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    What Dog Breed Do You Want Today!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    I have always wanted an Irish Water Spaniel. But my breed is the German Wirehair Pointed. Hard to have anything else once you have had the four wheel drive of the dog world
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    Seeking Durable, Reliable Waterer

    I use the nipples on a bucket. I got some flexseal waterproof tape and put it on one or both sides after I drilled my holes for the nipples. I then punched a hole through the tape and screwed them in as far as I could. have had zero issues with them leaking. In winter I get a small...
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    Topic of the Week - Keeping Water from Freezing

    I have a 5 gallon bucket with the nipples they push in to get water. I buy a small cheap aquarium heater and put it in the water, we have been down in the low teens and last year below zero with no issues.
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Chickens in Winter

    I buy wild bird seed and throw a couple cottage cheese containers in the grass portion of their run. They love to scratch, and it keeps them occupied.
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    Surprise Surprise

    They look like she did as a chick but you can see some subtle differences. Iowa isn;t that far from Nebraska you should come get a few more chickens
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    Surprise Surprise

    Snapped a couple pictures of the kids.
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    Bantam Rooster with Full Size Hens-I've Got Questions?

    Yes I have had my bantam rooster mate with full size hens. Of course he is a buff Brahma bantam so he is almost the size of the hens. Bantam roosters are often honrey little guys. They would certainly try their best to mate They would be mutts
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    Excess Eggs

    I take them to work and give them away
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    Surprise Surprise

    Well had a surprise. Had a hen that disappeared, thought something had gotten her. She showed up a couple times, so I thought she was setting somewhere. Over the weened my dogs who are bird dogs were going bonkers over some old nasty rose bushes. I looked down in them and there she was with 4...
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    Bantam thread(including polish and silkies)

    These are all Bantams. Even Edgar the rooster is a bantam although he is the same size as most full size chiggins
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    Finally got round to taking some new pics.

    She is probably the most interesting. I bought straight run bantams last year. Ended with three roosters but only kept Edgar which is a Buff Brahma Bantam. The Golden lace Seabright is a really nice looking bird too, just not a great picture. Edna and Gertie are egg laying machines. two eggs...
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    Finally got round to taking some new pics.

    Tried to get some new pics today. Edgar , Gertie and Charlotte. Edgar is actually a Bantam Gertie and Edna The Bantam girls
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    What do your dogs see chickens as?

    My dogs are working dogs, German Wirehair Pointers. The youngest one will point them the older one just kind of ignores them.
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    It is made into tea and has beneficial qualities
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