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    odd chick sexing technique, anyone seen this?

    This site shows an interesting method of sexing chicks at two days: pick it up by the base of the neck and hold it there. If it relaxes and droops, it's a pullet. If it moves around and kicks up its feet, it's a cockerel. Has anyone else heard of this? If it's true, what reason could there be...
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    Poultry sale law in PA

    I intend to eventually operate a pastured poultry and egg farm in Pennsylvania. In some states, like Michigan and Virginia, a processor may not market poultry directly to the public without a state or federal inspector, inspected facilities, etc. This is why people like Joel Salatin offer...
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    Taking the big step - poultry farming questions

    I've raised BR and RIR backyard hens for a while, and I've started getting an interest in full-time poultry (and other) farming. A family that my parents know well lives on a farm in Indiana, raising sheep, pigs, ducks, and beef cattle, and I'm probably going to take a week off sometime to head...
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    Slimy egg

    I'm in Michigan and I have two 2-year old RIRs. They have a cozy run and a 3'x4' coop with straw. I've been feeding them Layena and I have a 40W lamp in the coop during the day until 8pmish to keep them laying. Tonight, I tucked them in and rewatered them, and harvested an egg coated in a slimy...
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