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  1. Michele S

    Membrane dried out and chick can't pip out

    I have 20 eggs starting to hatch in my incubator. The first chick tried for over 24 hours to get out. It's membrane completely dried out and we ended up having to help it hatch. The second one has been trying to hatch for over 12 hours. I am afraid the humidity level is off in the incubator...
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    Leg Blowout

    We are doing 30 Jumbo X Rocks this year from Welp Hatchery. Last year, we used McMurray's. We've only lost one and that was because he accidentally got stepped on. They are 4.5 weeks now and yesterday I had one that is unable to walk any longer. He cannot stand up at all and is doing the...
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    Help Sex me!

    This bird is part Americauna and Austrolorp. Five weeks old. The rest of these birds were left on my doorstep in a box. They are five week old too. I know two of them are Turkens. Are they all roosters, so I can shoot myself now?
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    Found a clutch of turkey eggs, can I eat them?

    I found fifteen turkey eggs in a nest in the corner of our backyard today. I guess that means our turkey is a GIRL. So can I eat them? They must be between 2-3 weeks old.
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    What breed is this black rooster?

    I adopted this rooster and hen and have no idea what they are. They eat A LOT.
  6. Michele S

    My Hen is BALD

    This hen has some serious male pattern baldness going on. Any ideas?
  7. Michele S

    Weird looking Fab Blob on Turkey

    I have two turkeys that are four months old now. One of them has this weird dangling blob of fat on its chest. It looks totally wrong. Any ideas?
  8. Michele S

    Disturbing Rooster Behavior. HELP!

    I have two 24 week old roosters in my flock of 10 hens. In the past few weeks, they have matured and it is evident that one of the roosters is in charge. He is the one that crows, although they both are mounting hens because I have seen them and my hens are missing a lot of their back feathers...
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    Egg-eating Hen

    I have a hen that is pecking and eating the other hen's eggs. This is totally not working for me. She's an older Rhode Island Red. I do not know how old. I just got her about 10 days ago and all her back feathers were missing from the rooster she used to reside with. So the feathers are...
  10. Michele S

    Aging the meat was the ticket

    We had a couple really nasty inedible birds before several of you told me age the meat. WOW. What a difference!!!! I aged them four days in the refrigerator and the meat is so moist and tender and yummy. I had people giving me major crap for "aging meat" and I told them that the people in my...
  11. Michele S

    Mystery Chick. What Am I?

    This bird is 8 weeks old and I got if for free for ordering 25 meat birds.,
  12. Michele S

    Eight week old mystery bird. What is it?

    I got it from McMurray's for ordering 25 meaties. This bird is very skittish and will not you let you get near it at all. She herded the meaties all over the place too.
  13. Michele S

    8 Week old mystery chick

    Calling all chicken experts. What is this? I got it for free at McMurray's.
  14. Michele S

    My meat is tough. Ugh.

    The first bird we ate was excellent, but the next two birds were really tough. Now I am bummed. What do you think would make the meat so tough? The feed? The processing? Growing too big, too fast? Not killing them sooner? They are eight weeks now. I am at a loss, except we sure are going...
  15. Michele S

    Out of the coop and into the frying pan

    We processed some birds today and wanted to thank you all for all your great advice. This forum is awesome. I cannot believe how gigantic my birds were at 7 weeks. Check out the breast on this one. The kids couldn't get enough and ate two and three helpings. Again, thanks for all the...
  16. Michele S

    X Rocks and heat

    We ate our first X rock yesterday and it was AWESOME. I ordered 25 six weeks ago and two died and the rest of are getting huge and have been fine and healthy. So here's my dilemma..... I spent a ton of money getting going on these birds. I paid too much for feed, then when you add up all the...
  17. Michele S

    Now I'm UNDERfeeding them???

    First, I was overfeeding them and had two drop dead. Now I think I'm underfeeding them because they are 5 weeks tomorrow and only weigh 3.5 pounds. The insert that came with their feed said they should weigh 4.84 pounds. Could that be right? Sorry this picture is so bad, but my six year old...
  18. Michele S

    Is there a cheaper way?

    There has got to be a cheaper way to raise these meat birds. Right now, I am paying $17.69 for 50 pounds of Flockraiser. I am all about frugality, so how do you guys do it? How do you order in bulk? Can I get the feed stores to special order in bulk for me? Do you make your own feed? I...
  19. Michele S

    Got a free chick w/ order and don't know what it is

    Any idea what that brown one is? I got it for free for ordering 25 meat birds.
  20. Michele S

    My X Rocks are different birds now!

    I let my guys out of the shed yesterday. They didn't want to go, but I got them out with a trail of food. Perhaps I can do that on killing day, like Hansel and Gretel? So, WOW, they are completely different birds today. They are all over the yard. We've got about a 1/4 acre of desert that...
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