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I have been raising and processing meat birds for 11 years now. When butchering, it takes each bird about 10-14 minutes (really just a guess) for the bird to travel from the pen to carcass in the ice bath cool down. They are in the ice bath max couple of hours before into the freezer. When using...

I have 16 ladies (14 months old) who all of a sudden undergone some strange flock behavior. They had been raised with a rooster and he did a pretty good job keeping things under control...except he wasn't too fond of us human types. Tried all sorts of things, but he had to go. The rooster...

I have lost two of my 5 day old cornish cross chicks to what seems to be some sort of pneumonia. One I found dead, the other I culled when I noticed increased respiration rate/rales. Obviously, the others have been exposed to whatever it is that the first two fell to. I don't want to abuse...

Picked up my box of cornish X from the P.O. this morning, only to find that my order (NO FREEBIE ROOSTER SPECIFIED) indeed contained a packing peanut. Oh, and he is soooooo cute. Can he be raised alongside my piggie cornish X's (which will have feed 12 hours on/12 hours off after day 5). Or...

I was wondering if I can keep my heavy breed layer pullets on Nutrena starter/grower and offer oyster shell, free choice? I will have a rooster running with the flock and know that ca++ is bad for his kidneys. I have also had to supplement protein with 16% layer ration. Is this a good idea...

Recently I started adding organic unfiltered (with the 'mother') apple cider vinegar to my 12 week old chickies water. I started using it because as I understand it, it boosts their immune system and digestive system....you know, good for what ails ya'! I add 1 TBSP ACV per gallon of water...

Hi there, I looked around the forum a bit and didn't see this particular question asked so here goes. I have an ailing hen, swelling face, legs, generally rather miserable expression on her face - but still eating and drinking and running after treats ~! Anyway, I finally remembered her eating...