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    Sexing New Hampshire X Delaware - and breeding future generations

    I’ve been doing some research, and I like the idea of putting a New Hampshire rooster over Delaware hens in order to have chicks that can be easily sexed. And as long as my NH rooster is doing well, I can keep that trait going for generations! But at some point I’ll need a new rooster. And my...
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    Sexing New Hampshire X Delaware - and breeding future generations

    I’ve been doing some research, and I like the idea of putting a New Hampshire rooster over Delaware hens in order to have chicks that can be easily sexed. And as long as my NH rooster is doing well, I can keep that trait going for generations! But at some point I’ll need a new rooster. And my...
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    Mareks in the flock - but now we’re moving!!

    Hello! We’re currently looking for a new home with more land to continue our homesteading adventures. Our current flock was diagnosed with Mareks this summer, and now I’m not entirely sure what to do - keep our flock and move Mareks with us, or start over without Mareks? We would want to...
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    Correct Order for Specific Genetics in Breeding

    With all the research I’ve been doing, I’ve seen a lot about how to breed for certain genetic traits in a breed, line, and/or strain. I’ve read about how specific genes are dominant, recessive, etc. and what that means when two different chickens get together. I’ve played around with an online...
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    Adding Naked Neck (Turkens) into Breeding Program

    Has anyone tried (or thought about) adding some Turkeys/Naked Neck gene into their sustainable meat program? From what I’ve read, the NN gene carries so many benefits - easier plucking, more meat production (especially in the breast), more resistant to diseases, great mothers, good taste...
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    Processing 16 week old Roosters

    We have three roosters I’ve been trying to give away for over a month, and I can’t find anyone to take them. But we also don’t want them - one is a jerk, the other two aren’t the breeds we thought we were buying. And although we weren’t going to start meat birds until next year, it looks like...
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    How to find specific breed Breeders?

    As I’ve been researching which DP to get for meat birds, I keep coming across people saying to make sure to buy from a breeder. It sounds like some hatcheries are good, but breeders (breeding for meat quality) should be better. I’ve searched on other websites and here on BYC, on Facebook and...
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    Camper or Shed for our next coop?

    Hi friends! I’m looking for some guidance and help with our next coop!! We live in southwest Michigan - our summers can get in the 90°+F and our winters can get below 0°F. We have the option for our next coop to be either a typical coop built with lumber (like a shed) OR to repurpose a camper...
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    Hello from Michigan!

    Hi Friends! We’re from south west Michigan. We’ve had chickens for about a year now - 2 Easter Eggers, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 Buff Orphington. Our previous residence only allowed 4 hens :/ But since we moved, we found out that we can have as many as we want! So we’ve got 8 more on the way...
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