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    Crossing delaware rooster with white rock hens

    I have Delaware rooster with white rock hens and first batch of chicks hatched, six eggs 100% hatch rate but 4 are perfect cream fluffy babies and 2 are cream fluffy with a black stripe down their backs... So I'm assuming they are sexlinked? .... which brings me to my question, which is the...
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    Second Turkey hatch help problem!!

    So I have hatched hundreds of chickens I got that down pat. I'm on my second round of doing turkeys I'm suppose to go into lockdown this morning went in there oh and there is 2 turkeys hatched and fluffy walking around on the egg turner!! These are not my eggs they are a friends that and she...
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    looking to buy buckeye eggs

    I'm located in WA and I'm looking to purchase 1 or 2 dozen buckeye fertile eggs. I am not looking for hatchery stock. I want large heavy heritage quality birds. I don't know what this breed eggs normally go for so give me an asking price with shipping :) Thank you! Would love photos of your...
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    Hatching Turkeys!!

    Well I have hatched lots of chickens over the past 5 years but today was my first turkey hatch! My friend gave me 24 eggs from her two hens 2 were infertile 2 were real dirty and they quit with blood rings in the second week 2 just failed to hatch and one pipped at the wrong end and was...
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    First 20 turkey eggs to hatch March 22nd!

    Well I never hatched turkeys but I have plenty of chickens under my belt. A friend of mine wants to test her turkey cross eggs so here we go! I'm planning on adding a couple chicken eggs at the one week mark for showing them how to eat we will see!
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    Did my first meat bird harvest!

    Well I did a sample batch of my cornishx by myself to see size and processing time. I did 5, 8 week olds in about an hour. I got sizes ranging from 4lb 6oz down to 3lb 14oz all packaged and put away the smallest was a hen. I can't wait to see how the flavor is on these birds since I made my own...
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    Hawk, mass chicken killing??

    ok so my chickens have a 1/2 acre fenced for them so the coyotes don't get them. Have had no issues then this morning I go out their was a killing spree last night or this morning! white feathers everywhere 5, 5 week old delaware roos gone and two of my cornish cross dead in the field. The...
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    How do you bag your meat birds?

    I have a vacuum packer does anyone vac pack their chickens for the freezer or how do you bag your chickens for the freezer?
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    Just ordered first cornish x and birds for a meat flock delaware over white rock

    So I have had laying hens for years now but never meat birds, well I bit the bullet and made an order yesterday! 30 Cornish x, 12 white rock hens and 13 Delaware roos. I will keep the 2 or 3 largest roos the rest will be butchered at 20 weeks and the Cornish at around 8 weeks. Also found a local...
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    Set eggs the evening of the 24th :)

    So i tried to go all this season without hatching but a friend requested some chicks from my Partridge Rock flock..... 24 eggs are in and should be hatching on the 14th of June
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    Trying to figure out what cross of breeds for my own meat birds

    I was thinking since it seems you can't purchase normal white cornish anywhere! What do you guys think if I purchased white rock hens and breed them with a white laced red cornish rooster. Would the chicks be a faster growing bird than pure heritage chicks, but not as fast as cornish-x mistery...
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    Looking for a breeder of white cornish NOT cornish-x

    I can find tons of black or laced cornish online but I would love to find just white cornish for meat birds without all the health issues and unable to range problems. Does anyone sell hatching eggs or white cornish chicks???!!! thanks for any tips!
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    White Giants? for meat birds anyone?

    Im looking for a breed to use for meat chicken but Im not too keen on cornish-x or freedom rangers from what I have read. I want a breed that I can keep a few hens and one rooster to have my own supply of meat birds every year. I was looking through the site here and googling but I came across...
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    Chicks arrived!! more pics with broody!

    Well I have ordered eggs in the past plenty of times but I have never shipping live chicks. Well today my first order of shipped chicks arrived 25 Partridge Plymouth rock chicks from Natures hatchery! & 7 went to a lady I split the order with. And my BO who has been broody for 4 months I have...
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    Flock must go due to move hens roosters pullets & chicks Vancouver WA

    PM me or post on here who you want. Will not ship except for eggs. We are having to move so the flocks got to go sadly. We have at the moment 14 laying hens two rooster 4 pullets and 16 chicks. You can purchase the entire gang for $325 or indivually how its broken down: Laying hens from 2 yrs...
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    Barnyard mix 12+

    We have two beautiful calm roos ones a Black Copper Marans with feathered shanks and other rooster is an EE. both are in with a mixed flock of pure bred; black copper hen, bO, white rock, barred rocks, buff brahma, rir, leghorn, golden sex linked, a bcm/ee mix a woopsy hen from a bcm breeder...
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    New chickies!!! blue wheaten Amerucanas and barnevelders!

    Well I didn't hatch them Mr. tailfeathers hatched them but I got chickies today! 5 Wheaten/blue wheaten Amerucanas and three barnevelder!
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    Barnyard mix 12+

    Have too many eggs I have 4 dozen in the fridge 3 dozen in the incubator and two dozen just gathered today in the garage waiting for someone to incubate. We have two beautiful calm roos ones a Black Copper Marans with feathered shanks and other rooster is an EE. both are in with a mixed flock of...
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    Warming up the incubator again :)

    Well my aunt loves her dozen chicks that I hatched for her monday so much that she is telling everyone so my other aunt that lives down the road from her wants a dozen or so chicks from my barnyard mix soo going to go plug in the incubator again this is the third hatch for the incubator in 2 1/2...
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