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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    Id recommend texas poultry shrink bags. The owner started the company as a high school project. Must have been ten years ago now, but his business is well regarded and he's obviously done his market research because they are thick... I've never had a second thought about tossing a hundred birds...
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    I have not, but if you haven't looked into heat shrink bags I would recommend it. They are a huge jump in efficiency from vac sealing in my opinion. I still vac seal when I freeze cut-ups and I vac seal venison, but the heat shrink bags are the way to go for whole birds.
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    Capons

    Unfortunately it makes absolutely no sense economically when you add "anesthesia" or even pain relief into the equation.
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    Why not cut 12-16" off the legs of those sand box structures?
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    plucker fingers

    Duram rubber products has them in their inventory, but they are based over seas. Worth an email inquiry about where to get their products though.
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    What is wrong with this chicken?

    Sorry if I was unclear. I've cut it out before as well, but I thought the op was taking about taking it out of the trash and saving the affected muscle for the dogs. It's very hard to detect if it's only a small patch so I can see how it would get past inspection in less severe cases, but it's...
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    What is wrong with this chicken?

    It's dead tissue. Necrotic and stating to rot due to lack of blood flow and oxygen. Best to not consume. It would never pass usda inspected for reference.
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    I didn't see that anymore than any other chicken breed. I've actually come across some incredibly friendly freedom rangers. One rouge one lived on my porch for a time and my son named him Colin because he was so obsessed with all of us (apparently it's a Harry Potter character). Really he just...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    You may have a reason unknown to me that you might love raising one breed or another above all else, and that would be an advantage for you. Ridgerunner makes a very good point that trying them out yourself will be the best way to know what's best for you. Maybe take next year and run a few...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    What are you looking for exactly? I have tried many including cx, Cornish game, freedom ranger, red rangers from mcmurray, Delawares, new hampshires, Jackie chickens, and brahmas. Nothing beats freedom rangers - in my opinion - for a balance of efficiency and quality of life. I used to raise 600...
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    Photo Critique Club

    I will give those ideas a shot. Love those two photos. Thanks for the tips! I did stack the image that I added in my post. That was a stacked sky, with some long exposure shots of the trees. Just didn't quite work out as refined as I had hoped.
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    Photo Critique Club

    The star images in the noise discussion reminded me of my last foray into astrophotography. I seem to get the itch semi-annually. For this photograph here: it was summer and I used a big light to light up the trees nearest to me. I didn't really like the results with lighting the trees up. But I...
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    Best Broiler Feed?

    I never had a problem with rats when I lived at a property that had them. But I did cover brooders with hardware cloth just in case. Don't really have them where I live now. I don't raise chickens in a run and only did once briefly. I know that if you throw enough compostables down anywhere...
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    Best Broiler Feed?

    thugnasty_ufc? I know it's tempting, but I would avoid paying too much attention to farming advice on Instagram. I would have so many predators if I started leaving deer organs in or around my coop. I bring deer that I hunt up to my house to butcher them.., and the chickens eat a lot of the...
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    Best Broiler Feed?

    Depends on what's available in your area first. And second, how important are labels like organic and non-gmo to you. Diving deeper....Some people want buy as local as possible - which you might be able to find - locally mixed and milled feed in your area. Some of the die hard purists buy their...
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