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chicken tractor size question
you should be fine! i have layers and have had meat birds. the meat birds do not need as much space as full grown birds. most people who raise meat birds are going to process all at once between 9-12 weeks old. there are many ways to do this, this is the most common way i found of doing it. at...- flock4mebane
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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laying progress
another update is way past due. so as of 8/22 our egg count hit 100!!!!!! can you believe it? 32 days and 100 eggs already! so we got off to a slow start the first egg was July 20th by July 29th we were sure all four of our girls were laying.(first day we got four eggs.) by the 22nd of august...- flock4mebane
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Building new coop and new to Chickens
Lookin good!- flock4mebane
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Building new coop and new to Chickens
I think you did a great job on both designs. It shows you intend to offer your chickens the best life possible. Kudos!- flock4mebane
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laying progress
hello all, I cant remember if i had posted since the girls started laying, so forgive me if i repeat anything. so i got four pullets at 20 weeks old the last week of June. Sat. July 20th we got our first egg(we were actually out there when it happened so we were able to witness it. and after...- flock4mebane
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Comment by 'flock4mebane' in article 'My four feathered ladies.'
we got our fist eggs. Saturday(1 day short of 24 weeks old)one of the RIR's (phoenix) layed her fist egg. we know it was her cause she started making a whole lot of noise and got our attention. we pulled up some chairs and watched the show. at first she was going into the nester, scratching...- flock4mebane
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tell me what you think.
i cleaned them up this weekend and the feet are white! they are Orpington's as sold! they are filling out nice. thanks everyone for the help, Kelsie2290 you had allot of good info for breeding them. they were starting to look like Australorps. and the ladie who sold them to me swore they were...- flock4mebane
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Comment by 'flock4mebane' in article 'My four feathered ladies.'
24 weeks in two days no eggs yet but i can't wait. they seem to love their home they have lived here for four weeks now and they seem to be loving it.- flock4mebane
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My four feathered ladies.
hey all, just wanted to throw some pics up so i could send a link to family out of state, so they can see the girls. these hens have great personality and seem to be getting use to me. my daughter on the other hand, sends them running to the other end of coop to avoid her, unless she is still...- flock4mebane
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tell me what you think.
the legs are blueish grey with black toe nails, the bottom of the feet are yellowish but i need to clean them off to get a better answer for you on that. so did you rule out orp or is that still an option as far as you're concerned. I'm glad people are willing to talk it out and give reason why...- flock4mebane
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How to butcher Skinning method Graphic pics
i have considered getting meat birds along with my egg layers but thought it would be way too much work to do the butchering without my wife freaking out about the mess (she's a city girl and took convincing that she would have to do nothing for the chickens and my daughter and i would do all...- flock4mebane
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC