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    Chickens die when it rains

    So I have my cornish rocks in a covered chicken tractor. Have chicken wire for sides and corrugated tin roof. They been fine here almost 2 weeks. Birds are about 3 weeks old. We got an in of rain yesterday and at the end of the storm it was cooler outside obviously. I had 6 dead chickens...
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    Chickens die when it rains

    So I have my cornish rocks in a covered chicken tractor. Have chicken wire for sides and corrugated tin roof. They been fine here almost 2 weeks. Birds are about 3 weeks old. We got an in of rain yesterday and at the end of the storm it was cooler outside obviously. I had 6 dead chickens...
  3. Masterjoe

    Chickens die when it rains

    So I have my cornish rocks in a covered chicken tractor. Have chicken wire for sides and corrugated tin roof. They been fine here almost 2 weeks. Birds are about 3 weeks old. We got an in of rain yesterday and at the end of the storm it was cooler outside obviously. I had 6 dead chickens...
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    Dominique Chickens dying

    I have 10 Dominique chickens living alongside 10 red ranger chickens. All frd watered the same and 2 years old. Over the last 3 weeks 8 Dominique chickens have died. On another pen I have 4 breeds of chickens together almost 1 year old. Dominique chickens are dying in that pen too. Its...
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    Almost 4 month old Cornish Cross's

    So I processed 12 Cornish Cross chickens. They went through about 100 lbs of grower finisher and also grass fed. The largest 2 weighed in at 3.5 lbs 2 at 3lbs and the rest between 1.5 and 2.5 lbs. I am trying to understand why they weighed so little? anyone else experience this this year...
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    Incubator temp probe worked for 4 days

    So I have a new Newrall Egg Incubator Digital Fully Automatic Hatcher HHD 56s with a digital temperature control electronic temp probe inside. Well had 56 fertile eggs in the incubator and all was going well for 4 days. At 12:34am the temp alarm was sounding as the temp reading dropped to 9...
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    Mysterious deaths

    I have been raising 17 Dominiques and 20 Production Reds in a 6x12 chicken coop since March. 3 weeks ago mid Aug I separated them according to breed into 6x8 movable chicken tractors. Since moving them into the yard and allowing them to eat the grass, weeds and dry feed almost half of them are...
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    Chickens seem to die in cold wet weather

    Hello, not sure if age has something to do with it. I have chickens around 8-10 months old who have access to shelter. They prefer though to be in the cold wet weather. I have had a few chickens die during these cold rain spells. Are they just the weak chickens or what? Could it be the...
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    Red Ranger Broilers

    Have now 14 Red Rangers. Says they reach 6.7 pounds in 80 days. Don't know how much feed that equates to. I can't imagine they get to that weight in that time free ranging. We feed ours grower/finisher once a day and they free range the rest of the time. They are around 5 months old and...
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    Weird red rash on chicken skin

    Hello, I have processed less than 50 Cornish Rock X chickens and this is the first time I am seeing this. I read other posts where people have said it is hormones or scratching. This is on a thigh so I would think scratching would be ruled out. Also I have another piece that has a bit on the...
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    Breast feathers

    So I have a general question. I have a 10x10 run that I made and move around once a week or so when the grass and weeds are depleted. My question is that I tend to find that my meat birds Cornish X breasts are pretty bare and have worn off their feathers. Is anyone else running into this...
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    Meat birds with dislocated legs?

    Got our new run of Cornish Rocks from Tractor Supply, and I can say this years selection doesn't look that great. We had 2 fatalities and about 4 bird with what i would call dislocated legs. Is this something that develops and can be prevented or what? Also are these chickens with this leg...
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    blood spot under skin

    Hi, I was cutting up a chicken this morning when I noticed between the breasts near the bone just under the skin, was a blood spot. I was had some green mixed with it too. Is this just a bruise? I cut the skin off with the spot too, then cut it out between the bone. Thanks!!
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    Processed my first bird

    Hello, I processed my first bird today though the experience didn't turn out the way I had envisioned it. First I think the water was too hot as I cooked the skin:( Question is the bird smells is this normal lol? Next important one is I did not locate the crop. I found what I thought was the...
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    diatomacious earth

    I am reading of people who are using this in their coops. Is it necessary to be ginving the chickens medications even though they are not sick, or when it is discovered that they are? If my hens are active and appear healthy should their be any need at all? Thank you for the help!
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    Weird chicken poop

    I just moved a chicken to a new coop, and he had a stool that looked like butterscotch in both color and texture. Is this chicken ok? I plan on butchering him in about a week. Thank you. Also we have ticks really bad right now. Is this a concern with chickens and their spreading disease to...
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    First year with chickens

    So my family and I have decided to raise chickens both for meat and for eggs. I have 12 Cornish rocks in a small coop that they have been in for almost a month. I cleaned it partially only one time, since it was difficult to get them all to move lol. It smells a bit bad in there and I am...
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