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    Is this normal with his head?

    Good to know! Thanks! Well, I'm not his hen I hope he doesn't get confused! Lol
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    Is this normal with his head?

    Thank you! I feel much better! He has females startling to fan their tales too.
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    Is this normal with his head?

    The air quality has been bad. Dust from west TX & smoke.
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    Is this normal with his head?

    My 5 yr old peacock is sitting on various perches just seems to be staring. Is he really upset with a mouse in his house or is it something else? He pointed the mouse out to me running around yesterday. He doesn't want to bite our fingers like usual. He calls, struts his stuff, flies. In south...
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    Hog panel floor for tractor run

    I like those! They look so doable! A lot with things I have on hand too. I have a whole bag of the long staples even! Thanks!
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    Hog panel floor for tractor run

    Those are great ideas! I'm so glad we don't have weasels here! I'm hoping I'll enjoy my chickens more in a tractor. It's sad they can't free-range anymore. I have some industrial velcro I could use.
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    Hog panel floor for tractor run

    I live in predator alley- coyotes, foxes, racoons,, packs of dogs... I really miss free ranging my chickens. I'm thinking of building a tractor. I've seen them with the sweep out, which is what we have on the coop & run. But ours is buried. Sitting on top the ground is not going to work neither...
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    Black shoulders dna feathers said male & female

    I used avigenics.
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    Black shoulders dna feathers said male & female

    The feathers on the back between the wings are iridescent.
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    Black shoulders dna feathers said male & female

    Thank you so much! I tried to use the icon to add an image but it wasn't working for me.
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    Black shoulders dna feathers said male & female

    I sent in feathers for dna testing and the 1st time it said this black shoulder was a male. The 2nd time I sent it in said female. It's about 3.5 months old. Both parents are black shoulders. I hope the pictures show. This is the 1st time for me to post pictures! The other one has always...
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    Daytime predator

    We are giving up free ranging unless we are outside in the late afternoon. We put up an electric net fence, but haven't electrified it yet. We added on a large run, using dog kennel panels & small square fence panels for the roof & I'm growing leftover parakeet seed in sections & moving...
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    Muscovy female normal eyes or problem

    She's adorable! I got her a friend duckling when she was little from the feed store so she's not alone. It's really cute. They seem to like each other. So far the other duck seems to be a girl too. They did the needle on a string test. So far so good. I'm relieved!
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    muscovy sexing?

    I moved her to a side pen to our peafowl flight cage, they haven't used it & prefer another one. But now it's getting cooler, I have planned initially a 20x15 partial covered area with a duck house & repurposing a plastic livestock trough that is too small for them. Covered of course because we...
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    Muscovy female normal eyes or problem

    I don't know if this is normal in a young female. She started getting the bumpy skin around her beak. I know females get it around their eyes too. I just wondered if this is normal looking or if I should give an antibiotic. She's in a temporary pen until we get a cold front to build her a good...
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