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    Getting started with breeding

    Thank you!! Edit: This book looks useful too (available on inter-library loan) http://www.amazon.com/conservation-breeding-handbook-Phillip-Sponenberg/dp/1887316000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345762484&sr=8-1&keywords=conservation+breeding+handbook
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    Getting started with breeding

    Thanks for replying :) Although I'm not interested in showing chickens, I do want to pursue the SOP just for my own personal satisfaction. So I've decided to start with quality stock from a private breeder(s). I need to learn about the basic science of breeding (books? other resources?) because...
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    Muscovy ducks: safer to free-range than chickens?

    I was just thinking. Since adult muscovies can fly, does that make them less prone to being nabbed by predators than flightless poultry? Hmmmm.
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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    Thanks, SpeckledHen and Attila the Hen :)
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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    Would a livestock *herding* dog help to deter predators, or would it only stress out the chickens? I hope this isn't off-topic... Those of you who've said you prefer to free-range, would you do it if your property was mostly wooded? Lots of tasty plants and bugs, protection from hawks/eagles...
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    Getting started with breeding

    Hello everyone! I hope you knowledgeable folks can offer some advice. I have a few hatchery Dominiques that are not breeding-worthy. But having fallen in love with the breed, I'm now thinking about buying some high-quality Doms next year and learning how to breed our own sustainable flock...
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