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    List of chickens and when they mature

    Is there any type of list out there that tells you when the different breeds of chickens would be ready to process? Such as Plymouth Rocks would be ready at 20 weeks and Buff Orpiingtons are ready at 16 weeks? I realized these aren't true figures, just trying to give an example. I tried raising...
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    black colored meat bird

    What breed of meat bird is one that is black with little brown "v"s all over? I was at a county fair and there were these black chickens with the thin brown "v" all over and they were sold as meat birds. Unfortunately they didn't have what breed they were on the cards and there was no one around...
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    Painting inside of coop

    We have started painting the inside of our coop. We are using Kilz oil based outdoor primer. We will use a latex outdoor paint on top of it. My question is should we do one or two coats of primer? We know we will be doing 2 coats of the latex. The shed is a typical shed made with OSB board. I...
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    Guineas VS Chickens

    For bug and slug control are guineas better than chickens? I got my first 3 chickens and plan to get more and would like to free range them. I have other farm animals and would love to have some good bug/slug control. Someone had told me that guineas were better at it but I'm not sure that I...
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    size difference

    I am new to chickens and got 3 Golden Buffs. They are 3 weeks old now. I have already decided that I want to get more chickens but would like to get different breeds. Supposedly the Golden Buffs get to be about 4 pounds. What is the size difference between a 4 pound chicken and a 7 pound...
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    NAIS & your chickens

    I don't know if many of you have heard of NAIS which is National Animal Identification System. It is about microchipping and registering all livestock including poultry in the US under one system. This may end up affecting you. I was reading my Backwoods Home Magazine. They have an article in...
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