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    Pig Swigg for chickens

    I saw something at the feed store the other day called Pig Swigg and it claims to be a wormer for chickens and pigs. Can I still eat the eggs of my layers while they are being treated? If not how long should I wait? I don't have any signs of worms, but I have about 75 layers and have had...
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    Can you hold meat birds back?

    I am wondering if there is a way to slow down meat birds growth to meet a weight restriction for the county fair? Has anyone ever done this? Does it typically end in disaster?
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    Ageing processed turkeys

    How long is best to age Turkeys? Does anyone have some suggestions? I don't really want to brine them because of the added sodium.
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    The turkeys before the livestock guardian dog

    Well, we are getting our first turkeys in a few weeks. They will be put out on pasture when they are old enough and I don't have a guard for them! I originally thought I would be able to use my 10 X 12 pens that I raise my cornish crosses in, but it sounds as if the turkeys will not go back in...
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    red poop in pen

    I have a batch of 100 cornish cross out to pasture in Salatin style pens and they are really pooping alot of red. Is this blood? What is going on? What do I need TO DO?
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    Calculating attrition

    For those of you who have done meat birds for a few seasons. What percentage do you factor in to your losses for weak chicks, green meat, heart attacks, and pen accidents (had an accidental squishing or two when they didn't walk as fast as I thought they did). I honestly think I lost 20% last...
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    Green in meat birds wing joints

    Last Fall when we butchered our Cornish Crosses, we had about 10 birds who had varying degrees of green "slime" (?) substance in their wing joints and surrounding muscle tissue. A couple even had it up into their breasts. Has anyone out there experienced this? It was a terrible waste of...
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    Carcass weight vs live weight

    Can you all tell me what percentage you use to figure your carcass weights of Cornish X? I have read 63% and 67% for the colored meat birds, but I imagibe a 12 week feed out is a little different than a cornish. Maybe not. Also can you tell me what weight broiler is the most popular to sell...
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    Help with Pastrure Pens!

    Hi There! I have a question about the pastured poultry model. I read Joel Salatin's Book and this is basically the directions followed for our pen. I am a 5'4" 120lb woman and I really thought I could move the pen-wow was I wrong! So my 50 meaties are out in their pastured pen and if I get a...
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    Cataracts in hens eyes

    Has anyone had something like a cataract or a cloudy eyed hen? My first batch of chickens a year ago had a blind RIR within a few months. Now all of my RIR's are blind in at least one eye. The others bought at the same time (black stars and Arucaunas) haven't had blindness. Now, I have blind...
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    New!!

    HI, my husband and I have 33 hens and we have learned and enjoyed this web site so much! From the very beginning it has been helpful! Now we have a serious problem so we have joined for some advice. Has anyone had problems with Cataracts in hens? The vet doesn't have a clue. My Rhode Island...
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