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    Egg Laying Efficiency over a course of a year

    Does anyone have a picture of a graph of the egg laying efficiency for a flock over the span of 1 calendar year? I would imagine that it would be shaped somewhat like a bell curve--Highest percentages in the summer months, lowest in the winter months. I'm trying to predict how many eggs my...
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    Silver Leghorn breeding questions

    I know nothing about chicken breeding, so here are some burning questions I have. 1) Has anyone ever crossed a silver leghorn female with a barred rock male? What do the chicks come out like? 2) Has anyone ever crossed a silver leghorn female with a black australorp male? What do the chicks...
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    Processing birds in winter

    Hey. I've got 3 dual-purpose-breed cockerels I'm thinking of putting in my freezer before they get too aggressive. I've processed birds before using my neighbor's plucker. Problem now is that it's freezing outside all the time now, and the plucker requires liquid water being sprayed into it...
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    What is this? Help me out.

    This big black one. It's about 19 weeks old, supposedly a black australorp, and it's supposed to be female. But is it? It's so much bigger than the other black australorp females I have. I have 2 other roosters (of another breed) who are always challenging each other, but I have never seen this...
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    Should I get rid of a rooster?

    I have heard that you need a ratio of 8-10 hens for a rooster, but is that PER ROOSTER, or just a recommendation to have a small flock if you decide to have a rooster? Here's my dilemma: I have a pre-laying flock of 14 hens, and 2 roosters. Hatched all at the same time. I like one of the...
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