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    Chickens, Guineas, Ducks, and Geese

    Thank you all!!
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    Chickens, Guineas, Ducks, and Geese

    I'll get pictures as soon as I'm able to. I don't have any way to take pictures right now.
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    Chickens, Guineas, Ducks, and Geese

    Hi, I've been raising chickens and ducks for awhile now, about 10 years. I have a lot of different breeds, all mellow breeds. I have some silkies, just because I love them. My oldest one is a rooster named Silver, he's 8. He follows me around and burbles. I got my guineas and geese about 2...
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    Will my guineas kill one another?

    We really don't have any small predators around like weasels and they couldn't get through our fence anyway. The bird wasn't eaten, just her neck pecked and bloody.
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    Will my guineas kill one another?

    My guineas were all hatched together and raised together in my chicken coop, which is enormous, chain-linked with a netting over the top to keep hawks and such out. They're 4 years old and just killed one of their siblings. I don't understand it, they've gotten along all these years and I didn't...
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    Ornery Hens

    I have hens of one year, two year and three years old. The pecking order was settled long ago and the henhouse was a peaceful place. This morning I had to get three different hens off my Sicilian Buttercup. She usually just scoots around peaceable through them, but today, one after the other...
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    Best breed for backyard coop?

    We started out with Orpingtons after reading up on lots of breeds. They aren't a particularly noisy chicken, but they have their moments. They are very large and friendly and lay beautiful huge golden eggs year round. I can recommend them as a hardy breed, and laid back as chickens go. Mine...
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    Sicilian Buttercups

    I'm looking for a few Sicilian Buttercup female chicks. Olsen's Grainery was supposed to get them in today, but none arrived. I have mostly Buff Orpingtons, and one little Sicilian Buttercup hen. I'd like to get a few more for her to companion with. Are there any breeders of Sicilian...
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