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  1. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    IRRRMA! :barnie:oops: My Trampoline converted chicken coop suffered some damage. Matthew took out the cover last time. My cockerel Matthew-named for the Hurricane, is in the fourth Picture. The pine tree got the roof, some bamboo poles, and bent the frame. I can fix it. All my chickens survived...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Welcome back. i hope you are feeling much better. I am looking to place a small group of White Lace Red cornish. They are young, a group of five. I am not looking to utilize them. I swapped eggs with a breeder. Her husband mixed the eggs, so I know one is purebred, the others may be jubile...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Poor Harvey has the gasping chick issue. So sad, I have lost two chicks in two years to this. I just have to wait and see. Some people say garlic water. Others say antibiotics. Nothing has righted this problem in the past. It just happens, and usually with my favorite chick of the hatch...only...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    In like fashion, Matthew(named for the Hurricane) has hatched his first blue chick during Hurricane "Harvey". I will keep the name Harvey even if it's a pullet!
  5. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Just loads of pictures of my project birds for 2017. The oldest Dark Cornish are 16-17 weeks. The Oldest White CX/Cornish are 14 weeks. I have whittled the whites down to two cockerels and six pullets. I still have quite a few Dark Cornish to select. The More SOP pullets have the clear pencil...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Toad project update: Harambo CX/CX at 23 days 599g - 31.2g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed. . Betty Boop CX/CX at 23 days 603g - 32.1g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed. Dino CX/DC-CX at 23 days 534g - 26.5g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed. Lazur CX/DC-CX at 23 days 431g - 18.9g per...
  7. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Day 12 for the CX group: Harambo maintains his lead with 256g Betty Boop holding second place at 250g Dino widening the gap at 244 Lazur bringing up the rear at 223g Day 5 for the new CX group.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    There was a BYC thread on this subject: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/white-leghorns-ok-for-meat.68046/
  9. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    The scale: The chicks are standing inside an empty, square, very large, clear plastic, candy container. Otherwise they would be: In the fish tank, on the floor, or on the leather couch watching TV. I allow myself to bond with the ones I am keeping. I've been a farmer at heart since a young age...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    7/14/17 the 1 week mark: Betty Davis pulls into the lead at 132g after eating she weighs 134g Harambo falls behind at 129g after eating he weighs 131g And edging up is Dino at 126g. after eating he weighs the same 126g Last but not least is the blue winged beauty Lazur at 118g, after eating...
  11. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    7/11/2017 The "Spike"-CX /"Betty"-CX cockerel pulls into the lead at 84g DOH 7/9/17 56g day 1. Followed by the "Spike"-CX /"Betty"-CX Pullet at 81g DOH 7/9/17 56g day 1. Then both "Spike"-CX /"Pebbles"-DC/CX cockerels are locked neck and neck at 76g DOH 7/9/17 both 49g day one. Slow feathering...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Weights: 2 chicks from Betty at 56g and 2 chicks from Pebbles at 49g. I must say they are consistent. One of the chicks has a funny blue wing.
  13. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have been breeding my CX together in prep for the hot weather/possible death of my Rooster Spike. The first batch of CX(Spike) x CX(Betty) chicks have hatched today. Betty is a Murray McMurray Roaster Hen hatched 2-6-15 and Spike a 4-H project CX bird approximately hatched in October 2016...
  14. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Welcome, I don't believe starting at any age is too late, or too early. You start when you are ready. I am a FFA circa 1975 retread. I just got back into chickens in 2015 40 years after having them as a high school project. So welcome, ask questions, even if you think they are really basic. We...
  15. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    My Big Boy "Spike". He makes Bob look like a pup!
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  17. lpatelski

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    The temps can run a 30 to 40 degree variation from morning to the heat of the afternoon. Anything more than 20 degrees can play havoc on animal health.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    So sorry. The weather can be so dangerous for animals.
  19. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    My question is...how much do you like to eat eggs and do you have an outlet or friends to place the eggs you do not consume? I only have 6 laying hens. Four are RedStars(cinnamon queen) and two are "DarkStars". I used my Dark Cornish Rooster to produce two replacements. My husband and I eat eggs...
  20. lpatelski

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    Matthew the Skunk Breeding: 7/8 Dark Cornish & 1/8 CX DOH: 10/01/2016 update at 33 weeks:
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