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    Bantam rooster with full sized hens

    We rescued a little Mille Fleur bantam rooster. We have a young flock of BO and BA that are now starting to lay. I see him mount them often, but I'm pretty sure absolutely no contact whatsoever of their vents has happened since he is so much smaller than the girls. Has ANYONE had a bantam...
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    Cornish Rock X differences

    Has anyone ordered multple batches from the same hatchery to have the chicks be different from each other? Our first batch of CRx were lazy, high mortality rate early on ( lost a total of 9 out of 50), had no interest in foraging in the tractor and noticed that some had other feather colors...
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    Feed requirements for CX and other questions

    I have a couple of CX questions. What are the feed requirement ranges for the protein, fat and fiber through the weeks? I was seeing them all over the place. We were hoping to switch to the 18% protein sooner than the "recommended" 6 weeks; more like 3 or 4 weeks. Also, how soon can CX...
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    Help with Broiler chicks

    This is only the second year raising broilers. This year we are having a high number of deaths and a few look like they aren't growing like the others. We received 51 chicks from Welp, all alive. We lost a few over the next few days, we suspected that we didn't have the temp quite right...
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    can you brood CornishX with turkeys?

    We have raised cornishx meaties before, but never any turkeys. This year we want to add a few turkeys to the cornishx order and brood them together. Is this even possible? Do the turkeys have different temperature needs than the chickens? We are trying to simply the process and try to not have...
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