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    Feather problem with 8 week old pullet.

    I am not sure this is exactly a problem but figured I would get others to weigh in. I have 25 8-week old Rhode Island White pullets. I noticed on one of them it seems to be having a problem feathering out. All of the others are feathered out everywhere except for a few bare spots when you...
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    Breed ID

    Somone in my town was trying to sell these on craigslist and are unsure of the breed. I was wanting to know what they are before I buy them if anyone can ID them.
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    Switching chickens diet to animal proteins

    Does anyone have an experience with this? I am about to do a little experiment with 20 6 week old roosters that I was planning to cull anyway. Plan to feed them their daily protein requirement with shredded wild hog meat and then also supply them with some fermented wheat to eat throughout the...
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    Summer heat impacting slaughter time.

    I have 30 New Hampshire Red roosters that are 14 weeks old and weigh 3.5 to 4 lbs each. I was hoping to slaughter them at around 6 lbs but they have stopped putting on weight due to the heat (100F+). They free range in a large backyard and I also keep a 50/50 mixture of commercial...
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