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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    Agreed. ISA Browns are pretty to easy to find where I live also, but they are actually a proprietary hybrid whose genetics are owned by Hendrix Genetics. Hy-Line International produces several competing hybrids, one of which is known as Hy-Line Brown, and owns their genetics. ISA Brown and...
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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    ISA Browns are also sometimes known as or similar to Hy-Line Brown. They are a commercial strain of red sexlink used in large egg operations. Generally purchased in large quantities, so not generally sold to the backyard egg market. Hy-Line makes a lot of commercial breeds/strains that you...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    Have you had any issues with the Freedom Ranger roos being mean? To humans and/or hens. I heard from several folks that they had that issues, wondering about your experience. How do the Freedom Rangers compare to Freedom Ranger Hatchery's (FRH) White Rangers, FRH New Hampshires (bred for...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    I also tried Freedom Ranger Hatchery New Hampshires, and like them a lot for a sustainable flock bred for meat that also lays eggs. Massive birds! Good livability, and the roo does his job.
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    Have you tried White Rangers from Freedom Ranger hatchery? I did. I really liked them. 3m broiler with final weights very similar to CX, with better livability. I had one hen who was 2+ yrs old, getting along just fine until I ate her (she laid her first spring, was waiting for her to lay...
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    FAIL thread

    Hahaha!!! Oh poor baby! There's a dog swimming place near me, they have ramps that go down into swimming pools, and they have classes that teach the dog to go down into the ramp and eventually swim in the water. Each dog gets its own life vest, they have bumpers to swim after, and lots of dog...
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    Albendazole on sale

    Thanks, I've been looking for that!
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    Appropriate Hospital Set Up?

    I use a large wire dog crate in my covered run. You can secure 1/2" hardware cloth all around it with metal zip ties if you want to protect from predators, and can wrap the top and some of the sides with old feed bags / house wrap or 6mil plastic or something to provide a water barrier if...
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    Pullet laid 2 eggs then nothing. It's been 5 weeks since.

    She just may be a periodic layer impacted by winter. If it's winter where you are, a lot of birds are taking a break since there is less than 10 hrs of daylight. When you get that or more in the spring, laying should start again. Give her until about June, she should lay in March/Feb I should...
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    Not blue marans, so what could they be?

    You're right, they're on the charcoal side of gray. Maybe folks familiar with Ideal's offerings will have more ideas. I still think it could just be bad breeding/off standard characteristics. Hopefully not. The tail feathers are often the last to come in.
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    Not blue marans, so what could they be?

    Where did you get them from?
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    Not blue marans, so what could they be?

    They could have wry tail. It makes them look kind of rumpless. I had an ISA Brown once with wry tail - see my profile pic to the left. She eventually grew in 5, exactly 5, tail feathers in random spots. She looked kinda weird with a rounded rear end and 5 random feathers poking out from...
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    Anyone else find Sasso meat to be tough and stringy?

    Have you checked that they are fully past rigor before freezing and/or cooking? I fridge age them in large metal bowls under plastic wrap and then wiggle a joint to be sure it moves freely prior to freezing because I eat as soon as it's thawed. If you plan to rest in the fridge for a week or...
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    how do I treat a cracked beak

    Mine lost half of the whole top of her beak - the hard part came off and disappeared. Still don't know how she did it. The under part was soft and tender, but she still ate food with it from dog bowls, and got water out of our horizontal nipple waterers with it. I think she used the bottom...
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    Born mid August, Easter Egger, Hen or Roo?

    At 14 wks old, that's definitely a hen. What a sweet girl!
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