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I had my cx till 9.5 wks old only had 1 die. You have to restrict the feed to a minimum. They will free range just fine and mine dust bathed all the time. They only smell if you keep them in a small pen.

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Plant bushes instead of a fence. Blueberry, gooseberry, blackberry. Or just a hedge row. Cheaper and will produce something good for you and the birds.

That's me speaking as a parent with 2 kids and 1 on the way.

I can think of a thousand things you shouldn't be doing but I think your mom will get over it. Just make sure it's In a container that is secure. So she will feel secure about them.

Not to poke the bear, but most people waste more than that watching tv,phone or what ever else they do that's not productive. Ralphie I do see your point though.

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So far all I've been able to find is to keep the birds calm and don't let them flap thir wings. I did throw 1 whole one away, due to the green. The others I did quarter out. I did find this, " The lesion does not impair the general health of the chickens and is generally found during cut-up and...

I had 5 that had it. It's pretty hard to tell a bird to not flap your wings.

How do you prevent it

I wouldn't think so. My sister doesn't close them up at all. She has a 6ft chain link fence only for a pen. The coup is an old shed with a hole cut out no door. They have no problems. She had chicken for 10yrs

http://www.aviagen.com/assets/Tech_Center/Broiler_Breeder_Tech_Articles/English/AviagenBrief_Green_Muscle.pdf Here is the link my brother in law found, they says it's from the birds overuse of their wings. I got my birds from estes hatchery.

All my roosters were 8+ lbs. Had one that was 9lbs 12oz.plucked and gutted. If you get the nadya's poultry shrink bags get the next size up. I had a hard time with a 7lbs 10oz bird going in to the 5-8 lbs bag.

Butchered all the chickens today. Anyone ever seen the tenderloin green?

Weighed one of my hens today she had a weight of 9.5lbs.

I understand jr. My neighbor dog won't come to me when I have the chickens out. He won't even look at me. It's funny. He will come right up to me when I step into the street though.

If they free range they will find their own grit. No need to buy rocks.

Well for my next adventure I got to start on my coup for the layers. I told the wife I wanted to get more cx and she about freaked.

I use Diotamacious earth for bug problem in the garden. It works good for cabbage moths. And the kids can still eat straight from the garden.

The first 50? That's some hard headedness. If that's a word.