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    It's cold outside.

    I have bourbon reds, born in July, and I live in the mountains outside Albuquerque. We're already down to below 20 degrees and some of my birds are roosting in trees unless its raining. They have a barn and the chickens and guineas roost in there with some of the turkeys but there are always a...
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    Help me pick the best Blue Copper Marans Rooster!

    Good he's our favorite too. We'll keep the dark one. We aren't seriously breeding them, just want to breed them for our own use because they're a good dual purpose bird; we like the dark eggs and the roos are big enough to make meat birds. I just don't want to be breeding bad ones, even if...
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    Help me pick the best Blue Copper Marans Rooster!

    Hi all, We have 4 blue copper marans cockerels and can only keep one. We have two with feathered legs, two without. Two have copper on their chests as well as necks. We will be breeding them and want to keep the best looking guy, but want to make sure we aren't overlooking anything. These...
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    Turkey Poults with bad legs - graphic pics

    We have a batch of heritage turkeys right now that are about 5-6 weeks old and have been raised in a brooder with chicks and guinea fowl and are now free ranging during the day. We noticed that two of the bourbon reds began showing deformity of the legs ~2wks ago and we culled them today as...
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    New Mexico

    I do have them, I work during the week but if you want to come get one this weekend we're around. I'll PM you my contact info. Thanks for all the swap ideas everyone!
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    New Mexico

    Hello all, I have 4 Blue Copper Marans cockerels that would like to find a flock of their own. They came from a breeder in Colorado and were hatched 4/24/15, they're not hatchery birds. These guys would be great breeders and would also be great combined with easter eggers to make olive...
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    Help!!

    Call your county zoning office and see what you're zoned for. If everyone around you has it you likely can too.
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    My Coop- Yay or Nay?

    I started with something that sized with 4, then 6 birds and we soon felt they had outgrown it. It should be technically big enough, people say 2-4 sf per bird for the coop part. If you allow them access to roam the yard etc then it should be fine. They just tend to pick at each other if they...
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    Water Recommendation for 3 chickens.

    I use a bucket (maybe 2 gallons?) with 3 chicken nipples on it and I love it. It keeps the water CLEAN!!! and I hung one inside and one outside the coop. It's nice because it hangs, they drink from the bottom of the bucket, so it doesn't take up much space. They learn to use the nipples in...
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    New Mexico

    Bigroo66 someone on craigslist has game fowl right now in Rio Rancho, I don't know anything about them but saw the add posted today in the farm and garden section.
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    New Mexico

    Anyone live in the East Mountains (Tijeras/Edgewood)? We're moving there in a few weeks and I was wondering how bad the predators are in the area? We have two young livestock guardian dogs but one is too immature to guard and I don't want him getting hurt since he's a still a goof ball...
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    Will my hen be sad?

    While waiting for the other egg the mom generally will ignore the other babies, mine doesn't leave the nest for 24 hrs or so, then cares for them as usual. The babies don't need food or water for 24 hrs, and unless she won't let the chick sit under her then she was likely going to care for it...
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    Building 4x4 Barn style coop with 4x8 run

    Thats gorgeous! That definitely puts all my projects to shame, well done, your girls will love it!
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    LGD love!

    Wow yeah I couldn't wait 6 months, but agree the technique is effective . Here's my guy today looking at his new babies, he was a very good boy.
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    Is this a chick death-trap?

    Great thanks, thats what I thought. I'll give the hardware cloth a try, thats a good idea!
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