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    Returning after being gone 🙂

    Hi everyone! I've been gone so long I may as well be new all over again lol We moved from our rural property into town for a few years. Then we moved back rural and started rebuilding our flock! We have 1 5 year old wolfhound cross; 3 indoor/outdoor kitties (16 year old, 5 year old and 1 year...
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    Houdini flock

    WARNING! DO NOT DRINK WHILE READING!! So, I have a flock of poultry. 6 hens, 4 roosters, 1 turkey boy, 7 ducks. My husband even helped me count them last night. I'm a paranoid bird owner - I count the flock DAILY. I thought I was doing a good job, right? I sort the hens like this: 2 golden...
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    Blue/grey chicks?

    I should have mentioned its the picture I chose for my profile picture :) And THANKS!! I was going nuts looking for this feature earlier!!
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    Blue/grey chicks?

    Has anyone ever seen chicks of this color? How do I add a picture to show you??
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Been gone, back again and gone again .. now back again > _ < courtesy of internet issues! All straightened out now! Family flock? Chickens - 6 hens (Isa's, Plymouth Rock and mixed genetics) 4 Roosters, (Rhode Is Red, Sussex, and 2 mixed breeds that look exactly like Welsummers). And 10 brand...
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    Should I put wire in the bottom of my coop? sand, dirt? help!

    So, the chickens n ducks are going to be getting a new house - the "guys" have heaps of plans to build this. Looking at it from the practical stance of ME being the one to clean it, what is the easiest thing to do for the bottom of the COOP itself? They have full free run of the entire house...
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    Farming from down under

    yeah, I tell people I live in Oz all the time LOL. Im a bit frustrated over why my quails keep dying!! The male is in perfect health, its just the females that keep going. I'm wondering if Im feeding them the wrong type of food? we alternate them with the chook/duck food and small bird seed...
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    Farming from down under

    Thanks! Its been an adventure lol. We went and bought 4 new female giant muscovies, just to help the flock dynamics, right? Within 2 weeks one of them disappeared, and then 2 weeks after that, a second one vanished!! And one of our female quails died :( I found out the chickens are called...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Newbie checking into the chat :) We live in tropical far north queensland. Have a HUGE lot that we free range ducks and chickens (amongst others!!) on. I have a LOVELY local feed store lady who has heaps of feathered stock and advice :) Anyone know what the babies of a giant muscovy and...
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    Farming from down under

    Sorry, didnt mean to join and then drop out of site!! I was having complications during pregnancy - whooping cough being the LEAST serious of the bunch >~< so I took a break from all online activities. When I was able to get back online, I couldn't remember passwords for ANYTHING!! So, an...
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    Farming from down under

    Hi! Im Amber, married to Rob. We have three children,1granddaughter and expecting a fourth child. We have 6 chickens - 2 roosters, 4 laying hens; a cockatoo; alexandrine; cockatiel; 6 ducks - 1 regular muscovy female, 1 giant muscovy female 1 giant muscovy drake 3 ducklings of normal backyard...
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