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    Questions about lockdown

    Yeah I'm definitely ready for a low hatch rate because of the power outage. I'm seeing a few wiggles here and there after starting lock down last night so Im remaining hopeful! Thanks for your reply.
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    Photo Critique Club

    I really like #2 and #1. #3 feels too centered on the horizon. The color of the sky in #2 is wonderful. #1 feels a little moodier. If it were up for slight editing, I would increase the contrast in the sky a bit. Seems like the subject here is the power lines crossing the landscape and I...
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    Photo Critique Club

    Love the light. I feel like the fence is a distraction. But wow what a beautiful sky and tree line background and such nice light. Sort of has an HDR look to it because the details are so defined in both the shadows and the highlights.
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    Questions about lockdown

    Thanks for that explanation. Yes of course I usually write the date down, but life got in the way this time. It's my third clutch in the incubator this season and I just forgot I guess. From what your saying, it seems like a toss up eh? I've been doing a dry hatch because it's so humid here and...
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    Questions about lockdown

    Long story short, my power went out for a significant amount of hours during my latest incubation. So I reset the incubator as best I could to the correct number of days left. But I think my egg turner stopped turning about half a day early because of that (maybe even a day and a half early?) -...
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    Young turkeys dropping like flies

    What is their living situation like? Are they getting plenty of clean water? Enough protein? What type of food are they eating? Coop and run freshened regularly? How much space do they have?
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    Ended Waterfowl & Water Photo Contest

    What!? Holy cow. Thank you. What an honor in the midst of so many good photographs.
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    Yellow fat and veining

    I love the yellow fat. I save it and render it. Now if they were full of fat and didn't gain weight well, I would have a problem, but just the presence of fat alone is generally just the sign of a meat bird that was fed well.
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    So confused about this chicken!

    If it has yellow soles ( can't really tell the color from the picture) then I'd say jersey giant because of the white specks. If the soles of the feet aren't yellow, sapphire gem makes sense they can be very dark on occasion. Ive never seen an astro with any white leakage..
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    Small Cornish Cross

    Not saying you did anything wrong—it’s just something I’ve kind of noticed over time. When broilers don’t gain like they should, it might trace back to something in the brooding stage. Maybe they got a little too hot or cold at some point, didn’t get quite enough protein early on, or had some...
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    Raising roof?

    How much building experience do you have?
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    Breeding your own Cornish X

    That's decent for what you have at this point! If you weigh them and subtract 30%, you will get a pretty close butchered weight estimate. 22% will definitely grow them better than layer.
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    Breeding your own Cornish X

    Yes if you're going for a meat breed specifically, you would probably want to breed your Cornish roo back on to your F1 birds. This will result in 75% Cornish offspring (backcross 1 or BC1) you can then balance that cross by breeding back to your F1 line. If you want to end up with a slightly...
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    The Rochester Egg Co-op

    That’s so great. Tackling food insecurity is both important and ambitious—and it sounds like you’re approaching it with a lot of heart and clarity of purpose. Really inspiring work.
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    The Rochester Egg Co-op

    That’s so great—I really love the idea and the mission behind what you’re doing. Are you looking to eventually develop a true cooperative food buying/selling co-op through this as a next phase? If not, it might come across more like a food advocacy group or a local food initiative rather than a...
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