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    Americauna Hen Lost Her Beard

    Thank you. I have 3 hens, one is a cross-beak so feed her soaked pellets. All 3 of my hens eat it so guessing the one remaining normal beaked hen, Flower, was snacking on Darla's beard.
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    Americauna Hen Lost Her Beard

    My Americauna hen lost her beard and now has a bare throat. could this be the start of a molt? She was hatched March 2024 and hasn't molted yet. It's over 100F the last couple of days. She free ranges during the day with her sisters.
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    Appropriate waterer for crossbeak?

    I've bought something similar and quit using it as they get dirty so are harder to clean than what I settled on. I use a 3 gallon pail with a lid that is cut in half. My cross-beak hen easily drinks from the pail and it's easy to clean; with 3 hens I dump every 2 days and fill with fresh. I...
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    Ducks Need Rehoming-Will Deliver within 100+/- miles

    No longer available.
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    Ducks Need Rehoming-Will Deliver within 100+/- miles

    My ducks have been adopted. :)
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    Elderberry for chickens

    I was wondering about elderberry because I want to set up a foraging area that has a large elderberry bush. My research said the ripe berries are OK but everything else; roots, leaves, unripe fruit, stems, etc., could be toxic. Could...I think I'll put blocks down to block access to roots and/or...
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    poop trays

    I do the same. Every couple of days I pull out the cardboard with the poop, dispose of it in the trash and put in new cardboard. Lots of Amazon boxes in my life. Sometimes I dump the poop on the cardboard into the compost pile before throwing the cardboard away. I use the flaps that have tape...
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    Are there any good pre-fab coops?

    I think what I'm doing might work for you and your wife and it would be within your price range. For reference, I live in the equivalent of planting zone 4b. I have 3 chickens and 5 ducks so have two of the following coops/runs set up, one for ducks and one for chickens-they don't get along. I...
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    Advice on caring for late fall ducklings

    Thank you for your input. Looks like I'll have them in the house until spring. The garage is insulated but still gets very cold. They've been skittish but are starting to warm up to me. Maybe they'll be sitting in my lap by April/May. :)
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    Advice on caring for late fall ducklings

    I have 2 Rouen/Khaki Campbell ducklings that hatched Oct 13, 2024 (unplanned) and we live in plant-zone 5a. They are fully feathered and look like a Rouen including being larger birds. Foster Mom abandoned care and the other ducks were biting at the ducklings so I brought them in the house. In...
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    Round 2 With Poultry-Obsessed with Safety

    Hi, I'm new to this membership and finding the information very helpful. Years ago I lived on an acreage and the barn had cracks in the foundation. A mink or weasel killed everything in the barn. I didn't know about their dark side when we moved to the country. Now I live on the edge of a small...
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    Do Cayuga's Go Broody??

    I have a Cayuga hen that started laying eggs 8/9/24. She was a few days old on 3/31/24 when I bought her. She laid an egg a day until 3 days ago (it's 8-14-24). I removed her egg every day so not nest of eggs to bring on broodiness. Despite this she has gone broody. I've given her my Khaki...
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