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    please help

    Fairly certian. There was no eggs and she didnt even try to peck me. She may be a buff orp but she is tough. She could hold her own against RIR. She even checks the roosters. Before when she was broody she wouldnt even let me reach under her to check how many eggs. And when she pecks, it...
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    please help

    One of my hens has been sitting on the nest box all day until this afternoon, but she is still in the hen house and wont go oitside. She appears healthy in the eyes and feathers. Vent seems normal. But the comb is pale and laid over. This is my alpha hen too and she dont like being picked up...
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    bumblefoot... or not?

    No sorry. My hen is doing better. I didnt think to take a pic because I was at first certian it was bumble foot.
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    bumblefoot... or not?

    Want to share an experience I had recently that I could find no info on the internet about. I had a hen limping, got her out of the pen to examine her foot. Looked like a cross between bumblefoot and scaly leg mites. It wasnt exactly like bumble foot but the pad was swollen and hard. It did...
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    Quail newbie questions

    Awesome thanks. I actually spoke to the James guy today, if thats his name He didnt say I didnt ask. I left a message and He called me back same day. He told me to email him and request some kinda highly informative multipage email on raising commercial quails. Real nice fella. He told me...
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    Quail newbie questions

    Howdy folks!! I am just starting to learn about quails and I am finding info on quails to vary from source to source and so i figured I would come ask some questions I have In a place I know I can get some good feed back. Any knowledge you may have would be a great help an much appreciated...
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    PVC feeder warning

    I feed crumbles. 50/50 mix of Grower/Layer. And sometimes add in some black oil sunflower seeds however i was using no sunflower seeds at the time of my first post, only crumble feed as I am also at this time so I cannot say if that will cause a blockage. As far as humidity, yes it is...
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    PVC feeder warning

    So I decided to make one of those L shaped 4" pvc pipe feeders, you know 2 end caps, one 90 degree elbow and two pieces of pvc with the vertical being the gravity fed storage and the horizontal with holes/top cut out for chickens to access the feed. Well, the feed is getting caught in the 90...
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    Growing in buckets

    one thing to consider when planting in buckets is drainage. it is one of my past follys with using buckets. not enough drainage. i dont use buckets anymore due to that. well, that and alot of potting mix has high peat moss content which some plants love, while some its toxic to them (most...
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    what does it mean?

    thanks.
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    what does it mean?

    sport. as in a chicken thats a sport. for instance, i read that the white rocks was developed from a barred rock sport or a barred sport. anyone have any idea what that means? thanks.
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    What keeps hawks away?

    well i felt pretty crummy thinking that maybe just maybe something i said would have gotten someone in hot water. most of the time i dont have anything to worry about because i raise bull dogs and i got my best bully gyp, bully mae, in the fence around my chicken pen. every so often a coon or...
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    What keeps hawks away?

    well it seems as if my post caused quite a stir. first off i never killed a hawk because i keep my chickens locked up and under a cover. i have killed plenty of possoms and coons etc. now on to the legal part. i spoke with a game warden buddy of mine and did some research online. you can...
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    Rabid fox vs barn cat

    an animal thats rabbid will ussually stumble around. not walk in a straight path to get where its going.
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    What keeps hawks away?

    oh yea? did not know that. well maybe just go ahead and let the hawks kill all your birds then.
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