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Posted by kaylor on 05-17-2012 01:04 PM:

I am not sure why the cornish taste different. I know that they grow amazingly fast. Very tender.

Posted by kayapellijed390 on 05-17-2012 02:11 PM:

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My Black Jersey Giants are always 'clucking' as my mom puts it. The are always hogging the laying boxes and then I have to throw them out of the pen for a week or so til they get it out of their system. I get all my chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery in IA. They come in a little cardboard box and the postman calls me to come pick them up cause they are driving him nuts and the rural carrier won't haul them.

Yes I know the eggs are cheap, heck I give them away. Last week alone I sold 22 doz. and I have about 14 doz. sitting here to box up....if I had the boxes....

When we had a lot of laying hens I would just feed a lot of eggs to the dogs. They love em and I swear they shine more eating an egg or two a day with their dog food.

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Posted by justin tumbleso on 05-17-2012 02:55 PM:

I live in the City now but ended up getting 4 laying hens.

I decided to go with the Golden Comets. Man those girls can produce some eggs and you don't even know their around.

The Comet is a super quit, friendly, egg laying machine!!!!!

I also decided to get some meat rabbits and am breeding Pedigreed New Zealand White rabbits.

Any of you folks with chickens fooling with rabbits too?

Justin

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Posted by RHP on 05-18-2012 03:10 AM:

not hunting much anymore, but I do have around 250 head of poultry. 4 rabbits.around 20 boer cross goats .1 sow and 2 pigs. in the poultry I have chickens, turkeys and ducks.

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Posted by l.lyle on 05-18-2012 04:01 AM:

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I raise meat chickens this way. Definately alot less feed and better tasting birds.

Google polyface farms and look at his chicken tractors thats what I do and am doing again this fall.

I noticed you said you were doing it again this fall. Is it because it would be too hot in the summer? I'm concerned about that. Or is it because you won't need more meat till then? Also, I'm sure these will at least start of as layers. Would they need laying mash supplement? I don't know alot about chickens> Haven't had then since I was a boy and sold eggs I delivered for 50 cents. Those 50 chickens had a coup to get in at night and Free Ranged on mama's steps and porch mostly, it semed like to me cause I had to clean it up. They could pick the dangdest places to lay.

Posted by D @ C Farms on 05-18-2012 01:24 PM:

My kids just got 25 from local 4H club. Got golden comets. My daughter has to keep records and take pictures as they grow and do reports. It cost $60 for the 1 day old chicks and in Oct she goes and shows 1 then gives 5 back for the poultry sale. If she meets all the requirements they give her $60 back and we have 20 laying hens pretty much for free. We built a 12 x 20 pen and laying boxes for them. They turned 4 weeks old today and we love them. Can't wait til they start laying so I don't have to buy anymore store eggs. Love them fresh eggs.

Posted by HOBO on 05-18-2012 01:30 PM:

I have three hens and one rooster, one Rhode island red, a white hen that I'm not sure if but she lays nice BIG brown eggs, a game hen so I could raise some chicks and a game rooster who might be looking for a new home soon as I want a new rooster.

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Posted by Driveshaft on 05-18-2012 02:22 PM:

my wife and dad bought

12 white leghorn hens and 2 roosters, and 12 white giant hens and 2 roosters. can ya guess whos kennels got converted into chicken coops??

Posted by curs12 on 05-23-2012 02:02 AM:

i'm looking for a couple of game hens, they seem to be more broody, i have a couple of bantams that are broody right now that work pretty good

Posted by StraightDrive on 05-23-2012 02:06 AM:

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i'm looking for a couple of game hens, they seem to be more broody, i have a couple of bantams that are broody right now that work pretty good

Thats what I am looking for also. The bantams I have arent broody. But I would like to raise some off of them.

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Posted by hillbilly56 on 05-23-2012 02:27 AM:

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Originally posted by justin tumbleso
I live in the City now but ended up getting 4 laying hens.

I decided to go with the Golden Comets. Man those girls can produce some eggs and you don't even know their around.

The Comet is a super quit, friendly, egg laying machine!!!!!

I also decided to get some meat rabbits and am breeding Pedigreed New Zealand White rabbits.

Any of you folks with chickens fooling with rabbits too?

Justin

i have 2 does and 1 buck that are breeding age and 2 that will be in a couple months 1 doe has 6 little 1s the other doe just dropped some 3 days ago 1st litter is eating sending them to a buddy he gonna raise them till about 1/2 grown turn them out in a thicket behind his barn to start our young beagles on im going to raise 2 or 3 more litters then turn all of them out behind my house them dang things eat you outa house and home lol

Posted by bruce hammontre on 05-23-2012 04:53 PM:

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Posted by StraightDrive on 05-24-2012 02:33 AM:

Nice looking birds Bruce.

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