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[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Estrogen reduces testosterone.
I think Frank Thomas must have ate MUCHO Chickens, and SOY PRODUCTS. Otherwise he would not be a spokesman for a product he uses MUCHO..
I see his commercials daily on TV.
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Guys can get man boobs from soy products.
I have been eating MUCHO CHICKENS in my lifetime. Corporate chickens I would assume eat cheaper cuts like soy.
I'm still a FLATSIE

Corporate chickens yes but also soy is most likely the protein source in your store bought bag feed.
Some countries have a soy based baby formula... these poor babies are getting the equivalent of 5 birth control pills a every day. Hard to imagine the long term damage.
Soy is cheap and has become very prevalent in all livestock feed.
Yes it grows a big chicken, my CX are way behind what an average on soy would be. But I am happy with them as is.
You are what you eat.

 

[NotAFarm]

http://www.phoenixorganicfeed.com/why-no-soy.html

Jeff sent me this link.

 

[SnootyHen]

@cavemanrich ever stop to think about the term "Soy Boy" and its correlation to an effeminate male? Or wonder why our dads and grandfathers were such tough birds compared to us not even going to mention millennials.
My opinion is the increasing use of soy in our food. We used to feed animals on pasture, now they are in a warehouse eating from a trough of the cheapest ingredients.
I'm tired and ranting and babbling. Sorry, I've become more passionate about this lately.

I fall into the demographic that needs a little soy in my life now but when my kids were babies and growing up, a mom's group I was in noticed a huge difference in kids who consumed more soy hitting early puberty. Anyone who has had a child go through puberty knows it's bad enough when they are 12-14 but dealing with a moody hormonally imbalanced 9 year old is nobody's idea of a good time. LOL!!! When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, she had to remove any and all sources of soy from her diet, too. It's definitely something to watch.

 

[SnootyHen]

Soy is cheap and has become very prevalent in all livestock feed.
Yes it grows a big chicken, my CX are way behind what an average on soy would be. But I am happy with them as is.
You are what you eat.

Grows bigger humans too!!

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

My CX are catching up in weight. 7 weeks old now. Big female is 6.1 pounds. Big male 5.9. Average probably 4.75-5 pounds.
I only weighed a few, didn't want to disturb them too much. They are very active. Hopefully I have enough food to last till August 9?

 

[Faraday40]

I'm being overrun by broody hens here!

My silkie hatched some orps and seramas.
The 3 chicks in center are seramas.
The 2 light seramas are brothers to the ones @homeschoolin momma has. (Hatched 6-19)
My silkie also adopted the 10 wk old tan silkied pullet to right.(Hatched 5-13)

Then (on July 4th) Sesame hatched 2 Modern Game (black & blue) and 2 unauthorized serama eggs were added by the other hens.

I get a kick out of the white one who now has dark gray wings. My guess is she's a female & the golden one a male. Only 2.5 weeks, so I hope to find out if I'm right soon.

Then Coge went broody with Sesame, so we gave her some orpington eggs. The hens also slipped a serama egg under her. I'm a sucker & if I see development, I don't have the heart to toss it. I'm normally pretty good about emptying the nest daily, but we had a few crazy days & those sneaky hens did it to me again.

We already sold 3 of the orps, so Coge only has one silver laced orp & one serama now. The serama's so tiny! They are 5 days old. (hatched 7-17)

Here's my big mama Jewel & my 1st silver laced orps of 2020. (hatched 7-6)

Of course Cookie is broody again and sitting on eggs. When will it ever end!?
Here are what's left of Cookie's big May 1st hatch (1 doz turkeys and 2.5 doz chicks). I kept one lav orp and 3 poults. It's funny how they still stay together.

Here's the orp at about 12 weeks. At 3-4 weeks I thought male because of those big wattles..... but its biological mom is Jewel who also had big wattles as a chick. By 6-8 weeks, no comb & wattles stayed the same, so I figured a pullet. Now at about 12 weeks, I see a little pink in comb and growing wattles. No pointed hackle/saddle feathers.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

I'm being overrun by broody hens here!

My silkie hatched some orps and seramas.
The 3 chicks in center are seramas.
The 2 light seramas are brothers to the ones @homeschoolin momma has. (Hatched 6-19)
My silkie also adopted the 10 wk old tan silkied pullet to right.(Hatched 5-13)

Then (on July 4th) Sesame hatched 2 Modern Game (black & blue) and 2 unauthorized serama eggs were added by the other hens.

I get a kick out of the white one who now has dark gray wings. My guess is she's a female & the golden one a male. Only 2.5 weeks, so I hope to find out if I'm right soon.

Then Coge went broody with Sesame, so we gave her some orpington eggs. The hens also slipped a serama egg under her. I'm a sucker & if I see development, I don't have the heart to toss it. I'm normally pretty good about emptying the nest daily, but we had a few crazy days & those sneaky hens did it to me again.

We already sold 3 of the orps, so Coge only has one silver laced orp & one serama now. The serama's so tiny! They are 5 days old. (hatched 7-17)

Here's my big mama Jewel & my 1st silver laced orps of 2020. (hatched 7-6)

Of course Cookie is broody again and sitting on eggs. When will it ever end!?
Here are what's left of Cookie's big May 1st hatch (1 doz turkeys and 2.5 doz chicks). I kept one lav orp and 3 poults. It's funny how they still stay together.
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Here's the orp at about 12 weeks. At 3-4 weeks I thought male because of those big wattles..... but its biological mom is Jewel who also had big wattles as a chick. By 6-8 weeks, no comb & wattles stayed the same, so I figured a pullet. Now at about 12 weeks, I see a little pink in comb and growing wattles. No pointed hackle/saddle feathers.View attachment 2257738View attachment 2257749

I think it's female.

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

@Faraday40 those turkeys are beautiful.... Molpet as well.
I saw a thread where someone skinned a rooster and hung the pelt in a native American fashion and it was really cool art work. A shame turkeys present better on holidays with skin. Would just need an extra I guess.

 

[Faraday40]

@Faraday40 those turkeys are beautiful.... Molpet as well.
I saw a thread where someone skinned a rooster and hung the pelt in a native American fashion and it was really cool art work. A shame turkeys present better on holidays with skin. Would just need an extra I guess.

I also like their feathers. Before getting turkeys, @Molpet shared some feathers with me for crafts. The iridescence of the brown is amazing in person but sadly doesn't show up much in photos.

Great for pencil toppers and cards

crazy ornaments and preschool crafts (We donated some to them)

hairpieces
I can't find the pic right now, but I made a hairpiece similar to this one using the turkey feathers. This one I made for DD's ballet recital with feathers from our fav roo.

....and other misc. multimedia crafts that I can't describe.

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

This is the skin. Now I want to breed the ugliest rooster possible for this.