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    What Other sheep breeds?

    I haveseveral "it" babydoll sheep a ram and a very old female. I Love my boys and girl!! I want more sheep. I doubt I would be able to afford the $600-$800 a ewe most people are asking So what other breed is out there that is polled and easygoing as my babydolls. I don't want anything that...
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    Help. Turkey with a swollen neck

    It was fine a few hours ago. We gave Them watermelon to snack on and now her whole neck is swollen. She's not having breathing problem and she's still trying to eat and play. I held her upside down and ran my had down her beck and nothing. Could she eat too much water melon? C
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    Tom setting?

    yes you read that right my nerri Tom is setting on eggs. The hen has no desire to set the eggs but the toms on them every time I go down there is this normal? C
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    What happened???

    My royal palm Tom was acting fine until I went to feed him. Even then he was fine till I went into change their water. All of the sudden he starts weezing turning purple and staggering around. I picked him up and pushed around on his craw and it felt full of air. He ended up dying about 10 min...
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    So what would I get if...

    I have a burbon red Tom and a royal palm Tom. Yesterday I get some hens that are a royal palm/bronze cross. What would I get? I was hoping the burbon/royal p / bronze would throw a sweetgrass poult. Any ideas? Crystal
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    Has anyone made a automatic water dish?

    Sorry about my odd wording i can't think of what it's called. I'm getting read to build an incubator and would really like to make it easier to add water without opening the top. I've seen sevral of the bigger models that have a bucket on top that leads to the waterdish. I don't know if there...
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    Royal palm hen

    I need a royal palm hen. I got a set of narries last week and my palm Jake has spent every second paceing and strutting in front of their cage. He needs a woman. I would prefer a palm hen but I wouldn'tmind any hen. I would be glad to send eggs your way. Crystal
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    Return of the Peafowl!!! Two thumbs up.... Will there be a sequel>>>

    Yes I was so very happy!! Most of ya'll know that I lost two sets of peafowl last year when they managed to escape the pen I had for them. Well one of the males showed up about two months after they got lost and a couple of months after that the female came back whoo hoo!!!! I've let them be...
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    Want to get a peahen but have two males

    I have two males one caged one not. I want to get a female but not if its going to cause problems between the males. She would be caged with the one male. But they would be allowed to free range this winter. I can't afford two right now. maybe one this month one next month? But then would...
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    Auugg how to keep the birds out of the garden!!

    Every one of them including turkeys and guineas are in the garden eating my not ripe tomatoes. My husbands ready to kill some birds. Crystal
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    Best day ever quickly became the worse!!!

    Finially I had waited so long for peacocks then a wonderful lady offered to trade me geese for a paire of peacock!!! I was so excited. We got them home the beautiful things and the hen had beat the skin off her head trying to :escape" the cage she was in. so i put thm in the hoop house and...
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    Protection from the summer sun.

    I'm looking to build a new coop next to my shed the problem is it get full afternoon sun. In the winter thats not a bad thing but in the summer it has the possiblilty of getting hot! Should I look for a better place (like in the trees) or will the chickens be ok in that heat? I was going to...
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    Using pallets for the floor?

    I'm thinking about using pallets on the floor them putting either osb or maybe even just some really thick lanolim down, has anyone done this? I would put it in a pole style coop, not build on top of it. I just thought something to have them up off the ground a bit would be nice...
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    I'm darned if I do darned if I don't! My two month old ducks are dying

    I moved my ducklings down to the barn (which I am now calling the death trap!!) and last week one of them came up dead so I treated for coccie like I do for any chickens I put down there. theywere fine for about a week and a half then all the sudden one more showes up dead and another bearly...
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    Falcons, how bad for the flock are they?

    My hubby and I saw a pair of falcons in our neighbors yard. I've heard them off and on for weeks. What are they likely to go after? something has got all of my hens but left the roosters and geese. Crystal
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    pilgram/pilgram mix goslings for sale. Middle TN

    I don't know which is which. I'm just asking $5 for them They just hatched wednesday. I can't sex them either. Crystal
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    runner ducks dying and don't know how to treat them

    I've been told not to medicate ducks but I'm pretty sure they are dying to coccidia. Or something that is in the ground. Can I give them sulfate? or something to help them get over this? thanks Crystal
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    Oh my oh my!!!What to get...

    I found a posting on creigs list of a person near me who raises wildlife ducks (or what ever they are called he has a huge assortment and I'm drooling at them!! Is there any special consideration that I need to know about maybe getting some wood ducks and some mandarins and maybe some other...
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    How big should I make my pen?

    I was so inspired by ya'lls duck pens i've decided I need to make my own. I have 4 black east indy's and 5 runner ducks. So I want to make sure its big enough. I want them to be able to free range during the day. Is there a guide of sq feet per duck? Thanks Crystal
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    What should we name our farm....

    We have a small hobby farm andare looking for a good name for it. Since we raise sheep (as well as poultry, waterfowl and whatever else we can throw in there LOL) we were leaning towards the sheep aspect. But would love to get other anmals in. Some of the ideas we had were In deep sheep...
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