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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    South of San Antonio, when are you hatching or are they hatched already?
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Anybody in Texas have swedish flower hen chicks available this spring?
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    How much land do you free range on?

    Every animal will consume a percentage of its body weight for most classes of livestock that number is around 3.5 percent. Therefore I think you could use the formula wherever you are and come out with appropriate pasture requirements to completely free range, just contact your county extension...
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    How much land do you free range on?

    I am considering making a chicken pasture, I decided to translate cow stocking rates to chicken stocking rates. 1. Stocking rate for Improved pasture in my area is 2.3/cow unit. They weigh 1400lbs. 2. Chickens I figured at 6 pounds Can't remember the exact math from last night but my formula...
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    Accidental success at selling $10 hens

    They had a company delivering organic free range pol chickens once a month selling off their truck for $12 a bird which is where these originally came from. Problem was they only delivered once a month and they required you pre order at the mill. The mill does not charge a markup they just love...
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    Accidental success at selling $10 hens

    What are DP birds?
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    Accidental success at selling $10 hens

    I have what y'all would consider free range chickens I always just considered them loose chickens until now. They are crossed up between barred rocks?, some breed of red chicken and some breed of white chicken. Probably half are raised by hens and I raise some from incubating (approximately 20 a...
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    Americanizing imported breeds

    Does anybody know or care how the standards are decided? Or if these standards are beneficial to the breed?
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    Americanizing imported breeds

    I'm new here and have never decided to get serious about poultry until now, but I'm not new to the livestock industry livestock showing and breeds of livestock (cattle sheep and goats) newly imported to the United States. How does the American poultry association set breed standards for...
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    Great waterer and feeder

    What size pipe and what size holes in the feeder?
  11. Scooter1978

    Hello from texas

    Have been raising and showing livestock (only animal I never showed was a turkey and lamas)since 9 years of age I'm now 35. Have always had chickens around but never serious with them now I'm fascinated with rare or exotic type of chickens and of course showing them. I actually worked for a...
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