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    Show off Butchered Heritage Type Chickens.

    Took longer than expected to cull this guy. I planned to do it Thursday morning but someone let them out before I got up. So was going to do it yesterday morning, same story different person. No one listens to me but third times the charm. Half EE half black jersey giant. Culled him due to the...
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    2026 breeding plans! (Meaties, egg/feather color)

    Finally dispatched the blue EE roo and dusted the last 6 hens. 6lb 5oz before and 3lbs 11oz after. Also a few pics of the meatie eggs, all looking well.
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    2026 breeding plans! (Meaties, egg/feather color)

    I have been trying to cull the blue EE rooster but both times I said "don't let the birds out in the morning" someone forgets and the other doesn't put two and two together until after the fact then shoots me a text moments later saying they let them out and hope I didn't need to have them in...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I bought them as seedlings and I'm pretty sure they were habaneros but I could be wrong. They were spicy but not as spicy as I thought they'd be. No more spicy than the average jalapeno as I recall.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    First time trying the whole cold crop thing this year and planting some greens and root veggies in half barrels and grow bags. So far I've planted beets, kale, and swiss chard. I'd like to get a few 5gal bag of radishes, carrots, and lettuce going as well, when I get around to it. Started...
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I was thinking the same about the browns and peach. Just unsure about the two white and blacks. I think I’ll likely keep the brown male as he’s the biggest so far. We’ll see how they behave by 8 weeks old and then cull the extra boys as they become a problem.
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    I kicked the quail and chicks out to the shed brooder some time ago. Quail are a couple days over 4 weeks old and still get along with the chicks. I'm hoping in another 2 weeks or so I'll be able to put them in their permanent setup and maybe be able to sex them. I did give them some dirt the...
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    Enlarged bum and greenish yellow pus coming out of new hatchlings bum

    If this is a fresh hatched chick I would also guess a yolk problem. If yolk is leaking it means bacteria may be able to get inside as well. Don't get your hopes up too much. Leave it in the incubator but put it in a small glass lined with a damp paper towel so it can't run around or get picked...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Down to 38. Checked all the eggs today and found 4 more quitters (2 BBS, 1 SLW, 1 LBx) and one blank (B/L). The shipped eggs look to have at least 3 maybe 4 developing but they’ll all stay for a bit longer just in case. So I am down to one each of the SLW and BBS. All the GLW, BR, and LF mix or...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Day 4 on the eBay eggs and a few of my last minute eggs. I don’t want to mess with the shipped eggs too much and disturb the already messed up air cells but I’ve seen 2 for sure developing. Here’s one. Another SLW egg looks to be a goner. One more of hers left and it look fine so far. 2 of...
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    Questions for anyone who has Brahma Roos

    This is quite helpful, thank you! I ordered 2 dark brahma cockerel chicks that should arrive April 14-15 so I’ll be finding out how they do for me. These are of course hatchery stock so I’m not really expecting too much in the size department. I’m hoping the adults in my current flock will show...
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    Who is Laying, Who is not

    How old are the hens in the original 20ish? Older birds would of course be the first ones to suspect. You can try to figure out which breed(s) are laying which color of eggs and see how many that group is laying per week. If you want to really be accurate then you need to figure out who is...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    I would assume they all are, the hens were away from the other boys since Feb 14th so they had 4 weeks to clear out their system of other "deposits". Jr was with them for the last 2.5ish weeks.
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    Sex linked chickens- help?

    I’ve only played around with barring to create sex linked chicks but I know there are color combos you can do. From my understanding only the first generation can be labeled as sex linked. Any birds being sold as a sex link are a first generation cross between two pure bred parents. Barring is...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Down to 43 eggs. Already removed 4 early quitters, 2 each of the SLW and BBSW. They already had blood rings which I’m not surprised by in the SLW but I’m concerned about the BBSW. Here’s a decent looking BBSW egg last night. And the same egg tonight, note the line forming on the right. I...
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    Boy or girl Olive Egger

    Looks like a girl to me! I find that birds with a pea comb tend to get pink faster than single combed birds even if they are a pullet.
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    2026 Chicken Wish List

    My Meyer order should be cooking in their incubators, just 3 more weeks and it will be full on chicken madness! With the 47 eggs in the incubator I expect around 30 to hatch (11 are shipped eggs) then add to that the 17 I ordered (assuming they survive) and 4 that are already in the brooder that...
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    2026 breeding plans! (Meaties, egg/feather color)

    My meat bird project is now cooking at about 99.7F! Started the night of the 20th so on day 4. Been adding a couple eggs here and there as I waited for some eggs to arrive on the mail. There will be eggs hatching from April 10-14ish so it will be a somewhat staggered hatch. Total of 36 from my...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    No clue, we'll have to wait and see what hatches! No pics of the full incubator, probably take one when I candle the eggs I set Friday night. They'll be on day 4 so I should be able to see something in the lighter eggs.
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Eggs finally arrived 15 minutes before I had to go to work so I didn’t get to do much other than open the box. It was packaged okay, a box within a box with pine shavings, then the eggs in cartons with grocery bags for cushioning. 4 eggs were cracked and one had dried egg white all over it. I...
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