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    Freedom Rangers, weight gain and keeping any back to breed...

    I got several freedom rangers to try this year instead of cornishX. They are 10wks now and I am planning on butchering most in about 2 weeks. I have a few questions, those of you who raise them, do you restrict free ranging to increase weight gain the last couple weeks? Most of the cockerels are...
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    Breeding your own meats

    I am wanting to raise meaties this spring but don't want to buy commercial cornish x rock crosses. I was hoping to get a layer/meat bird that still gets fair sized by say 12-16 weeks instead of 8 and bypass any physical ailments and sudden deaths and have the option to keep some back as breeding...
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    5 day old chick off balance and eyes shut? HELP please!

    I have a 5 day old partridge cochin who is not doing so well... I will start from the beginning. Picked them up from post office last Saturday, all were alive and healthy, having been hatched only 1 day before. They all settle into the brooder and are eating and drinking. 2 days ago, I had both...
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    Lets see your chicken doors!

    I'm in the process of building a new coop and would like ideas for a chicken door that can be closed easily and securely without being a pain in the butt. Have any of you rigged up a pulley system with a rope or string to close your coop up at night? I'd like to see or hear about your...
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    Brooder size? Different ages?

    I have 5 chicks coming the end of the month and I'm needing to set up a brooder for them. Normally 5 chicks wouldn't be an issue but I am also getting 15 more chicks about 3 weeks later. When I had chicks before I only got a few at a time so used small animal cages (like those used for guinea...
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    Hello from Wisconsin

    I have been a lurker on and off for a while and just decided to join. I have chicks coming the end of the month, 5 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes from a breeder locally and then ordered 15 more chicks to arrive mid April. I have had chickens in the past, as many as 40 egg layers at one time so have a...
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