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    Meaties on hardware cloth?

    So we have done a tractor approach to raising our cornish but hubby was thinking of making a pen area that is raised with hardware cloth as the floor. The idea would be to be able to rake out the poop and have them basically live on the hardware cloth. Is this possible? Practical? My thought...
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    Dots on Comb?? PICS posted - thoughts?? Thank you!

    It has recently dropped in temperature here and I first noticed dark dots on one of my 6 month old hens comb yesterday. She has the largest floppiest comb. Today I noticed several of my hens have these dark dots on their combs. They don't brush off or move so am I correct to think they are...
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    Cornish X - how do they get those chicks??

    I have a co-worker who keeps asking me how the hatcheries get Cornish X chicks if the birds don't live long enough to actually make chicks the old fashioned way. I honestly have no idea how this works - do any of you know? If they die from their own superfast growth before sexual maturity how...
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    Acting hungry - are they getting ready to lay?

    My girls are all 17 weeks and are all acting like they are always hungry - I am curious if this is like a teenager in puberty who is always hungry? We changed their feed from grower/finisher to layer crumbles - wondering if this is the reason or is it the age? I am not sure if it is age...
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    Eggs - how long are they good for?

    I guess this may sound stupid but I am wondering how long eggs stay good for? I know everything has a shelf life - what is the shelf life of our yummy fresh eggs?
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    Worming med - safe to eat?

    Yesterday we had to cull a rooster somewhat unexpectedly and I had just wormed the flock 24 hours before. I know you cannot eat the eggs for 2 weeks once you have wormed but does the worming med affect the meat as well? I have this guy in freezer camp and late last night it dawned on me that I...
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    Silkie info needed

    I acquired a pair of silkies that I have incorporated into my flock of hens. It took a week or so but they all seem to be getting along fine. My question is that one appears to be a rooster and has started to try to crow - do silkies eventually crow as loud as full sized roosters? and someone...
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    Processed Cornish - How Long Before Freezing?

    We processed 11 birds yesterday and put them in vacuum seal bags. I have them in my fridge to sit and am wondering how many days they should rest before I freeze them? I decided not to brine them as I don't want the extra sodium. Would 2 days be long enough before freezing? Any insight from...
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    Tomorrow is the big day - first batch of Cornish Roo's heading to camp

    I have to say that I am excited and nervous about the work involved with our processing day tomorrow of our first batch of Cornish. Our roos are about 8 lbs live weight and the hens are about 6 1/2 lbs so we are planning on processing the roos this weekend and the hens next weekend. We...
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    8 month old rooster - how to cook?

    On Sunday DH & I processed an 8 month old rooster which I have in a brine. Wondering how he would be best cooked? He is kind of scrawny dressed out at 3.76 lbs. Suggestions? Will he be tough if he is in a brine all week and is slow roasted on Friday? He seems to be in a state of rigor now...
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    blood in poop - normal??

    I have 22 birds that are 9 weeks old and I first noticed 2 weeks ago that there were a few (who I have no idea) that had blood in their poop. I had them vaccinated (Merck's) but did not put them on a medicated feed as little chicks. So 2 weeks ago I put them onto a medicated feed thinking it...
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    Chicken tractor - ?? about poop

    OK so maybe this will sound silly but I am wondering what people do about all the poop that their birds create once you move the tractor to a new area. Do you water it into the ground? Do you let it dry out and try and pick up?? I heard someone put straw down and picked up the straw each day...
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    First batch of Cornish started!

    After being inspired by the women on this board that have been processing their chickens I purchased 25 cornish x this past week. I got 25 and all were alive on arrival Thursday and are looking great! Took 2 days to get to NH from Ioha hatchery (name eludes me right now but begins with an S...
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    Poop Hammock Rocks!!

    We built our chicken coop this spring and a suggestion was made to create a poop hammock under the roost bar. The hammock is made from canvas and catches the poop which is pretty easy to just scoop out of the hammock. My chickens are now 7 weeks old and have been using the roost bars for the...
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    Buff Orpingtons

    At what age should I butcher my Buff Orpingtons I am raising for meat birds? I have 10 hens and 1 roo - is 16 weeks a good age? Thank you for the guidance.
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    Chicken Tractors For Meaties - show me yours - please??

    Hubby and I have our chicken coop for our hens and a dozen buff orpingtons we plan on using for meaties but I would like to create a chicken tractor for a batch of cornish x to raise. If we do a batch of 25 birds what size tractor would we need to build? If you have a picture of your set up...
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    Temperature in coop - chilly for chicks!! Worried

    So my 4 week old chicks have been in the coop now for a week and our temperatures have dropped here in NH to 40's at night - - ughhh - its JUNE!! I have a thick coat of pine bedding in there and the heat lamp on high and this morning it was only 58 degrees at the wall closest to where the...
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    Is SHE a roo?

    Esta is only 4 weeks old but she is the only one of my 22 chicks that has a pink comb - so what do you think? is SHE a roo?
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    Earthworms for 2 week old chicks?

    Is it ok to give 2 week old chicks earthworms (with grit available)? I gave my 23 gals some yesterday and later in the day one was acting ill. I isolated it last night and sadly today it died. Wondering if it has anything to do with giving them earthworms yesterday. They all ate them and...
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    How old before you can tell if its a rooster?

    How old are chicks when you can tell if its a rooster? These are my first chicks (and I ordered females, 10% chance of them being males??) and I am wondering how old they usually are when they crow for the first time or what kinds of traits to look for to tell the difference? I read before...
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