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    Dual purpose chickens from hatcheries

    I'm wanting to get some light sussex chickens and some white Plymouth rock chickens to cross for a home flock. But I'm wanting good quality utility strains of both breeds. I'm looking for chickens that are bred for for their meat qualities as much as their egg production. I'm wondering if I...
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    Cascade Meadows Farm?

    Does anyone have any experience with Cascade Meadows Farms. They raise white Plymouth rock chickens. I'm looking for some white rocks that are vigorous healthy and also be good for both meat and eggs. I don't want to use a hatchery if I dont have too. I would like to use a reputable breeder with...
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    Plymouth white rock x white orpington

    I'm considering raising up a new flock this spring to use for both meat and eggs. Like the specific traits of the Plymouth rocks and orpingtons as I've had both for years. I want to produce white offspring for meat purposes is why I choose both breeds to be white. Some questions I have is would...
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    Question about Bresse crosses

    So I have a question for the Bresse experts. I would like to entertain the idea of breeding Bresse in the future. Now, I would only breed true and pure Breese and only to improve the breed. So I wouldn't actually cross them with any other breed. But, curiosity got me thinking. Let's say you was...
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    Red australorp

    I'm considering starting a breeding program to develop red australorps because I love the australorp traits, characteristics and temperament but love the red color. My question is how would one go about breeding the red color into australorps? What color australorps would be best to use?
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    Show quality black australorp

    Are show quality black australorps as productive as hatchery australorps
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    Iso standard cornish chickens

    I'm working on a breeding project and I'm in need of some good quality standard cornish either dark or white. Does anyone know of any reputable breeders of standard cornish chickens (no hatchery cornish)
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    Embden x Toulouse

    Which would be better for meat? Embden gander x Talouse goose or Talouse gander x Embden goose. Or does it matter?
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    Mother Goose

    I have 5 white Chinese geese 1 gander and 4 females. My first 2 females have both been broody before but I had no Male. I bought a trio (1 Male and 2 females) at the end of last summer. All 5 geese have excepted each other and I've noticed the gander (Doc) mating with all 4 females in the last...
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    Determining hen egg production

    Anyone got any ideas on how one could determine individual hens egg production. For example lets say you're breeding buff orpingtons and you want selectively breed for better egg production by keeping your best layers and culling the rest. How would you go about determining which hens to keep...
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    Black sexlink rooster x black australorp hen

    I have 10 black australorp pullets which will be laying by spring. I am thinking of breeding them to a black sexlink rooster. I know the black sexlink rooster is single barred and will pass the barring gene to half of his offspring. I was thinking of crossing the resulting barred offspring...
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    Red barred rooster

    I keep a mixed flock of several breeds of chickens. This red barred rooster was the result of a broody hen earlier this year. I have chosen him as my favorite rooster. I have 10 Rhode island red pullets that will be laying this spring. My question is, if I breed the rir pullets to this rooster...
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