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    Murray McMurray rare breed cockerel at age 20 weeks

    Thanks for the ID, folks!
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    Murray McMurray rare breed cockerel at age 20 weeks

    Hi Everyone, I got this guy as my free rare chick from MM. I think he has willow legs and a rose comb. He's very striking, but I have no idea about his breed. What do you think?
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    my new turkey tractor

    Hi, I used the ground rod that came with that green electric fence charger you can see in one of the photos. It's only about 30 inches long. So it was easy to move every day along along with the tractor. My understanding of ground rods is that if you have relatively damp soil, you can get away...
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    Michigan Chickenstock 2014 - attendance

    Late notice, but for the records, I will be attending with my 7-year-old daughter. We'll have to bring chips or something... I'll look at the list. Such serendipity, I hadn't been planning on attending but was just idly wondering when it was... and it's today! Leaving soon!
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    Free OEG Bantam Cockerels in Dexter, MI

    Thanks, the cockerels are all gone!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Cream Crested Legbar. I didn't know, either. And once I looked it up, then I had to look up Legbar. As suspected, that's for a variety that originated as a cross between a Leghorn (brown Leghorn) and a Barred Rock. With some Ameraucana thrown in, for blue egg color. I thought this was something...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Thanks, that's a great idea for attaching hinges!
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    I hadn't seen the "rehome your unwanteds" ad coming from the same place, probably because I was only looking in the for sale section. Now that I look more closely at the CL ads, and someone clued me in via PM that this is "Duck 'N' Coop Hatchery" and I found some info on that place on the old...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Hello Michiganders, There's someone in Columbiaville, MI who has a lot of poultry posted on Craigslist. Chicks and laying hens and some ducks and turkeys as well. I wondered if anyone has bought birds from there and what they were like? Would appreciate hearing about anyone's experiences...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    Hey NovaAman, I have one of those cubes and I have been trying to figure out how to turn it into a coop, too! I was thinking maybe a solid door (but how to do the hinges?), hardware cloth over the other openings, those plastic panels (Suntuf?) for the roof, and the shelf can be the nesting area...
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    Free OEG Bantam Cockerels in Dexter, MI

    Too many cockerels in a batch of straight run Old English Game Bantams from Ideal Hatchery. They are all healthy; they are not dubbed. They are 7 weeks old and feathering out nicely, but are still under a heat lamp at night. (They are in an outdoor coop.) Varieties: (There are one to three of...
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    Last minute hatch Along 4/11/13. Anyone want to join me?

    Hi, I'm putting some BLRW eggs in the incubator tomorrow. Provided it all works when I get it out and set it up tonight, and provided the eggs come as promised. My incubator has a turning ring. Anyway, that reminds me of something I've always wondered. I suppose I should start a new thread, but...
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    Ducks Need a Home in Columbus, Ohio

    You know, it really doesn't look like those ducklings are "being kept in horrible conditions." Despite the fact that they have that brown puddle in front of them, they are clean and dry. They must have a clean and dry place to go, and probably a heat lamp or they'd be a complete mess. We all...
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    Is anyone else raising fall broilers? Our chicks came today: 8/18

    I'm getting my first 25 meaties on September 6. I've raised laying ducks and chickens and meat turkeys, but these are my first meat chickens. Standard Cornish Crosses. When they are old enough, I will be putting them in an 8X12 foot PVC tractor. When are Cornish X feathered out enough to be...
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    Don't want a chicken coop, I want a duck coop...

    Before I got ducks, I looked at plans for chicken coops, and then built them a big one with a ramp to make it easy to go inside. After I got the ducks, I realized I'd wasted a lot of time, money and labor building it full-height, because, as someone already mentioned, ducks don't roost, and...
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