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    Cornish X pullet's first egg!

    Today one of my 3 CX pullets laid her first egg! Massive white egg, everyone that saw it said it looked like a dino egg. She and her two sisters will be the stars of a breeding project with a red broiler rooster. She is dirty because it's mango season and they spend all day picking apart rotten...
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    Butchering PRGB mix bantams

    Today I butchered 2 PRG cockerels, both about 20 weeks old, and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Final weight for both combined was 4 pounds 2 ounces. For homegrown birds that's pretty good!
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    Welp slow grow whites

    Hi, does anyone have welp's slow grow whites? How have they performed for you? Has anyone kept them until maturity and if so, how did they behave? I ordered 25 for my birthday and wanted to know what to expect since there is little info online.
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    Muscovy dux for meat thread

    Hello everyone! Just got 5 1-month Muscovies delivered to my home for $15, thinking about butchering one or two of the drakes for Thanksgiving. Anyone have tips or experience raising muscovies for meat? And here's a knock on wood for it to go better than my red broiler experiment... Lost 2 more...
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    Red broiler care

    Hi, I just received 15 red broilers from Ideal, any tips for care in order to keep them healthy? I plan on keeping tge females and some roos to further breed them, and I would like them to mature at a healthy pace. Thanks!
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    Dime sized egg?

    Hello everybody! i just got this little fart egg in one of my nest boxes and aside from my already laying hens I have 4 pullets at 16 weeks. Could it be one of them? Tiny pineapple to scale.
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    funny/weird things that happen during butchering

    We have all heard of the sad part of butchering, this thread is to discuss the funny/weird events that happen. Yesterday I processed 3 cockerels, and one of them managed to fly out of the bucket after slitting his throat, and run towards the broody turken. She beat him up one last time, and...
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    Need help with breed ID

    Hi, I have a rooster and four hens that I have absolutely no clue about their breed. They are in my grandfather's flock, along with some standard laying breeds. They are about half the size of the layers, and are very fast and agile birds, easily flying over fences in to the forest to feed...
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