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    What exactly causes spraddle leg?

    I had mine on shavings.
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    What exactly causes spraddle leg?

    I had a chick go spraddle on me when it was 2 weeks old. Up until that time it was just like the rest of it's siblings. I taped her legs for a few weeks, and she's fine now. She was smaller than everyone for quite a while. But caught up now. I was wondering myself what would cause a 2 week...
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    Need advice about our "sort of aggresive" roo

    My aggressive rooster is currently in the fridge in the form of soup. I babied him when he was little. I learned the hard way that's not a good thing to do. We tried carrying him around, keeping him separate from the flock for a week. It didn't do any good. He tried to attack my nieces, and...
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    Your roos – good or bad? *Updated Chart on Page 15*

    We just dispatched Clovis this past Sunday. He was an amber sex-link turned mean. It's a shame cause he was a beautiful bird. I found out that it was my fault though. I babied him when he was little. I didn't know that is a bad thing to do. He became very aggressive. He chased and attacked...
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    Killer Dog - Heartbroken

    I feel your pain. This past summer my my neighbor's dog busted into my coop and killed 9 of my chickens. Then a month later it got loose again and killed on of my ducks, and a a japanese bantam Roo. (Tehy were out in the yard.) (hugs) There's no other way to slice it, it SUCKS! Irresponsible...
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    Lights for shorter days???

    I was in the hospital for a week. My boy friend was working long hours, and my chickens didn't get let out much. On top of that the days got shorter. They all but stopped laying. We got a couple eggs a day here or there, then nothing for 3 days. I put a regular bulb in one of my heat lamps...
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    runner duck

    You mean Ling Ling? The ducks didn't have a name for a while, and my boy friend kept calling them the "lings". Ling Ling just developed out of it. Cinder, cause she was so black.
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    post pics of your call ducks

    Flake, I was told is a "black Swedish call". Here she is standing next to my Fawn & white Runner.
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    runner duck

    Here is a link to my "duckies" set on Flickr. You can watch my 2 runners grow up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarook/sets/72157617517914370/ I unfortunately lost Cinder to a dog. Here is my fave pic of the 2 of them.
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    amarook - your custom egg for sale signs

    HI! I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I was in the hospital for a while. It's a long story, but I almost died. I had massive kidney & liver failure. My liver fortunately responded to medicine right away, but I am on dialysis for my kidneys 3 times a week. We are hoping...
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    Anyone else have cats obsessed with poultry?

    HA HA My cats aren't sure what to make of them either. Dexter is like a pride lion. He's pretty much in charge. (In his own mind.) The other day while the chickens were out he was laying among them. He looked so pleased with himself. Till my rooster thought his tail looked like a yummy...
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    Clovis took a HUGE step in the wrong direction today.

    About my other roo. Reggie is a RIR. He is a little behind. He is 27 weeks old and just started crowing. When he was younger he had an incident. He fell into our brooder. OUr brooder is out in the coop, and at the time it was being used as a brooder. So it had a heat lamp on. When he fell...
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    Clovis took a HUGE step in the wrong direction today.

    Clovis was my baby rooster. He was the one out of the 6 that I favored. He's now 22 weeks old. He's been doing that walking towards me flapping thing. He was approaching Jeff out in the yard with intent the other day. And today he went after my niece. He didn't flog her, but he pecked...
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    Show and Tell me about sebrights

    Back in April when I got my ducklings I had to get 6 chicks. So I picked up some bantams. I had no idea what I was getting, I just picked ones that were cute. I ended up with a japanese Banatam Roo. (he was killed by a dog sadly.) 1 black cochin pullet, and 2 sebrights. They are Goldy. And...
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    My New Call Ducks!!!

    Very nice. When I was there picking up Flake. (Black call duck) You showed me a nest with a little call on it. Did she ever hatch those eggs?
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