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We know for sure that the father of the RSL is a rhode island red rooster.
This poll is about the mother of the commercial red sex links of the big companies.
I know for sure that the maternal stock of the sex links has the following characterists:
produces brown shelled...
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I want to choose only one between three types of whole grain.
I am between whole barley, whole oats and whole rye.
I am going to make a mix containing soy mash, alfalfa pellets, oyster shell, grit, diatomaceous earth and a type of whole grain.
This will be given as a treat, as an...
There are many local or indigenous chicken breeds on the planet that have never been fed commercial fully formulated feed. Scratch and scraps are used instead of fully formulated feed.
a) What happens to the metabolism of these breeds?
b) How will their metabolism change if they are fed...
General opinions about the lightweight Spanish breeds.
What do they have in common?
Pearl white or off white eggs.
Big eggs.
Black feathers and legs.
Smaller than the dual purpose breeds, heavier than the commercial leghorn.
The best pasture to egg conversion ratio.
Bright red huge combs...
What will happen to my flock of chickens if they eat soy mash (non GMO) containing 44% protein?
Will they eat less?
Will they grow and feather cover faster?
Will they lay more and bigger eggs?
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I have some hens which express this rare and very strange type of comb. I was told that they are a landrace breed of greek origin. Extremely poor layers, excellent brooders, love people and attraction, thrieve in low density feed rations and poor feeding in general, strong...
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Greetings from Greece.
I am starting to create a flock of leghorns again. I am thinking to focus on black color, because it handles better:
predators
cold
predators
my love for chickens
At the moment my flock contains:
one black italianer cockerel
two black...
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In a flock with hybridized white leghorns, adult turkeys, bantams, males and pullets I can't use layer feed.
Can I use developer for adult chickens and a combination of oyster shell and marble dust in a separate continuous feeder?
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I have stopped keeping chickens, but I decided to start keeping again. I am addicted to these blessed creatures.
I am incubating gold partridge leghorns at the time.
I am going to divide the baby chicks into two groups.
Group A will contain the female chicks.
Group B will...
I lifted and touched my aunt's buff orpington hens and light sussex hens yesterday.
I observed this:
Mediterranean females have much stronger breast bones than the English females.
English females have much stronger back bones than the mediterranean ones.
I wonder about this:
May the black...