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    Rooster breed

    He doesn't look fully mature. How old is he? Personality may change as they mature, but so far he sounds promising. Also, he could be a mix.
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    When can I expect my hens to start laying again?

    How ex How exciting! They may continue, you never know!
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    Dad Jokes😂

    YES!!! I did this this weekend. Now i am a vacuum cleaner! (giggles)
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    Sanitation of and repurposing old chicken coop

    Odoban or Virkon-S is what the commercial operations use to sanitize pretty much everything between flocks. And I would invest in one of these, or I think you'll be regretting it later.
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    Production Blue Variants?

    The hatcheries never tell us quite what goes into their mixes. @NatJ what do you think? These birds are supposed to be Production Blues, but it looks like they have some funky genetics going on. @TheGreatEscapees - Can you post a pic of their current egg colors, for each chicken?
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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    I've purchased and raised approx 12-16 PBs from Hoovers/Rural King. I also follow what folks post on here about them. Sounds to me like you got a mislabeled chick. Also, I think you got an easter egger that lays green. Typically, the EEs are the ones with muffs and beards. I've seen some...
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    Kill cone for large muscovy ducks

    Personally, I don't think the jug or kill cone would make a difference on the speed at which they bleed out. That is due more to how large of a cut you've made in the veins and waiting for the heart to stop pumping out the blood. For chickens, it's very quick either way. The towel keeps all...
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    Henry knoll New Hampshire

    I totally get it!
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    Henry knoll New Hampshire

    Well, I haven't actually incubated any eggs from them yet and got chicks off of them. However, based on what I see (rooster is mating, hens and roo are in good health and moving around well after two years), and the fact that you'll be starting with 50-75 of them, I think you'll be able to...
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    Henry knoll New Hampshire

    If you intend to do that, you'd better place your order soon. Numbers available on the website are decreasing. They are sold straight run. The other two dual purpose breeds that FR hatchery sells are already sold out. I thought about getting a few of those to try them out, too late this...
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    Green Nostrils / weirdly shaped hen

    You can use a wooden toothpick or small tweezers to clean out her nares. You can use a baby wet-wipe or a Boogie Wipe (saline wipe) - really a thin wet fabric that won't tear is what you need if you want to wipe the area after the gunk is out. You can fold that over the end of the toothpick...
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    5% chance of olive egger laying brown eggs… is this true?

    If you have a rooster that has two copies of the blue egg gene, and you cross him with a dark brown laying hen (Black Copper Maran is best for color), they will 100% produce olive egg layers as progeny. The issue is finding and using that roo. You can pay $25 to test the roo and see if he's...
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    I think you'll be very happy with them if CX is your baseline. They are much less of a hassle! If you make a thread about them, you're welcome to post a link to it in this thread. I'd love to follow along!
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    Kill cone for large muscovy ducks

    Have you seen the picture on here of using the Tidy Cats cat litter jug as a kill cone? It's great for doing 12+ lbs CX, which are almost the size of the ducks/geese you're talking about here. SO you might try something like that. I'll link a picture of the container. You cut the bottom off...
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    Henry knoll New Hampshire

    I keep a flock of production eggers and the New Hampshires. I tried a number of broilers and CX before I tried out the NH, and most of the bird breeds I tried worked okay for what they were, but I really wanted to have a self-sustaining flock of meat birds where I don't have to keep buying...
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