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    Who here has less than 1 acre and neighbors?

    I have 8 guinea hens and one guinea cock on less than an acre. I live in a residential neighborhood. I share a backyard with two other neighbors, so together, the guineas have free run of 3/10ths of an acre. Some things I have done to keep them contained is to clip wings from the time they...
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    Overmating Problem?? Will my duck get hurt?

    I have 5 ducks, 2 males (1 saxony, 1 ancona), and 3 females (2 ancona, 1 saxony). Prior to about a month ago, I've never had any problem with the males overbreeding or pestering the females too much. Then, about a month ago, one of the female anconas was attacked by a dog. She was injured...
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    Feather Plucking? Why?

    Thank you for all the suggestions. I have added a couple of containers with dirt and grit in them for the quail to play in, and some hay for them to scratch around in. They seem to like the additions. What is an easy way to up the protein? I am only raising these for about 3-4 more weeks...
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    Barred Rock???

    She looks like a Dominique.
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    Tricky BR---Pullet or Rooster? Please Help!

    Coloration of feathers and legs is female. However, in the first pic it looks like you can see some saddle feathers coming down before the tail. So maybe a female colored male??? Do you know how old? Could you take some more pics of her from the side and from above perhaps?
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    When will they lay?

    I have 5 ducks, 3 are female (2 Ancona, 1 Saxony). They were hatched the first week in May, so their right about 25 weeks. I thought they would be laying by now. They certainly mate plenty. Will they not lay until spring since it's so late in the season? Also, their pen is currently being...
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    Feather Plucking? Why?

    I'm growing out 27 quail in a 36 square foot pen. They seem to be constantly plucking at each others back side and backs. Only one or two have any feathers there at all, and they are 8 weeks old. Are they missing something? Are they too crowded? They are fed custom milled 20% broiler feed.
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    Winter feeding

    Quote: Your chickens actually eat dried hay? How do you feed it to them?
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    What Breed is he at 10 weeks???

    I would say a sex-link, but maybe not red sex-link, maybe an amber link or one of the lighter ones. My red sex-link rooster had much darker coloring, including some black in his tail.
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    is this EE a pullet or a cockerel?

    Yes, if your age guess is accurate, then I would lean toward pullet as well.
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    Blue Wheaton and Blue Wheaton Splash questions

    Darn. Well, guess you better put me on the waiting list for eggs from your blues if your selling next spring.
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    Blue Wheaton and Blue Wheaton Splash questions

    So does the splash blue wheaten cockeral count as a splash for breeding to black? Maybe he isn't really a splash, but he is very light colored. He is the light blue one with the wheaten head/neck, facing the right side of the picture.
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    Blue Wheaton and Blue Wheaton Splash questions

    Yes, you certainly do have many roosters from your lines at this house!! So no chance for a blue offspring? I thought the blacks could carry the blue gene, so mixing a Blue Wheaton with a black you might get a blue? I really like the wheatens and the blues, but I only have black hens.
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    Blue Wheaton and Blue Wheaton Splash questions

    I have Ameraucanas. Roosters are Buff, Blue Wheaton, and Blue Wheaton Splash. If I cross any of these roosters with my black pullets, what will resultant colors be? Also, I have one silver pullet. Would any of the roosters work with crosses for her, or would everything just be mutt colored?
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    How often do you clean your coop?

    I do a layer of fresh on top each day, then once a week, clean off the top dirty layers and start the routine over. They are on dirt, so I'm not cleaning to the "floor", just removing the layers that are compacted and obviously soiled.
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