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    Chicks pooping blood!!! Help! (Pics)

    20% corid powder should be 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water for 5 days but you can cut that in half after the 5 days(or use medicated feed) and do it a bit longer to be sure everyone is OK. Vitamin A & K also help by clotting the blood so they don't bleed so easy. They should not be on medicated...
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    Blue Ameraucana Gender??

    Although is allways harder to tell from pics, they both look like pulletts to us. Combs would usually be more red on males at 12 weeks. The cushion feathers would be more pointed on males. The body shape looks female, as do the tails. Male Ameraucana would usually be starting to at least try...
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    What breed do you have that is still laying in this cold weather?

    Ameraucanas, Orpingtons, Cornishes, Buff Plymouth Rocks. All are laying some, the Ameraucanas are laying the best. Coop temperature ranging from 20* to 35* most of the time. Outside has been as low as 0* some nights. No extra light except the red heat lamps on the waterers.
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    blue wheaten ameracauna question

    As soon as they get their first feathers you can easily see the difference. The same with Wheaten and Splash Wheaten colors.
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    Guineas available - pickup here in Massachusetts

    We have a few of this years guineas left. They are 16 weeks old.
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    Loose Guinea...

    Around 5am my wife heard an animal screaming bloody murder behind a neighbors house Might have been a Fisher cat.
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    Guineas Killed

    How in the world did a dog catch guineas?
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    Guinea keets for sale in central Massachusetts

    We have more of the Pearl and Royal purple color guineas available.
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    Guinea keets for sale in central Massachusetts

    We have the Pearl and Royal purple colors.
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    Guinea keets for sale in central Massachusetts

    I have a dozen guinea keets available. Pickup here only. They are a week old. I also have more hatching. Email me if interested.
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    For Sale in Maine Brooder & Plucker

    I'm interested. Sent you a PM.
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    Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas available in MA

    These are sold. Thanks.
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    Buff Plymouth Rock - Central Massachusetts

    I have a pair (rooster and hen) of buff color Plymouth rocks available. Price is $24 for both, picked up here. Or you can make it a trio with 2 hens for $36.
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    Black Ameraucana pair - Central Massachusetts

    I have a pair (rooster and hen) of large fowl black Ameraucanas available. Price is $25 for both, picked up here. Or you can pair the hen with a Blue rooster if you prefer.
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    pink egg laying EE?

    Blue and White are the underlying basic egg colors. Blue is dominant over white. Possible gene combinations are: Blue and Blue - blue egg Blue and White - blue egg White and White - white egg If my memory is correct there are 13 or more genes involved with brown (pink) egg color. A white...
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