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    Premier-1 Poultry Fencing - WARNING

    It killed my duck. It was on. It wasn't slack. Then I saw another get stuck.
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    Premier-1 Poultry Fencing - WARNING

    Yes, it has killed 1 of my ducks and another was stuck in it. Thankfully we were there and able to turn it off so that we could release him before a 2nd shock came. Here is my post describing the incident: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poultry-fence-killed-my-duck.1539909/
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    Poultry fence killed my duck

    Hello all! Has anyone had any poultry losses due to their electric poultry fence? This is our first year raising chickens, ducks, and geese. We had ours set up and everything was going fine until my son comes in one morning very upset because Elmo had died in the fence. (Our first death, other...
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    Gosling cries CONSTANTLY

    I know this is late. I just wanted to comment on putting stuffies in with new babies. I go to Goodwill and stock-up on $1 animals for my babies. Each set get a new one, so I don't worry about washing it when they no longer need it. I just got in goslings that were stressed from shipping and...
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    ALABAMA!!

    Hey y'all! We're up in Fort Payne, Dekalb County. New to poultry. Received chicks 2 1/2 weeks ago and ducks & geese this past week from 2 different hatcheries. They are in separate sides of large brooder. Plan to integrate them. How long should we keep them separate? The mix is: Chicks- 1 M...
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    Chick breed?

    The chick pic on Cackle Hatchery look just like him/her. Thought the dot on head meant male, but apparently not in this breed. Fancy Pants!
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    Chick breed?

    Ok. I'll look that one up again. Thought it was similar, but dismissed it since I thought crest would be more noticeable. Thanks!
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    Chick breed?

    Got this little guy? as a mystery chick from McMurry last week. Looked through Google threads trying to identify. He had a green feather coming down from the center of the bottom of his beak, he has five toes, and he has a black dot on top of his head. He is the smallest of the 7 and Red Stars...
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    Avian Flu hits McMurray Hatchery

    Thank you for that info. They sent pullorum certificate with original order info. I bet they're swamped trying to fix orders.
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    Avian Flu hits McMurray Hatchery

    No. I called, and they said they could substitute from others breeds in order. Was ordering a M. Don't know what this will be. They probably always have males of Red Star
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    Avian Flu hits McMurray Hatchery

    Sussex is one They just shipped my order and had to substitute. Said no more of this breed this year.
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    Newbie intro fro AL

    Thank you!
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    Newbie intro fro AL

    Hi y'all! We're in the mountains of NE AL and about to place our first poultry order. So excited! We were just going to start with chicks but son wanted ducks. So, we're getting a mixture of both. There's an old coop that was on the property when we bought it last year. Thought we would be able...
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