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Unfortunately, unless you were to trap them yourselves and relocate them to your personal property elsewhere, I can't think of much you can do. Also, they may be considered livestock or nuisance animals/wild animals, and not pets by your local laws. Slaughtering livestock for food is not...

Haven't actually farmed them myself, we get a lot around here naturally. They do nice things for my compost heaps, and like to live in my mulch piles that I use to refresh the coop bedding. So the chickens get a periodic treat when I refresh the bedding. Worm farming is awesome, I'd love to...

Love my CX from Welp. They did well all things considered. Very healthy chicks, would order again.

Good job on the autopsy! It's not an easy thing for many people to do, especially if you cared about the chicken. If you found puncture wounds on the neck that look like a snake and not a chicken got to it, combined with the wetness of head and torso (feathers all matted up), I'm gonna hazard...

Did the birds look wet like that on their heads and wings and torso when you found them? Kinda looks like a snake got ahold of them, and couldn't swallow them past a certain point, so spit them out. Might be worth a close inspection for injury and a posting (or cross posting of this thread) on...

Not sure I'll be much help - I plan to cull everyone with Angel wing as soon as I can get around to it in the next month or so. But if it occurs again, or in their descendants, I'll add that info to my post. It seems to have gotten better since I switched to 20% for some of the birds, but not...

1 cm long hairs: you can ignore them and not eat the skin. Burn them off with a kitchen torch so they at least don't stick out. Remove with a pinning knife (should be info on this site - videos and pics and such - if you search for it). Remove with a table knife (same as pinning knife but...

Sorry I don't have better news. I'm assuming you've looked for signs of a break or sprain, bruises, or other injury, and have found nothing. There's pics on this site of all of those, if you need a visual on what to look for. The search function is helpful, and the Similar Threads at the...

At my farmer's market, they sell them frozen. Don't forget to let them rest before you freeze them, and def check local laws and regulations for raw chicken sales to the public.

Sounds like severe internal injuries to me - there may not be much you can do. I'd give her Nutri-drench by mouth by syringe (just drip it across the side of her beak, she should lick it or suck it up). Small drips at a time inside her mouth, avoid the windpipe (there's a picture of how to...

You can put them on lower protein food for sure. It slows their growth.

Your dog can eat the entire raw chicken. Whether he should or not, well that's a management/ dog guardian decision. I cut off the feet, and will eventually give one at a time to him as a treat to eat outside. I also cook and feed giblets as training treats. Don't ever feed cooked chicken...

Welcome to the forum! I always keep a second method of dispatch available so if something goes wrong I can end things quickly. I used to use English method (similar to broomstick but in your arms), but 6m CX were too strong for me, so I switched to wrapping the birds in a large bath towel...

Pics of "angel wing" in White Rangers and New Hampshires: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/anyone-seen-angel-wing-in-meat-birds-seeing-it-in-new-hampshires-and-white-rangers-wondering-causes-solutions.1624071/post-27789139 Pic of birds raised on 20% chick starter for comparison...

Here is a pic of the two New Hampshire I've raised on 20% chick starter since day one. Next to an olive egger pullet (black, 13 wks) and a starlight green egger grown hen (red tinged white) for size comparison. No "angel wing".

Pictures of "angel wing" in White Ranger and New Hampshire chickens, 12 weeks old, from Freedom Ranger Hatchery. I've included pics of chickens with "angel wing" and chickens without. There are various degrees of "angel wing". In quotes because this is typically seen in ducks, but I'm not...

3/7 male white rangers and 1/3 female white rangers are affected. 2/3 male New Hampshires affected. Haven't seen it much, or it's very mild in the female NH. This is on the birds fed for a number of weeks on meat bird feed (details in thread above). They are 12 wks now. I'll upload pics...

Here's my progress thread, with comparison to the other breeds I've tried. I think they'd be a worthy addition to your program. For breeders, I'd keep them on no more than 20% protein feed throughout...

Background: This thread is to document my experiences with Freedom Ranger hatchery's White Rangers (3m broiler very similar in appearance to CX) and New Hampshires optimized for meat production. My previous meat bird experience has been with a straight run 25 bird batch of Cornish Rock Cross...

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is good information to know!