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    Questionable egg

    Both of these people have the right idea. That's the way my grandma always tested any eggs she wasn't sure about.
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    cracked eggs! help!

    I've have a simular problem. The egg has a hole in it like they poked one of their nails in it. I have not done it yet, but the next time to the feed store I'm going to but some oyster shells. They make the shells harder. On the nest box ordeal I read that you can also use some old carpet on...
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    GAME ROOSTERS.. a question...

    Another thing I have noticed with game birds is that the owners usually have them close to trees for shade.
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    Chick Days Rant

    My wife and I was in Atwoods the other day and they some chicks in and the two girls that was putting them into the tubs they were kept in was going "I think this one goes here and lets put these here." We just looked at each other and walked off. Another time thay had rabbits and we asked...
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    GAME ROOSTERS.. a question...

    I live about 20 miles east of Joplin, Mo. Not to far from Kan., Ok state line and I was told it was illegal to tie game birds up. They used to have cock fights out in deep parts of the woods where the police would have a hard time getting to them, But I still see game roosters tied to a...
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    Can this coop really hold 12 chickens?

    The hatchery I get my chicks from recommend 3-4 sq feet per mature bird.
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    What breed is this new doe? I'm confused...

    I went to a rabbit show one time and they had a rabbit like this and said it was an English Spot and down another row they had another rabbit marked a little different and called it a Hotot. I asked them the difference and they said the black around the eye. To me they looked the same. That's...
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    Going to pick up my first pair of New Zealand Whites tomorrow!

    I used to raise a lot of rabbits too and I like the New Zealand also for the meat production. I also raised Dutch rabbits and even though the meat seemed to be more condensed on them and thay done pretty good for meat, I still prefer the New Zealand for meat production.
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    Hey Rabbit People!

    Enjoyed your pictures too. The one thing I learned when I raised rabbits was this, you get attached to them. When I would go out to the rabbit shed they would all follow me with their eyes to see if they were getting feed. At that time I had around 150 all the time. I had names for every one...
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    Hey Rabbit People!

    My wife reminded me that I would get a rabbit like her using a siamese breed. What ia also amazing is that when a rabbit is bred, in ab out a week their dewlap get big enough that they can lay their chin on it. It's even amazing that they can br litter box trained like a cat.
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    Hey Rabbit People!

    I used to raise rabbits amd I would ger some looking like the first one by crossing a Champain and New Zeland. I usrd to cross different breeds with each other to see what I could get. If I got an unusal color that I would like you couls guess which one the people would want to buy. The black...
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    Multiple Chicken Questions.....

    Hi Ema. I'm new to this sight too, but have raised chickens on and off for several years, depending where I lived. You have some good advice here, but on the cliping of the wings, it does depened upon where you keep them. One place where I lived I let them free range and that way with full...
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    lots of feathers but no remains?

    I kept losing chickens like that and one morning around five o clock my wife heard something and ran outside to the chicken house and a coon had a chicken in its mouth. If there's a way a coon can get in, they will. We found the remains out by the barn where it's den was. Sorry to hear about...
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    Chickens and Fleas

    Most people here in SW Mo turn their chickens into their yards once to twice a week so that the chickens will eat the ticks. I've never seen a flea on chickens yet. The duswt baths usually takes care of that.
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    Anyone from Missouri?

    Hi. I'm from Sarcoxie Mo. 25 miles east of Joplin, Mo.
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