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    Peahen and chicken chicks.

    I raise chickens and I have two peafowl. One male and one female. My chicken chicks are to young yet to be out in the coop yet so I have them in the house but every day I take them outside so they can start getting used to the outside. They are in a small cage. When I take the cage outside my...
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    Mixed Breed Chickens!

    This little one is a mix of a Silver Laced Wyandotte and a Mille Fluer. Hatched last saturday. I am very curious what this little one is going to turn out to look like. It's got the beard like a mille but the coloring of the SLW.
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    Can peacocks mate with other birds and produce off spring?

    This may sound stupid, but I was wondering if a peacock could mate with another bird, turkey or chicken and have babies. I have looked and looked and can not really find an answer.
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    Ended Comb Photo Contests 2014!

    I have a hen like this!!!!......She is a cross between my silver laced roo and my cochin. I also call her my unicorn chicken! LOL!!!!
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    My girls love to free range. So far I have never has any losses due to free ranging during the day. Only thing I have to watch out for is the dog down the road from me. The lady that owns him swears that is never killed a chicken, but I get a different story from her husband. Killed 5 of their...
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    Question about treatment of chicken lice?

    I have a question. I was told the other day that I could use a product called permethrin for chicken lice. My question is. I have a dog shampoo that contains permethrin in it. Would it be ok to use it to give my chicken a bath in it to kill the lice?
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    WooHoo!!!!!

    New Baby!
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    May Hatch-a-Long!

    Just Hatched This Morning!
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    WooHoo!!!!!

    Thank you!
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    WooHoo!!!!!

    Baby just hatched!!! I just have to brag!!!!
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    Help please!

    Is the dust OK if the chicks hatch?
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    Help please!

    I am a little freaked out right now. I have a broody hens that I think has lice. I went to check on her this morning and noticed little creatures running around on her. I need to know how to treat this before her eggs hatch. I can not put the eggs in an incubator because I don't have one. I...
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    Question. How long is it safe for a broody hen to be off the nest?

    I am new at hatching eggs so I really don't know. If all goes well we are expecting our chicks around the 19th, give or take a day or two. I just peeked in on Miss Broody and she is sitting and sitting! She came out for some sunshine and to peck around for a little bit yesterday but up she went...
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    Question. How long is it safe for a broody hen to be off the nest?

    I think all of the eggs are fertile. I candled them two days ago and I saw some life! I think! First time candling.
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    Ended Contest #7 Most Striking Domestic MALE Fowl Contest 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Darn....I posted a photo of my new rooster and now I wished that I would have posted photos of my peacock.
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