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Tarwaters in north Topeka is were I buy my feed. What part of town do you live in?

We're actually in Oskaloosa across from the nursing home. I'll have to check out Tarwaters. May I ask what their prices are like?

Cool. In the passed I have taken the Oskaloosa Cub Scouts there to sing Christmas Carols.

The Last time I was there (7-29) Cracked corn 8.90, Layer Pellet 20% 13.95 and Chick Starter (medicated) 15.45 all are #50 bags.

I live (for a little longer) by King's Construction.
 
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@Sharol Thanks for the info. I'm pretty impressed at how heat tolerant mine seem. Of course they're still mooching feed without laying any eggs
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My son is disappointed every day the nests are empty. Even thought I told him that it could be several more weeks.

@ByNature excellent. We've been here for a few years now but after about a year we realized after moving out of Lawrence that we want to make our way to some actual land. I'm doing the stay at home dad thing and I'm starting to get the hang of this growing your own thing hehe. I have quite the honey-do list now including trying to build a better hen house, hoop house for cold weather growing, and in general adding more garden to our garden. Big dreams, small pockets.
 
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Bigger? Might be my new favorite word in the poultry world. What's their growth rate like? Is it similar to New Hampshire reds? Are any of the birds, aside from CXs, really noticeably faster or more efficient at growing meat? My NH Reds and Barred Rocks are still kind of smallish at 15 weeks which sounds pretty normal. I'm gonna have to sneak up on my red roo one night and stick him on a scale
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I guess what I'm really after is a good breed that will meat up well and semi-efficiently and maintain its ability to breed. I have a growing desire not to become dependent CXs for my meat birds. We were sort of leaning toward heritage American breeds but frankly I don't know enough yet to say why. I'm like the rookie in the gear shop, I think everything looks cool and don't know why! But feel free to me all about what I don't know
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There is a lady on the Washingtonians thread (Chickielady) that take a Pure Buckeye and Pure Cornish to make the fast growing CX's. I don't remember with way she breeds them but one is better then the other.
 
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The Fair is in Valley Falls. If you drove though Oskie on 59 you were so close enough to me you could of spit in my front yard, I'm not saying lady's spit.
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Geeeeee whiz!!!!! I get Oskaloosa and Effingham mixed up! I had a brother in law that lived in one and worked in the other, and I turn them around all the time. We were in Effingham today, not Oskaloosa. My bad. It was the Atchison Co. fair, not Jefferson. Maybe we should have driven on down to Valley Falls. We were just out goofing around all day, anyway.

If you hadn't corrected me I would have had that wrong in my head.

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Bigger? Might be my new favorite word in the poultry world. What's their growth rate like? Is it similar to New Hampshire reds? Are any of the birds, aside from CXs, really noticeably faster or more efficient at growing meat? My NH Reds and Barred Rocks are still kind of smallish at 15 weeks which sounds pretty normal. I'm gonna have to sneak up on my red roo one night and stick him on a scale
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I guess what I'm really after is a good breed that will meat up well and semi-efficiently and maintain its ability to breed. I have a growing desire not to become dependent CXs for my meat birds. We were sort of leaning toward heritage American breeds but frankly I don't know enough yet to say why. I'm like the rookie in the gear shop, I think everything looks cool and don't know why! But feel free to me all about what I don't know
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My light brahmas are the gentlest chickens I have. They are HUGE. They are big and fluffy but seem to fair the heat better than some of my smaller breeds. Plus they are extremely winter hardy. They are regular layers and always let me gather the eggs without a peck or anything. I haven't weighed my roo because he is the only one I have and I have never tried to tame him into a pet bird. They grow fast but not nearly as fast as a CX. The problem of course is that other than CX the roosters don't have as much meat. I raised several kinds to butcher and although tasty they just aren't the same. I've found that by the time you get them to a nice size the skin gets tough. That's just my opinion. The heritage breeds are the same as the more modern ones. I guess it depends on what you want from your birds. I am more about them laying large eggs and being hardy than about eating them. I sell most of my roosters to a commercial grower so I don't have to butcher them. If you plan to grow chickens to butcher and use in meals or for stock any of these other breeds are fine. But if you want to fry a chicken to feed a family I'd raise the CX for that. If you want layers there's all kinds of dependable layers. My daughter raises buff orpingtons. The hens can lay 2 eggs a day in their prime. The roos however almost always become mean and agressive.
 
Good info, thanks. I realized as I was walking away from my hen house this morning, listening to the two roos crowing their morning tunes, that it probably is unrealistic for me (not to mention unneighborly) for me to try to keep several DP roos long enough to be worth eating. 2 might be pushing it. Where as CXs I gather are ready to go before they really get to crow, is that right?
 
That is the way it is supposed to be. I've never gotten them as big as fast as what they say. I guess that depends on what size chickens you want to butcher. I would rather have mine big and plump especially if I am butchering myself. Personally I love hearing my roosters, but neighbors could be a problem.
 

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