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    Is this a fox or coyote?

    As an avid predator hunter. That is definitely a coyote.
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    OEG Bantam Chick is Hatching For 7 hours and taking a break

    I peel the shell back for enough to free the head. After they get their neck straightened out. They sometimes just pop the rest of the way out. If they don't, I put them back in the incubator. They will usually finish freeing themselves in about an hour.
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    calling any one from missouri

    Welcome to BYC and Missouri. Mexico is a nice town. I used to attend the sheep and goat sales at the sale barn there. I live a strong hour southeast of Mexico.
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    Some pics of my silkies

    We have five about the same age as yours. They look like shower poofs bouncing across the yard.
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    New Chicks Foraging Question

    We turned out the last group of chicks we hatched out about six weeks ago. They devoured one of my wifes elephant ear plants as high as they could reach. We also had to put a short fence around our blackberries to keep them from eating every ripe berry they could find at their level. I guess if...
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    Lockdown for Bantams

    The temp should remain the same. The humidity should be in the 60% to 70% range. Hope this helps. Good luck with your hatch!
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    FBCM hen or roo??

    I agree with Studio.
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    New Chicks Foraging Question

    I have always allowed my chickens to free range. I have never lost one to anything they have eaten. They will eat a lot of greens, especially when they are first allowed out to forage.
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    Mixed Breed (Mutt) Chickens!

    These are the start of a breeding project that I am working on. Their father is a black breasted red phoenix. Their mother is a red quill american gamefowl.
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    Review by '' on item 'American Game'

    I have kept two trios of American gamefowl for the past 25 years. Not the same six birds mind you. I really like their showy, athletic looks. The hens are very protective and caring mothers. I put a lot of my incubator hatched chicks with them to raise. Not the best egg layers, but they make up...
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    Comment by '10 acre woods' in article 'Happy Chooks Welsummers'

    The strain of welsummers I have can be sexed as chicks. The pullets have darker stripes. Sharper, more defined "V" on their head and it looks like they have eyeliner on. You should definitely be able to tell the cockerels from the pullets at ten weeks old.
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    calling any one from missouri

    I live out in the country about an hour and a half northwest of St. Louis. We raise six different breeds of chickens. We have various gardens, two horses and a pony. We are always busy and it is a lot of work. But we love our little homestead.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I did more training of tomatoes and cucumbers to their trellises and cages. It is my first year growing San Marzano tomatoes. They are really starting to set on. I can't wait until they start getting ripe. I picked cucumbers, summer squash, peas and blackberries today. Some of the blackberries...
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    Where Do You Stand With Incubation?

    I raise both broody and non- broody breeds. For the simple reason that most production breeds are boring. I raise a few of the fancy and odd looking chickens to add some eye appeal and attitude to my flock. I hatch a lot of eggs from incubators. I will also let a broody hatch a clutch of eggs...
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    Comment by '10 acre woods' in article 'Happy Chooks Welsummers'

    Nice looking birds! I have raised Welsummers for the past four years now. I love everything about them. There will be Welsummers on my farm until I am unable to care for chickens anymore.
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