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  1. tniron

    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    I have 3 1/2 month old Barred Plymouth Rocks and New Hampshires from XW Poultry Ranch. Should i seperate the roosters into one pen and the pullets into another? I want them to get older before I start culling them for breeders. I would like to keep the fighting at a minimum. I am new to...
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    I am in Middle Tennessee
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    B I don't know of anyone who raises good LF Cornish that ships eggs or chicks. Most sell only started birds. Walt [/quote I am in Middle Tennessee. Are amy of the breeders you know of close to this area?
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    Who has APA quality LF Dark Cornish that can either ship eggs or chicks?
  5. tniron

    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Chickadoodles, thank you for all your information. I hope to find a good Dark Cornish breeder by spring at least. I plan to stick with Beltsvilles but according to whats going on spring 2015 i may try some Standard Bronze too.
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    Turkey Talk for 2014

    I have no idea if they are harmful or not. I am interested to know what popular landscape plants are harmful to chickens too.
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    Turkey Talk for 2014

    I called him as well about shipping eggs in general and he told me be had stopped. I wanted some of his Barred Rocks and Dark Cornish. I ended up with XW Poultry Ranch Barred Rocks and they look great so far. If I remember right their birds come from Mr. Reese's and another line. As close as I...
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    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Did they come from Country Hatchery or Mr Reese himself?
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    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Anyone have the Frank Reese line of Bronze Turkeys? How about from another breeder?
  10. tniron

    The Middle Tennessee Thread

    Anyone know where I can buy poultry shrink bags in close to Murfreesboro?
  11. tniron

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    One bag of dry medicated feed correct?
  12. tniron

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Can medicated feed be fermented and still have its medicinal effects?
  13. tniron

    The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

    I just got BPR chicks from XW poultry ranch. Should I be feeding them medicated feed? I started them on Flock Raiser and there doing well so far. Just looking for advice. Looks like they threw in a few New Hampshires as well. I really appreciate that it was very kind.
  14. tniron

    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    I have seven week old Dark Cornish chicks and i want to keep some as breeders.. At what age will they be developed enough i can cull out the freezer birds from the keepers?
  15. tniron

    Cornish Thread

    I have seven week old lf Dark Cornish chicks i bought from a small family hatchery here locally. When will I be able to start lokking at them to determine if they are bred close to the Standard of Perfection? At what age roughly? I bought these to gain some experience with Cornish.
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    High in demand breeds?

    Where do i get one?
  17. tniron

    Cornish Thread

    I recently bought some LF Dark Cornish chicks. I will keep some for breeding of they turn out to be birds bred to meet the APA standards. If not I will at least have some experience with Dark Cornish and some meat. At what age can i start culling them as far as the body shape and so on is...
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    The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

    Bee, Ken Weaver tells me all the time how good his White Rocks lines lay.  He pegs his strain from XW Poultry, Jeremy Woeple at 24 eggs per month and his Blosl strain at 25 eggs per month. Judging by the eggs Ken sent me, I'd say his XW strain lays a slightly larger egg.   All this blows away...
  19. tniron

    Dry Feed or Wet Feed?

    Properly fermented feed should produce good bacteria that is beneficial to the bird's digestive system. In my experience the birds eat less, waste less, drink less and have less poop. They look healthier as well. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds
  20. tniron

    Dry Feed or Wet Feed?

    If you want to try wet feed why not fermented feed. You can take for example layer crumbles and soak them in water. You let them set where air can get to them and in a few days you will see bubbles from the fermentation process. If you add a few ounces of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar with...
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