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    Feed Mills in NC

    Any references for a good feed mill (not just a feed store that styles itself a feed mill) near Boone, NC?
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    Breed vs color for local fair exhibition

    What Standard of Perfection is used for Coturnix?
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    Quail Sticky Topics

    Hello, I'm looking for a thread or information on the Coturnix Standard of Perfection. I don't seem to find one on BYC.
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    Auburn Javas?

    If you wish, I can send you the Auburn Standard. It was developed by Lyel Behl and some other AJ breeders who were working to resurrect the breed. I also live in WNC. Lost Province area.
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    How much fermented feed per bird?

    While fermentation does increase the bioavailability and digestabilibty of the feed and eventually decrease the volume of dry feed used by 1/3-1/2… for me the biggest value is the fact that they are forced to eat everything in the feed. What I mean by that is, I buy a very good quality organic...
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    What to feed chickens during Pesach (Passover)

    Soy is both almost exclusively GMO and is almost exclusively RoundUp Ready … just something I choose to avoid as much as possible ;)
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Java

    I am starting with Javas, specifically focusing on a color variation that was thought to be extinct -- Auburn. I got 40 eggs mailed from the premier Auburn breeder, Lyle Behl of Illinois. He packed the eggs amazingly well but they Were Mailed and it was my first time incubating. Of the 40 eggs...
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    Best Chicken Guard dog

    for 4 years never had more than an opossum as predator...and never lost a chicken to a predator even though they are out all day, and I'm sometimes away at work for 12+ hours. However, it is known we have everything from opossum, raccoon, fox, coyote, black bear, and neighbor dog (who has tried...
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    Plastic covered run shows condensation

    Yes, ventilation, ventilation, ventilation. While you want to avoid direct drafts, chickens need much less protection from the cold than one would think. The wet/humidity is a much bigger hazard to their health. And it will also lead to frostbite on combs, wattles, and feet/toes.
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    Thank you, kind folks, for your birthday greetings!!

    Thank you, kind folks, for your birthday greetings!!
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    Laying early?

    :thumbsup positive? yes...all are hens I've had for a year - leghorns - white, Ameraucana-mix - light green. The java lays pale tan eggs, has been fading and quite laying 2 weeks ago - or so I thought but her vent is large and moist. I'll open the tiny egg in the next couple of days and see...
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    Laying early?

    Oh yeah :) I call those Maiden Eggs....but my question... these pullets are barely 12 weeks old... pullets from the exact same breeding but 3 weeks older have not laid yet. So....could this truly be from the 12 wk old pullets? both parent breeds started at more like 16+ weeks. IF it is from...
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    Laying early?

    Hey :) I've 2 batches of Java/Amerucana crosses Oldest is almost about 15 weeks old the younger 12 weeks old I got the teetinyist perfect egg today from the pen with the younger group The other egg layers in the pen are leghorns and Amerucana - thus white and pale green/blue - this one is...
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    Muscovy Ducklings

    how old are they what cost to ship to North Carolina?
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    Muscovy Ducklings

    Just for what I'm looking! Would you ship to North Carolina?
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