pulling that huge waterer out of the pen to fill it up, then back in again is getting old I am looking at the automatic waterer because it...
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