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    Jersey Giant Questions

    I am thinking of getting some Jersey Giants but I have a few questions for those of you who have raised them. I know they take longer than other breeds to reach their full size, but do the hens start laying around the same time as others (20 weeks or so)? Do the roosters start crowing as early...
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    Second time around

    I finally got around to processing another chicken today. (Thanks again to everyone who posted on my thread after I did the first one, the advice helped). Overall the process went a little better. My main question now is about bleeding the chicken out. I was going to try cutting the throat...
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    Processed my first chicken

    Last week I processed a chicken for the first time! I have (had) six RIR roosters who are all for meat. I did the first one last week and it was pretty much a disaster. I did end up with a pretty tasty bird, so all's well that ends well, but it was quite an ordeal to get this thing on the...
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    I knew they would crow but…

    It just seems excessive. There are six roosters about 19 weeks old. They all get along reasonably well (so far). I expect them to crow when the sun starts to rise at about 6:30, but one of them starts around 5:00 every day. I mean its still pitch black out, but he crows every morning at...
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    RIRs for meat

    What do you think would be a good age to process RIR roosters? I would like to free range them as much as possible even though I have read that will make them take longer to plump up. For those who have free ranged RIRs, what age did you butcher them?
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    free ranging and feeding young chicks

    I have read on here that many folks let their chickens start free ranging around 4-8 weeks old. For those who do, how well do they forage at that age? Does their feed consumption drop? Do you continue to give them starter/grower feed as a supplement? My three week olds are starting to look...
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    My First Post

    Hello everyone! I have been browsing the forum for a few weeks now and have already found tons of great information. But I still have more questions, so I thought it was time I officially joined. I am a new chicken owner with a flock of 25 Rhode Island Reds, about three weeks old now. I am...
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