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  1. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    opinions? I am having fun with a mixed flock and want to bring in a rooster from a productive non-white egg breed (large eggs), meat production is not a factor in my mixed flock. I am trying to pick a breed with most eggs and fewest problems. Right now I have an easter-egger and a 1/2...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I wonder how they (Sagitta) compare to the "Freedom Ranger"
  3. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I do not remember how much time is needed for your Cornish to have "zero" chance of fertilizing the eggs.
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have four chicken tractors that are 50 square feet each, each one has an end that has a solid roof and three solid sides, that end is pointed north for the winter, there is a wooden roost wide enough for five chickens, each tractor has a rooster for the winter, the hens and pullets are in...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    i found a person with the Bob's line this week, I seem to remember that it was on "showbird", she was moving to extreme NE Ohio from PA
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    If you have time.... another way to use BYC is to center on one person and their posts, find one of their posts and hover your cursor over their name, a drop down menu appears with one of the choices "all posts".....click on that and read what they have written Yellow House Farm (Joseph)...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    interesting comments, thanks to all !!! Mr. Frank Reese charged a BYC member $10 for a Jersey Giant bought on his farm in Kansas. . Mr. Reese has breeds that answer "Which Breed?" very well (my opinion). Jersey Giant, New Hampshire, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island, Wyandotte, Cornish and Leghorn...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I have enjoyed thinking about the Frank Reese birds and his meat business http://standardbreedpoultry.com/breeder/Frankreese/415 http://www.reeseturkeys.com/Products.htm
  9. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I purchased Australorps from Duane Urch and have been pleased with the egg and meat compromise. My 18 month old cocks are 20% over standard weight using fermented feed for the first two months. http://standardbreedpoultry.com/breeder/Duane%20UrchUrch-Turnland%20Poultry/190 edited for spelling
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    "ozexpat" has had several postings on a different thread about how to auto-sex, which breeds to cross. He was doing it for egg layers, not meat.
  11. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    your post begs for a rebuttal..... so much is wrong headed....your comments should be limited to chickens.
  12. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I seem to remember BYC member Kassaundra using a feather duster
  13. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    I am a little confused. Please tell me the difference between a "sex link" and an "ISA brown". What I thought was. one is breed to be easy to sex the other more eggs.
  14. ocap

    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    before we leave the rabbit topic completely I want to add that I found the Google "Texas A&M rabbit" an interesting search and found the breeds that this farm raises interesting: http://www.carterfarmsrabbitry.com/ I also found the comments by Joel Salatin interesting as his son attempted to...
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    BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

    My dad has done that twice to mom's dogs.
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