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We processed 20 red rangers today. The first one we caught was a roo. We noticed that it had what looked like a scab at the breastbone. When it was plucked, we discovered that the area seemed to have pooled blood bulge. I cut into it and it had bloody like fluid and tissue like I've never seen...

We just recently started raising our third clutch of meat birds (15 Cornish Cross and 25 Red Rangers, both were straight run). After realizing that we could have purchased an incubator with the money we've spent buying the chicks so far, we started considering that maybe we should move on into...

I just placed my order for our next batch of meat birds and threw in an additional 4 layers to add to our established flock. Currently have 8 pullets and 1 cockerel that were NOT vaccinated for anything. This time around, I opted for the Marek's vaccine. (There seems to be a divide on the...

She is "sister" with 2 other Doms (same cluthc) but she's in the coop with all of our flock (3 doms, 4 ee pullets and 1 cockerel).

We've returned home to find that her head is now balding in spots compared to looking disheveled before. What's this? I forgot to check her skeletal health while I had hold of her because I was so distracted. I don't think it's lice but I also didnt check her vent yet. Will do those things this...

We had that happen to us. It made me so frustrated. We got 3 eggs over about a week (we yhink frim yhe sane chick) and then nothing for another 8 weeks and this was out first flock! We finally added artificial light and got things moving again. I'm sorry to say that I do t have any advice it...

We have 3 Dominiques from the same clutch. They have obviously developed at different rates given the size and color of their combs/wattles. They are 8 1/2 mos old. The one with the smallest/palest comb has yet to lay. In fact, she almost appears to be molting around the face, just kinda...

We have a total of 10 birds, 2 EE cocks at 14 weeks, 4 EE pullets at 14 weeks, 1 EE mix at 29 or 30 weeks, 3 Dominiques at 32 weeks. Just to be clear, my "blah, blah, blah" about the light is not because I don't believe that to be true. Just that I've read it about a million times on here...

We 4 birds who are "of age," 3 Doms and 1 EE. 2 of the Doms have very bright and developed combs and are now 32 weeks old. At 23 weeks of age, back in mid-Oct, we got 2 eggs a day apart from 1 or 2 of our Dominiques. I suspect that one bird laid both of the eggsSome of you may remember my...

Showing this one to hubs. He wanted to run on of those bright orange extension cords across the length of our front yard. I'm from a small town in Tennessee and find myself very sensitive to anything I perceive as "redneck". Thanks Elkfriend for possibly saving our marriage! ;)

Right there with you. I'm at 14 days since getting a 2nd egg from my 5 mo old Dominique. People keep saying that first efforts are all over the place and that's ssinf days is normal as she works out the kinks in her egg laying. But no one has said at what point I should just turn her into a...

13 days and counting. No hidden nest (no run and free range only when being watched due to aggressive predators). Felt for impacted egg. Switched feed back to starter/grower feed instead of layer feed. Separate offering of grit and oyster shell. No evidence of molting. Considering adding light...

We did 7 Cornish Cross birds at 8.5 weeks old. It took 3 of us (all newbies) about 5-6 hours. We used butcherachicken.blogspot.com as our primary instructional. It was fabulous and informative and invaluable! The biggest surprise for me was the smell. I guess I was already ready for the...

Ok. We're up to 9 days since that last egg (which was only her second). What in the world? Still normal?

Now been 4 days since the second egg. I understand that veteran layers are not consistently everyday and new layers are sporadic but this just seems too infrequent. I also know that there's nothing I can do to make the eggs come. I guess I'm just so frustrated at thinking we were going to...

We have 3 Dominique pullets 23 weeks old. We finally got our first egg last Wednesday. The second egg was on Friday and no eggs since. Is this normal? First egg was perfectly on display in the nesting box. On Friday, I went out and opened the egg door and found the girl on the nest. She...

Wow. That's some good play by play of materials. Thanks so much. BTW. We are also homeschooling 4 at 8 and younger (2 boys, 2 girls, 1 of each of school age). The birds are certainly easier!

Bump Also interested. We are two weeks away but our CX still seem a bit small. Maybe we have restricted their feeding too much...

We are (we think) just a couple of weeks away from processing our first few CX. They will be our first! I've been reading and researching all the how to but this is a question of with what? What do we need to be ready? Kill cone Kill knife large pot of water at temp for scalding/plucking...

Not sure how "normal" this is. This is our first time at raising some meat birds. We have 14 Cornish X that are now 2 weeks old. I've read tons of advice on here about this breed and I know that they are eating (and pooping) machines for the purpose of getting to a good dressing weight fast...