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    Flies

    So we butcher every Friday morning, mostly pigs and some chickens and ducks. 2 Fridays back, I was in a huge rush cause things are getting hotter down here and the night before I had not dug a hole for the offal. So I put it in 5 gal buckets with lids and put it on the front porch so the dogs...
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    Ramen noodles

    You want to see them go nuts, full on chicken roit, ramen noodles. Last week I was at the local grocery store and I saw the stock boy throwing away cases of ramens, so I went to the owner, who is a friend of mine, and asked if I could buy them cheep. He said just take em, so I did, I'll drop...
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    layers

    I'm going to import some layers, been online looking at different breeds. Campbells, Gold 300, or white layers which is the best. All the sellers on the internet make their claims, but I'd love to hear what the BYC-D people that are doing it have to say. Not just which breed lays the most and...
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    laying boxes

    I mostly raise ducks for meat. The holidays are big and the rest of the year I have the Chinese market to fill, plus some orders from other people. But after the holidats I only process ducks by order and again the duck meat market is very seasonal. What I am getting alot of interest in is...
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    Square foot per duck?

    I'm getting about 40 mallard/pekin or muscovy ducks. Their run is 200x 200ft. (an area I used to start sheep is). The space in that area should not be a problem, but I need to confine them at night. I've never had problems in day time with the chickens, but always problems at night unless the...
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    best duck breed for meat production

    What is the best breed of duck for meat production? Where I'm at I know I'll have a small group to select from, But as far as feed conversion/ least problems / fastest growing what are my best choices?
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    re-asking what I thought would be a simple question

    I need to build a brooder for 200 to 300 chicks, how big does that have to be to not have crowding issuses? How many squ/inches per chick?
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    brooder size

    Saw many posts about brooder sizes. I need to build a brooder or brooders to handle 200 to 300 chicks at a time. Everyone says bigger is better, but what is the square footage I need, is there a formula x amount of square inches per chick?
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