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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Thanks for the replies! I'll definitely try it, I just didn't understand why every breeding page was always the pure breed roo over the EE hen instead of the other way around. I figure genetics are 50/50 either way, right? Or do chicks get certain traits from daddy and certain others from mommy?
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I have a question I can't seem to find an answer to. I have a Easter Egger rooster (surprise! I ordered pullets) and I was wondering if roosters carry blue/green egg trait, too... So would crossing an EE ROO over a Welsummer or Maran hen create olive eggers? I know EEs are muts and all, but I'm...
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    Genetic Mismatch -- what breed does my puppy look like to you?

    We did the Wisdom Panel DNA test to see what kind of dog our Humane Society rescue puppy would turn out to be. According to the results, his grandparents were: 1 full-blooded rottweiler 1 mixed breed 1 yellow lab/ siberian husky 1 german shepherd/ mixed breed So a large breed mix. The...
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    Amazing, locally grown and milled feed. Or is it?

    I guess "almost moist" isn't the best way to describe it; I'm so used to other mashes that are so powdery dry that a billow of dust comes up when I pour them into the feeders. This feed is I guess "not arid and powdery" it reminds me of the goat crunch I get for the goats; maybe a tiny bit of...
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    Amazing, locally grown and milled feed. Or is it?

    Hello, there is a local feed mill that makes a laying feed mash that I absolutely love. It has a very potent fresh and sweet smell, it's almost moist (there is never any dust), you can see tiny bits of grain in it. It looks and smells so much better than dry, dusty pellets that smell like...
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    My first Acreage! Chickens, Goats, and Pasture Questions

    Hello all, I am buying a house on six acres to move my 1 acre farm into a more spacious abode. I've decided to let my chickens and goats share one mega "run" of about an acre with super fencing and electric hotwires to keep everything safe inside and bad guys out. I can't find a clear answer...
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    Duck Pond/pool pictures

    Its a circle about 50-75 feet wide and maybe 3 feet deep when full to the "true" bottom (when I shove a stick down into it) but its only a few inches deep from the top of the water to the boggy layer of decaying mass that blankets the bottom. Now its even covered with duck week, so I'm...
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    Duck Pond/pool pictures

    Beautiful pictures! My pond is a huge runoff collection pond about 2-3 feet deep (when full) but I've noticed that this year it is practically a swamp/bog. I noticed what looked like the bottom of the pond now that its a bit low, but when I stuck a hoe in it, it just sunk in through a foot of...
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    The Duck Thread

    Hello and thanks for making this thread, I'm a first-time duck owner. I got a dozen assorted ducks (mostly runners) from IDEAL and just let them into the pond this week, they're 15 weeks old now. I have a question that I can't find the answer to any where: Are ducks GOOD for the health of a...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest: 200,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR and Win!!!

    June 14, 2013 at 6:00p.m.
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    Feeder Design for 100+ pounds of feed for under 15 bucks!

    Good idea, I actually thought about that but I would have had to angle the drill to do it, I luckily had some spare machine screws lying around and that made it much simpler. Yes one at a time but of my 33 standards and 5 bantams I've never seen a line at the feeder
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    Feeder Design for 100+ pounds of feed for under 15 bucks!

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    Feeder Design for 100+ pounds of feed for under 15 bucks!

    I have 33 laying hens and a dozen growing ducks with the appetite of 33 laying hens. I'm going out of town and wanted a heavy duty feeder to make one less thing the house sitter has to worry about. I found a design for a container with a 90° pvc flange but it was for a small container, like 10...
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    HELP!! What is the most humane way to cull a chicken?

    My thought was that since the optic nerve goes straight to the brain, it would be the quickest option and wouldn't risk a ricochet. She was a great layer and such a gentle hen, I just hope she wasn't conscious through it.
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    HELP!! What is the most humane way to cull a chicken?

    I had a hen with a horrible egg sack prolapse with no hope of recovery (she finally gave up, stopped eating, and made a heart wrenching clucking sound nonstop). After reading this thread and others, I de idea on a 22 point blank. There was no way I could slit the throat and rip off the head like...
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