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    salt in the water after butchering?

    I am sure this has been asked before, we will be inviting our meaties to the freezer this weekend. Last year we let them rest in ice water for about 3 days before final cutting and into freezer, we did not use salt in the water. Any opinions on that? I am thinking I want to try it this year...
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    How much feed a day?

    So, hoping this is an easy one for those who raise chickens regularly...on my first batch. I have 26 cornish x's they are 5 weeks old and growing great! I just switched to doing the feed 12 on and 12 off, but curious how much they should be going thru a day. Is there a formula? I was...
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    flavor of cornish x

    New to raising chickens at all, eggs or meat, we decided to try both. We chose the cornish x for meat birds (25) just to see how it goes. We will likely over the winter do some more research and try a different breed next year - assuming the processing part goes ok. I hunt with my husband and...
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    herbs, help please?

    Hello. I was hoping with all the knowledge on this site someone might be able to put me in the right direction. I have a bunch of herbs I grow on my property here and i would love to be able to preserve them thru the year. I have sage, basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, several mint varieties...
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    Meat birds with egg layers?

    Brand new to chickens. I got 25 meat birds, and 6 layers. They arrived yesterday and are great. Can the stay together in the same cozy place or do I need to separate them? I was also unable to get my hands on higher protein starter for the meat birds - so they are all eating the same starter...
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    Help on coop placement

    Curious how to orient a coop on our property...living in wet NW washington, and never having had chickens before - I am needing to know if I want windows where they will get light and sun or do I put the windows away from that (not that we get too much of either). I have loved all the stuff i...
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    Need to know - meat birds and layers...

    My husband and I are going to try chickens for the first time. We plan to do some for eating and some for laying. I have noticed in my reading, that the meat birds arent supposed to roam as much as the others. Do we do separate living spaces? So the meat birds stay more in one area whilst...
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    what to do when the egg laying is done

    Have never raised chickens before - trying to read and research as much as possible before beginning...curious about the layers once they are done laying. Dont want to keep a bunch of ladies around if they cant be productive, and I understand the good layers arent good for eating once they are...
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    Vaccinations -do you or dont you?

    Brand new to raising chicks but hubby and kids are all for it! Pay tons of money for organic eggs. Been reading and reading and curious about vaccinations. Particularly coccidiosis and marek's...would the eggs still be considered organic? and does the vaccination carry over into the meat-...
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