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Backyard Chickens (and Other Birds)
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This is a community for people who keep chickens in their back yard. This includes pets, layers, and meaties at levels that are sub-industrial. Family farms and homesteads are included.
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The Fediverse is small. There probably aren't enough people here to make up a community for every type of bird that someone might keep so for now, everyone is welcome. Bring us your ducks and geese, turkeys and quail, Guineas and Peacocks, emus and parrots. The community will be focused on chickens but until there are enough of each bird community for their own community they will find care and comfort here.
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There may be discussions of animal processing. This is part of chicken keeping. If you don't like it leave and block the community.
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RULES:
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All Lemmy.ca rules apply here.
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Everyone (see rules 4 and 98) is welcome.
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If you've seen a question 100 times answer it the 101st time or ignore it. Even better, write a complete, detailed answer and suggest that the mod(s) pin it to the community.
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There will be ZERO tolerance for shaming, brigading, harassment, or other nonsense of those who keep and process chickens. You will be permanently banned the first time.
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No, it's not a calcium deficiency. Wrinkled eggs are the result of insufficient or insufficiently viscous albumen. Tiny eggs and missing shells are misfires. They happen.
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If you post a picture that includes a dead animal or blood mark it NSFW. We're not going to tolerate the militant anti-hunting and anti-farming bullshit here but we're also not going to tolerate people rubbing their hunting and harvesting in people's faces. See rule 98. If you post blood, gore, or dead animals and don't mark it NSFW it will be removed and you might be banned.
[Did you actually think there were 98 rules?]
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If you present something as fact and are asked to provide proof or a source provide proof or a source. Proof must be from a reliable source. If you fail to provide proof or a source your post or comment may be removed.
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Don't be a dick. Yes, this is a catch-all rule.
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The mod(s) have the final say.
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We do two batches of between 50 and 100 Cornish Rocks per year. We start the first batch early in the spring so that they finish before the heat of summer. We do the second batch late in the year so that we can take advantage of the late summer heat and they finish after it starts to cool down.
We use 250W heat lamps and 200W Cozy Coop panels to keep the littles warm. We generally have a very low loss rate.
This year our abattoir started two weeks later than usual so we ended up having our spring batch for two weeks longer than anticipated. Our largest bird finished at 4.5 Kg (10 lb).
We generally process around half of the birds ourselves for our freezer and have the other half processed at a licensed abattoir so that we can sell them off farm.
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INB4 - Rule 5! It's not a calcium deficiency. This is an egg from an older bird with insufficient albumen to support the shell during its formation. There are a number of things that can cause this including dehydration, illness, and the number one cause, old age. This is a perfectly good shell, it's just wrinkled.
