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    Raising Pastured Broilers on a hill?

    I have a small farm in Ipswich Massachusetts. I have an option to rent a HUGE hill this coming year. I raise my broilers in Salatin style pens, but I generally raise them on pretty much flat land. I have an automatic water system that levels itself, and sturdy pens. But do you think the broilers...
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    Golden 300 Hybrid Laying Ducks

    I ordered a few too many duckling from Metzer Farms this summer. They were hatched in mid-late august. The breed is Golden 300 Hybrid. (It's a high production breed, not heritage). The ducks eat .40 lbs of feed per day when full grow. They lay 290 eggs in 52 weeks of lay. They are all brown...
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    Mixing Debeaked Hens

    I have about 13 separate flocks of birds. All Golden Comets of various ages. I have a question, as it is something I have never done before. Are there any concerns in mixing a flock of 15 debeaked hens in with a flock of 50 hens? Is it cruel because they are un-able to defend themselves? This is...
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    Chicken Plucker Lease Agreement

    I think, now that I've accumulated 2 pluckers, I should rent one of them out this season. Does anyone have a copy of a lease agreement that they have used in the past, or any suggestions or tips on what it should say? Thank you? Additional Information: I am requiring a license (for me to copy...
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    Curled Toes, Hopping Chicken

    I have a 1 year old Golden Comet Hen who when letting out a few days ago, was hopping on one leg. She seemed to be free-ranging fine, but a chicken should have both legs. So that brings me to my question, what should I do, what is the problem. Her toes are curled up on her left leg, but her leg...
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    Chicken is wheezing, severe frostbite, What should I do?

    I have a 16 Month old Hubbard Golden Comet. I was collecting the eggs earlier, and her condition caught my eye. She has severe frostbite on her comb, nearly 1/3 blue; she is wheezing and making other strange noises, almost like a cough; and she seems very week and sick. I have 3 flocks of 100...
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    Delaware's for Meat

    I have raise thousands of Cornish X Cross broilers. I have found the best ways to raise them, the hatcheries I do well with, and the hatcheries I don't. However, my customer base is now under the impression that it is in-humane to raise these Cornish Crosses. I was wondering if anyone had any...
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